News Roundup
Permits issued for new uranium mill in SW Colo
Energy Fuels, Inc. has received final permits to allow the construction and operation of the first new Uranium mill in the U. S. in the last 25 years.
Jan 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Monticello City Council considers an increase in fees
A proposal to raise fees at the landfill and the cost to reconnect delinquent water accounts was presented to the public at the January 11 meeting of the Monticello City Council. A public hearing w...
Jan 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Visitor Center to open exhibit on Posey
The Blanding Visitors Center is sponsoring an open house on Thursday, January 20, 2011 from 2 to 7 p.m. to introduce a new four-panel display on “Posey”, a legend of southeastern Utah.
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School girl found dead near Montezuma Creek
The body of Christina Reyes, a 16-year-old student at Whitehorse High School, was found near Montezuma Creek on January 6.
Jan 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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The juxtaposition of beautiful blue skies, red rock and colorful balloons will set hearts aflutter when the Annual Bluff International Balloon Festival takes to the skies this weekend. Merry Palmer photo
Bluff sky covered in colorful bubbles
This weekend, visitors to Bluff will be awed, amazed, and amused as once again the Annual Bluff International Balloon Festival takes off for a weekend of fun.
Jan 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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A baby for the new year
Jordan Tsosie is the New Years Baby for San Juan County. The seven pound, one ounce little girl was born on Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 12:55 p.m. in the Blue Mountain Hospital in Blanding. Dr. Val ...
Jan 05, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Elected officials who took the oath of office this week include: (left to right) Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy, Surveyor David Bronson, Assessor Howard Randall, Treasurer Glenis Pearson, Commissioner Phil Lyman, Recorder Louise Jones, Sheriff Rick Eldredge, Clerk Norman Johnson and Judge Lyon Hazleton. Courtesy photo
Elected officials take the oath of office to start new terms in office
A host of San Juan County elected officials took the oath of office as the first order of business at the January 3, 2011 meeting of the San Juan County Commission. County Justice Court Judge Lyon ...
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In memorium: 2010
Those who passed away in 2010 (with obituaries in the San Juan Record )
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Wilderness designation back on BLM’s plate
The Bureau of Land Management has the authority to administratively designate large tracts of public land as wilderness under a new “wild lands” policy announced by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
Dec 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Seven-day storm blesses San Juan
While the seven days of constant rain in Los Angeles, southwestern Utah and hundreds of other communities dumped up to 20 inches of rain in many areas, piled snow 22 feet deep in the High Sierra Mo...
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