Emery County News

This past weekend the project to place at least one flower on the estimated 40,000 graves in Carbon and Emery counties has moved to a new level, both in the making of the flowers and the placing of them on graves.

An ambulance write-off was brought before the commission. The party has been billed several times, but not responded and they have now sent in a form for a reduced fee or a waiver of fees.

Emery County Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Tosha Barnett received a call at 3:43 p.m. on May 13 stating that a member of a mountain bike party had gone missing.

Christine Jensen of Family and Consumer Science introduced the program by saying that Dennis Worwood would discuss container gardening and some options to look at such as drip irrigation and other ways of gardening instead of growing plants in rows in your back yard.

Shortly after 10 a.m. on May 4 searchers located a body in the foothills above Orangeville.

A new store in Orangeville upstairs at the Food Ranch is offering jewelry and Native American items.

The No Grave Unadorned project for Memorial Day in Carbon and Emery Counties is moving along well.

The body found in Emery County on Saturday has been identified as a man who has been missing since December.

A man's body recovered from a rugged area near Orangeville Saturday has been positively identified as 25-year-old Matthew Alan Larsen of Castle Dale, who had been missing since Dec.

A body was found in the foothills near Orangeville Sunday that may be a man who went missing in the area last December.

On April 16, Carbon County Commissioner John Jones testified to Congress on the Antiquities Act .

On Monday, May 6, an unusual procession will stop and then pass through Price. It is Carting for a Cause, a movement to fund and raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Last year more than 1,500 people volunteered to make flowers and place them on graves in Carbon and Emery counties.

Emery County travel bureau met in Castle Dale to take care of the business involving tourism in the county.

Adam Brinkworth Jr., from Boy Scout Troop 903 in Huntington finished up his Eagle Scout Project at the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum in Huntington.

Students from Green River High School were able to witness the dramatic affects of a mock driving Under the influence accident, Every 15 Minutes program.

Be aware of scammers. Emery County residents have been receiving phone calls from out of the country.

The No Grave Unadorned Project, now in its fourth year, is moving ahead quickly with people coming into the offices of both the Sun Advocate and Emery Progress almost hourly to pick up supplies and return flowers they have made already.

A man who investigators believe was making a drug run from California to the East Coast was arrested in Utah with 65 pounds of marijuana in his motor home.

Originally incorporated in 1952 to help meet the medical needs of families in Carbon and Emery County, the Carbon Medical Clinic continues to fulfill it's original obligation and to reach new plateaus.