Life in San Juan
Dr. Bob McPherson is retiring this year after a long career in education in San Juan County. Courtesy photo
Professor has taught (and made) history for 40 years
“Walden” unpretentiously announces the carved metal sign over the door of the quaint but sturdy adobe building blissfully hugging the edge of Westwater Canyon at USU Eastern in Blanding (USUEB). 
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San Juan High School Prom Royalty
The San Juan High School Junior Prom was held on March 4 with All Around the World as the theme. Juniors danced to the song “On Top of the World” by Imagine Dragons. The San Juan High School Prom R...
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Meeting Mike Trout
Braxton Jones, a fifth grade student from Monticello, made ESPN Sports Center this week for his reaction to an autograph from American League Most Valuable Player Mike Trout during the first day of...
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Janet Ross (right) with her parents Reid and the late Sari Ross. Courtesy photo
Janet Ross retires after 32 years at Four Corners School
The Four Corners School of Outdoor Education has a new leader after more than 32 years under the direction of Janet Ross. Ross recently retired after a successful career primarily spent in the cany...
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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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