SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Government leaders in Uintah County are defending the decision to use several hundred thousand dollars in coronavirus relief funding to build a snow tubing hill. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Buckskin Hills Ski and Snow Tubing Hill opened earlier this month outside of Vernal thanks to about $500,000 allocated to the project by the Uintah County Commissioners from federal funds designed to help communities cover expenses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioner Bart Haslem says the project was justified because it helps people get outside for recreation while social distancing.