By Leia Larsen, includes “The Utah Office of the State Auditor has released a report chiding Uintah County for bad accounting practices and improper spending of federal funds meant to address the coronavirus pandemic. … In a written response to the audit, commissioners called the audit ‘unlawful,’ pointing to state code that notes Dougall’s office cannot conduct ‘performance’ or ‘special purpose’ audits on public entities that already have elected auditors and have had their finances reviewed by an outside auditor within the last budget year.”