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The Edge of the Seaters Theatre Company will perform the melodrama Rustlers of Red Rock by D. Chapelle through the July 4 holiday season. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. on June 30 and July 1, 3, 4, and 5 at the Blanding Arts and Events Center. Directed by Steve Olsen, the play is complete with a Hero, a Damsel and a Villain, along with popcorn to throw (or eat) and the audience cheering for their favorite. Cast members include: (back row, left to right)  Ben Brewer as Steve Dashing, Koy Nielson as Quiet Harry, Ricky Arthur as Shame Bushwacker. Front:  Director Steve Olsen, Lacie McCullough as Blossom White, Lynette Adams as Lily White, and Julie Parsons as Scarlet Vixen. Courtesy photo
Blanding Independence Day celebrations coming
Once again, it’s that time of year, as Blanding gears up for its annual Independence Day tradition. Thousands are expected to converge for a day of patriotic celebration that will stretch a few day...
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Rodeo Queens crowned
Kiley Tracy (right) is the Blue Mountain Round-up Rodeo Queen for 2017. Tayia Bennett (left) is Junior Queen. Courtesy photo
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Miss San Juan crowned
Carlin Goodwine (left) was recently named Miss San Juan for 2017. Ashley Adair (right) is her attendant. Courtesy photo
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High fire danger prompts fire restrictions in San Juan County and beyond
Current and forecasted weather conditions coupled with extremely dry conditions and heavy loading of vegetation throughout San Juan County have created hazardous fire conditions.
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Country artist Collin Raye to headline San Juan County Fair on August 10
Country music superstar Collin Raye will highlight the San Juan County Fair with a performance on Thursday, August 10 at the San Juan County Fairgrounds in Monticello.
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Monticello City Council discusses need for transparency in City matters
Transparency seemed to be the public’s focus of the June 13 Monticello City Council when Tom Wigginton addressed the Council during Public Comments.
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The condition of the cabin was quite precarious, with many of its walls crumbling and its front entrance lost to the cutback embankment of Recapture Wash.
Volunteers and archaeologists stabilize historic cabin in Recapture Wash
Volunteers, archaeologists, family members, and the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) came together this past spring for a remarkable restoration project of ...
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Jackalope Trading Company newest addition to the local business scene
The Jackalope, aka The Warrior Rabbit, was first encountered by John Coulter, the first white man to set foot inside what is now known as the State of Wyoming.
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Posing in pearls, Marie Ogden led a socialite’s life in New Jersey before her husband died in 1929. Devastated by his death, she experimented with a variety of religious beliefs, then formed her own spiritual colony and moved to Dry Valley, UT where she felt her followers would be safe from coming floods and earthquakes. Scholars now consider her one of the first New Age spiritual practitioners. San Juan Historical Commission photo
Marie Ogden and San Juan County’s Home of Truth
In 1933 in the depths of the Great Depression, 49-year-old Marie Ogden, a spiritualist and millennial Christian, moved to Dry Valley in San Juan County, UT to establish a religious colony and to aw...
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Orchids of San Juan County, Utah
Local photographer and retired botanist Kay Shumway has identified a number of spectacular orchids in San Juan County.
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