Life in San Juan
Winners of the District Spelling Bee are: (left to right) Cedar English, third; Adriana Johnson, first; Jordan Clinger, second; along with School Supervisor Ron Nielson. Staff photo
“Fraulein” wins spelling bee
Twenty-one spellers from throughout the San Juan School District battled through 13 rounds on February 23 before Adriana Johnson, a sixth grade student at Albert R Lyman Middle School in Blanding, ...
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Grayson Country Quilters
2016 ended strong for the Grayson Country Quilters of Blanding.  Besides organizing their usual awesome 4th of July quilt show, and running a successful 4-H quilt camp, they made literally carloads...
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Silvia and Brian Stubbs. Courtesy photo
New scholarship at USU-Eastern honors Silvia Stubbs
The Utah State University - Eastern campus in Blanding has a new scholarship called the Silvia Stubbs Scholarship. The scholarship awards two students $1,000 to help pay for spring semester.
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Built a tool shed for the Verdure Cemetery to keep rakes, shovels, whatever might be useful to clean up around the graves and the grounds. Talon is the son of Von & Carrie Black.
2016 Eagle Scouts

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Former MHS Music teacher inducted into Educator, Bandmaster Halls of Fame
The Utah Music Educator’s Association (UMEA) inducted former MHS music teacher Wayne Erickson into the UMEA Hall of Fame on February 3, 2017 at their annual in-service conference in St. George. The...
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Blanding Elementary School held its annual spelling bee on January 27.  The students had studied hard, producing an intense showdown for the final three students to advance to the district competition.  Neither the first or second place champions missed a word until the 17th round, when Nathan Redd got tripped up on “gesticulations”.  Melody Crippen spelled her way through to the championship with the correct spelling of “Patagonia” and “interminableness”.  Advancing to the next level are (left to right) Anthony Done, third place; Melody Crippen, first place; and Nathan Redd, second place. Courtesy photo
First round spelling bee champs awarded in Blanding

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A rock similar to this, containing radioactive yellowcake, has made a fascinating journey from San Juan County to the steppes of Kazakhstan. Photo courtesy <a href=http://www.writtenepisodes.com>writtenepisodes.com</a>
From the Dugout Ranch to Kazakhstan
A rock from San Juan County has found a unique home as the only item in a 3,000-meter well, encased in concrete and buried deep under the steppes in the central Asian nation of Kazakhstan.
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Blue Mountain Hospital New Years Baby
It took a little time, but the 2017 New Years Baby at Blue Mountain Hospital finally made his entrance into the world on January 9 at 1:22 p.m. Kyler Ashkii Wagner weighs in at 8 pounds 6 ounces an...
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Members of the Deeter family recently met in La Sal to celebrate the 70th birthday of Steve Deeter. All members of the family were there except two grandchildren serving in the mission field. Courtesy photo
Mud, glorious mud
I’ve just returned from the frozen north (Ogden Valley) where they have three feet of snow on the level.  My daughter-in-law, who has lived there all her life, is complaining about all the white st...
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5 generations
Five generations of Wilcox recently gathered to celebrate the arrival of the next generation. Photographed left to right are great-grandpa Mike Wilcox, dad Rick Wilcox, great-great-grandma Bobbi Wi...
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