MY CAVE, MY VIEWby Gary Torres With the recent drop in temperatures and new snow I am reminded that cold and hot are relative terms.  One man’s hot day is another woman’s cold day.  Cold is when my too kind and loving wife slides her feet over under the covers and touches me in the middle of the night.  I try to be kind, but I am half asleep, or was half asleep, so the half that isn’t is clinging to the ceiling feeling akin to being tasered.  And hot is when my wife sends me to bed a

Tracks are a bit more obvious in the snowy ground cover. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest....

Dec 09 09 - 10:12 AM |  Full story

The first winter snow storm of the season hit San Juan County with a vengeance on December 7, slowing traffic, bringing much needed precipitation, and making the annual Christmas Parade in Monticello a white affair.

Dec 09 09 - 10:09 AM |  Full story

The eagerly awaited production of Handel’s Messiah arrives this week, with performances scheduled at 7 p.m....

Dec 09 09 - 10:08 AM |  Full story

On January 6, 2010, the San Juan Hospital turns 50 years old. How many babies have been born there? How many great doctors and nurses have served the needs of southeastern Utah from within the walls of this building? What are some of the high lights and low lights of the last half century?

Dec 09 09 - 10:08 AM |  Full story

At the annual convention, held in Salt Lake City during the first week of December, Jim Keyes of Monticello was elected as vice president for the Utah Cattlemen’s Association.

Dec 09 09 - 10:06 AM |  Full story

The Monticello Elementary School Students of the Month for December are: (top row, left to right):  Tyler Bird, Stephan Engel, Dari DeMille, Amy Rogers. Seconnd row: Jason Thomason, Thomas Anderson, McKenzie Redd, Crystal Alba....

Dec 09 09 - 10:05 AM |  Full story

Occasionally, when life gives you a stockpile of lemons, you can make lemonade. All it takes is timing, someone to sweeten the pot and a bunch of produce.

Dec 09 09 - 10:03 AM |  Full story

In an unexpected announcement today, the Bubba Fan Club has announced that our very own CaveGuy wins the prestigious “NoBull Piece Prize”.

Dec 09 09 - 10:01 AM |  Full story

The Monticello Lions Club recently completed their inaugural “Fall Feast”, a fundraising dinner meant to assist with the completion of the new swimming pool.

Dec 09 09 - 09:59 AM |  Full story

The SJR recently had a chat with three basketball head coaches, Justin Moon of the San Juan Lady Broncos, Ryan Nielson of the San Juan boys team, and Lee Chadwick, coach of the Monticello Lady Buckaros. Their responses follow.

Dec 09 09 - 09:57 AM |  Full story

The start of December brings with it many reasons to celebrate, one being the start of another season of Monticello High School Buckaroo Wrestling.

Dec 09 09 - 09:56 AM |  Full story

Two blowout wins against much larger schools last week impressed local basketball fans, and have the Monticello Buckaroos dreaming of a state championship in March.

Dec 09 09 - 09:55 AM |  Full story

At least two wild turkeys have something to be grateful for after escaping from a Thanksgiving meal. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We will pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. You can email your entries to sjrnews@frontiernet.net. Keith Cauley photo

Dec 02 09 - 09:36 AM |  Full story

The orange barrels have disappeared and the months of road construction appear to be behind the City of Monticello for now, but controversy over the project continues as is evident by comments and concerns brought up at the November 24 meeting of the Monticello City Council.

Dec 02 09 - 09:29 AM |  Full story

One year ago, San Juan County Commissioners Bruce Adams and Lynn Stevens met with the Library Board, expressing their strong concern over sharply escalating costs for offering Bookmobile services.

Dec 02 09 - 09:28 AM |  Full story

There was a time in the not too distant past when the vast tracts of public land in Southeast Utah seemed more than adequate to lose oneself in.

Dec 02 09 - 09:24 AM |  Full story

Backyard visitors in Monticello. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We will pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. You can email your entries to sjrnews@frontiernet.net. John Black photo

Nov 25 09 - 10:48 AM |  Full story

Crews from Tri-Hurst Construction and Hogan Construction are hard at work on the construction of a new seasonal swimming pool in Monticello, with an anticipated opening in June, 2010.

Nov 25 09 - 10:45 AM |  Full story

While road construction has been an annoyance or an inconvenience for many Monticello residents for the past two summers, it has been a significant threat to businesses that rely on the tourism trade.

Nov 25 09 - 10:42 AM |  Full story

Four days after Christmas in l922, a Navajo father took his tiny, premature new-born son from his hogan into the bitter cold. He placed his son on a blanket on the frozen ground and began chanting a blessing.

Nov 25 09 - 10:40 AM |  Full story

Most of the cottonwood trees in Montezuma Canyon are now naked and ready for the long winter ahead. A few, however, are still covered in shimmering gold. Mother nature saves her best for last. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We will pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. You can email your entries to sjrnews@frontiernet.net. Buckley Jensen photo

Nov 18 09 - 10:10 AM |  Full story

The San Juan Bronco football team brought home a fifth state championship trophy to Blanding after defeating the South Summit Wildcats 7-0 on a snowy field in Salt Lake City on November 14.

Nov 18 09 - 10:07 AM |  Full story

San Juan County is considering a proposal to eliminate bookmobile service and create small satellite libraries at communities throughout the county.

Nov 18 09 - 10:01 AM |  Full story

“If people… have issues with us, when the time comes for a vote, the votes will probably show it,” said Councilman Scott Shakespeare at the November 10 meeting of the Monticello City Council.

Nov 18 09 - 09:59 AM |  Full story

San Juan High School drama presents “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” beginning this week. Cast members include: (left to right) Ryan Turk, Morgan Howe, Melanie Pugh, McKenzie Adams, Halee Averett, Kortney Johnson, Curtis Black, Sam Bergeman, Alexis Davis, Kara Redd, Wheeler Heck, Morgan Glover, Victoria Black, and Elijah Palmer. Courtesy photo

Nov 18 09 - 09:57 AM |  Full story

On Wednesday and Thursday, November 18 and 19, Monticello High School presents the first school play of the year. Up The Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman.

Nov 18 09 - 09:55 AM |  Full story

With their first state football championship in hand since 2006, and fifth overall, the San Juan Broncos and head coach Monty Lee leap head first into the storied Utah high school football annals.

Nov 18 09 - 09:53 AM |  Full story

A few words with Bronco Coach Monty Lee...

Nov 18 09 - 09:52 AM |  Full story

Voters returned the incumbent Mayors to another term in office in both Monticello and Blanding on November 3 in what was two of the closest elections in recent memory.

Nov 11 09 - 10:31 AM |  Full story

San Juan County is taking a closer look at expenditures and revenues as the financial crisis has a continuing impact on local governments. Recent trends show that the fund balance held by San Juan County continues a downward spiral.

Nov 11 09 - 10:30 AM |  Full story

Oscar Semadeni (center) cooperative weather observer for the National Weather Service at Cedar Point, UT, with his wife Lila, was presented with the Helmut E. Landsberg Award on October 27th.  Presenting this 60 Year Length of Service Award is Meteorologist In Charge Doug Crowley, NWS Grand Junction, CO. Oscar has been observing the weather since 1949 from his farm about 15 miles southeast of Monticello.  He received the John Campanius Holm Award for outstanding observations in 1979, and the Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding and distinct service in 2001, the highest award a cooperative weather observer can get. Courtesy photo

Nov 11 09 - 10:29 AM |  Full story

Vaughan A Johnson, a retired physician from Durango, CO, is the new president of the Monticello Utah Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Johnson and his presidency will serve for three years. Karen Johnson, the wife of President Johnson, will serve as the Temple Matron.

Nov 11 09 - 10:27 AM |  Full story

Students of the month were recently named at Monticello Elementary School. They include: top row, left to right:  Kolby Everett, Quincey Ryan, Matt Freestone, and Calem Barlow. Second row:  Matt Beh, Annsheri Reay, Abbi Nielson, and Sarah Haller. Third row:  Grant Nebeker, Makayla Randall, Quay Walker, and Lydia Pettit. Bottom row:  Tyler Thayn, Jaydea Price, and Dawson Starkey. Courtesy photo

Nov 11 09 - 10:25 AM |  Full story

It was a turnover tsunami the Broncos traveled on to roll over the South Sevier Rams Saturday in Cedar City at the 2A semifinals, surfing to a convincing 40-13 that wasn’t even as close as the score might indicate. The Rams were totally decimated by the Bronco defense, which forced six turnovers, including five in a row in the second quarter, to turn the game into a rout.

Nov 11 09 - 10:24 AM |  Full story

The second time around was much better, but not good enough for the Monticello Buckaroo football team. They succumbed to the Duchesne Eagles in the 1A semifinals, 22-12.

Nov 11 09 - 10:21 AM |  Full story

The state of “being lost” does not have a positive connotation in the minds of most of us nowadays and it’s true, it can be a terrifying and even deadly experience.

Nov 11 09 - 10:18 AM |  Full story

Naw, not that kind of falling down – not the “I’ve fallen and can’t get up” kind. Rather, it is the falling down on the job falling. Seems I failed to go out and witness the “Trunk or Treat” on Halloween, as I should have as a good reporter.

Nov 11 09 - 10:16 AM |  Full story

Having been an intermittent builder for the past 39 years, I am no stranger to slivers. At my age, you would think that I would never be caught handling wood without gloves, but I am occasionally careless. Early one morning, recently, I drove a rough sliver over a quarter of an inch long straight into the fleshy part of my right hand, just below my thumb.

Nov 11 09 - 10:15 AM |  Full story

Monticello Rotary Club will Charter soon now that the key Club Officers and Directors were elected last Tuesday at the Club’s third orientation and organizational meeting held at Monticello Library.

Nov 11 09 - 10:11 AM |  Full story

Cash flow is of great concern for Monticello City Manager Myron Lee. At the October 27 meeting of the Monticello City Council, Lee presented current sales tax deposits from the Utah State Tax Commission.

Nov 04 09 - 10:09 AM |  Full story

The first winter storm of the season brought cold and wet weather to San Juan County in the closing days of October. The snow storm added a little precipitation to what had been a cool and dry month.

Nov 04 09 - 10:08 AM |  Full story

“...this is what is wrong with the conservation movement. It has a clear conscience...To the conservation movement, it is only production that causes environmental degradation; the consumption that supports the production is rarely acknowledged to be at fault."

Nov 04 09 - 10:07 AM |  Full story

San Juan County is a special place. Few places in the world offer the variety of mountains and canyons, elevation differentials and the resultant flora and fauna found in our corner of the world.

Nov 04 09 - 10:04 AM |  Full story

That kind of describes our first winter snow of the season. One day there is three or four inches of white fluffy on the ground and two days later it is blue skies and “let’s go for a walk in the warm sun.”

Nov 04 09 - 10:01 AM |  Full story

"That's a wrap" for volleyball this year after the Buckaroos and Broncos ended their seasons in volleyball at state tournaments.

Nov 04 09 - 09:59 AM |  Full story

Now that is a Big Gulp. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We will pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. You can email your entries to sjrnews@frontiernet.net. Gary Torres photo

Oct 28 09 - 11:16 AM |  Full story

Candidate profiles for the Blanding and Monticello City elections

Oct 28 09 - 11:05 AM |  Full story

After more than a decade of plummeting enrollment, the San Juan School District has experienced two straight years of modest growth. School officials are hopeful that a more stable, modest growth pattern is emerging.

Oct 28 09 - 10:48 AM |  Full story

Voters in local communities will make their way to the polls on November 3 for municipal elections. A large number of candidates will give voters a choice in the voting booth.

Oct 28 09 - 10:47 AM |  Full story

Nearly 500 people attended the dedication of a statue of LDS Church President John Taylor at the Bluff Fort on October 24. John Taylor was the third president of the LDS Church. Taylor issued the call to residents of southwest Utah to settle the San Juan frontier. After an arduous six-month trek through the Hole in the Rock country in 1880, exhausted settlers climbed San Juan Hill and settled Bluff.

Oct 28 09 - 10:17 AM |  Full story