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25 years of the Heritage Language Conference
In the quarter-century anniversary of the Heritage Languag Conference, 200 educators, students, and linguists alike gathered at Monument Valley High School on Nov. 16 for the annual meeting.
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Monticello High School Theatre to present ‘Sense and Sensibility’
Jane Austen’s timeless novel ‘Sense and Sensibility’ has been adapted as a play by the Monticello High School Theatre Department and will run Nov. 28-30 at 7 p.m. each evening. Tickets for the play...
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Joy Parker (left) who played Wednesday Addams in the SJHS musical “The Addams Family,” tortures her brother Pugsley Addams, played by Joshua Webb (right) Nov. 15. Staff photo
San Juan High Drama delightfully performs ‘The Addams Family’
All the ghoulish family members of the Addams Family were present at the Blanding High School during the five day presentation of the musical put on by the San Juan High School Drama Club. The play...
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So many things to be thankful for, but most of all that Thanksgiving coma
It’s the tryptophan – an amino acid present in turkey that gets me right after my Dallas Cowboys usually blow it on Thanksgiving. It’s a tradition I look forward to every year. It’s that sudden cra...
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Lady Bucks kick off the season at 1A Preview
On Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17, the Monticello girls basketball team commenced the 2018 season in Richfield, where they participated in the annual 1A preview.
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A view from inside Wilson Arch. The new proposed Wesco oil rig would be roughly on the west side of Highway 191. The BLM public comment period on the well ended Nov. 14. Ryan Collins photo
Public comment period for oil well near Wilson Arch ends
Public comment period ended Nov. 14 on a proposed oil well 1.7 miles southeast from Looking Glass Rock on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maintained land. Residents in the Wilson Arch Resort Commun...
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Potash Mine accident kills two, leaves one unconscious
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office released a press release Saturday, Nov. 10, informing of an accident that took place in North San Juan County that morning. The accident claimed the lives of tw...
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Contestants are off to the races Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Vistors Center Park in Blanding. The Blanding Amazing Race was a three-day race that encouraged residents to shop local and get into area businesses. Ryan Collins photo
Blanding Amazing Race introduces contestants to area businesses
A razor-edged, November wind cuts through a crowd of amassed contestants eager to begin the first-ever Blanding Amazing Race.
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How close is too close?
Some of our readers may have read Jame Ogle’s letter to the editor in the paper last week and noticed the BLM public comment period article on the next page.
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Dave Seiter waits for his axe to make contact at the new axe throwing complex in the new addition of Pop’s Burritos in Blanding. Seiter got the idea from his son and daughter-in-law who regularly throw axes on the Wasatch Front. Ryan Collins photo
Pop’s Burritos adds brand new element with axe throwing arena
If you happen to be eating one of Pop’s famous, local burritos after 6 p.m., you might hear the dull thud of an axe hitting its target.
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