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Students and faculty celebrate the opening of the new Monticello Elementary School. The new building hosted the first set of students as school opened on August 14. The $10 million school will be dedicated at an open house on September 9. The new school replaces an aging structure that first opened in 1959. Staff photo
Monticello Elementary starts new year with a new school

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Racers gather after the inaugural Abajo Enduro mountain bike race, which took place on August 9. There were 25 racers who participated in the race, which started high in the Abajos and finished at Foy Lake. Staff photo
Inaugural Abajo Enduro attracts 25 mountain bike enthusiasts
A total of 25 mountain biking enthusiasts participated in the Inaugural Abajo Enduro, a downhill mountain bike race on the Blue Mountains, on Saturday, August 9.
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Worthy Glover on a portion of the Abajo Enduro race course. Andy Platt photo
Abajo Enduro offers biking challenge
Mountain bike enthusiasts are excited about an August 9 mountain bike race that will start at the top of Abajo Peak and finish at Foy Lake.
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Ben F. Redd was the main carpenter during the construction of the Grayson/Blanding Tabernacle. The heavy pine lumber—no pieces smaller than 2x6 and some as long as 20’—came from the local sawmill. The thousands of bricks for the building were all hand molded and fired by Benjamin D. Black and sons. The mortar was made from lime that came from “west of Pine Nut Knoll” (the knoll with the ‘SJ” on it) and the “sharp” sand they needed came from Westwater. The hard sandstone was also quarried from Westwater by George Arthur Hurst, Sr. He used hand tools to cut out rock slabs 1-3 feet thick and up to 100 feet long. The hand hewn ornamental rock was shaped by professional stonecutters John Tuscher and his sons, Fred and Godfrey. They were brought in by J.B. Harris’s relative, Henry Ashton, who was an engineer/ building contractor and became the foreman of the building project. George Hurst, Jr. wrote, “It seemed like every time there was sufficient need, somebody showed up who had the ability or training to do the thing required in order to continue the construction of that building.”
Remodeling the Blanding South Chapel–again
The question has been seriously considered, during several different decades, as to whether the Blanding South Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints should be torn down and a mo...
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More changes at SJ Hospital
The San Juan Health Service District has experienced significant changes in the past six months.
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July 12 was the grand opening for the new headquarters of San Juan Credit Union at 792 South 200 West in Blanding. The credit union has operated for 50 years. Staff photo
San Juan Credit Union celebrates new headquarters
San Juan Credit Union celebrated the opening of their new headquarters in Blanding with a gala open house on Saturday, July 12.
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Black Oil sells C-stores
After providing oil and gas service to southeastern Utah since the 1930s, Black Oil Company has sold its convenience stores.
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NBA Slam Dunk champion Jeremy Evans will appear at Monticello Elementary School on July 30 at 4 p.m. Courtesy photo
NBA slam dunk champ to appear in Monticello
Come meet Utah Jazz forward and 2012 NBA Slam Dunk Champion Jeremy Evans on July 30 at 4 p.m. at the Monticello Elementary School. Jeremy just finished his fourth year in the NBA and fourth with th...
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Volunteers make improvements to the Mill Site trail system in Monticello. Courtesy photo
Crews improve local bike trails
A handful of volunteers combined their efforts on July 12 to build a portion of trail connecting trails in the Mill Site trail system for mountain bikes.
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San Juan County considers joining railroad project
San Juan County approved involvement in a development board that will work to build a railline spanning seven Utah counties. The decision was made at the June 23 County Commission meeting.
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