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Monticello City office to change office hours
The Monticello City Office will be operating under new hours starting in 2011. The city council approved new hours of operation for the office during their recent council meeting. The office will o...
Dec 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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College graduate
Ryan E. Benally, of Montezuma Creek, graduated from the Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico on December 18 with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a minor in Econom...
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Last of the Robbers Roost Outlaws: Moab’s Bill Tibbet
If you thought Old West adventures of cowboys, shoot-outs, and sheriffs had all been told, think again. At long last Southwestern afficianados now have a new, true cowboy story complete with alcoho...
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Officials gathereed to turn the first shovels of dirt for the new two-story physician’s clinic in Monticello. The $1.7 million clinic, adjacent to San Juan Hospital in Monticello, is scheduled to open in mid-October, 2011. Staff photo
Construction set to begin on new clinic
Construction will begin soon on a new physician clinic adjacent to the San Juan Hospital after ground breaking ceremonies were held on December 8.
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More than 338 pounds of marijuana, with a street value of $676,000, was seized from drug runners on December 2 by the Utah Highway Patrol south of Blanding. Courtesy photo
Troopers seize $676,000 in marijuana
Law enforcement personnel seized 338 pounds of marijuana from a vehicle on December 2 south of Blanding.
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Buckaroo wrestling team opens season
The most wonderful time of the year is back. The sounds and smells, the lights and cheers, the parents on the edge of their seats and a sea of orange and black in the stands. Yes it’s wrestling sea...
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Sgt 1st Class James “Doc” Thode, a Utah National Guard soldier attached to the 118th Engineer Sapper company in Blanding, was killed in Afghanistan on December 2, 2010. He leaves behind a wife and two children. Courtesy photo
Soldier from local Guard Sapper Company killed in action in Afghanistan
Sgt 1st Class James “Doc” Thode, a Utah National Guard soldier attached to the 118th Engineer Sapper company in Blanding, was killed in Afghanistan on December 2, 2010.
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Inaugural tourism conference a success
The first Tourism Conference ever held by a Utah county was a rousing success, according to participants.
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The Messiah is coming!
George Fredric Handel’s “The Messiah” will be presented at the Blanding LDS Stake Center on Sunday, December 12 and at the Monticello North Chapel on Sunday, December 19. Both performances are at 7...
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Wrestler of the Week, Coltan Musselman
Buckaroo wrestling
The most wonderful time of the year is back. The sounds and smells, the lights and cheers, the parents on the edge of their seats and a sea of orange and black in the stands. Yes it’s wrestling sea...
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