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New officers for MHS Interact club
Monticello High School Interact Club elected new officers for the 2012-13 school year. The club elected Mikela Hughes president, Nash Freestone vice president, Arianne Reay treasurer, Lydia Chadwic...
Sep 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 346 346 recommendations | email to a friend
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This mule deer fawn was shot and killed in San Juan County in late August, 2012. Courtesy photo
Poaching info sought
On August 31, 2012, law enforcement personnel with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources responded to a call from a concerned citizen about a possible deer poaching on Elk Ridge.
Sep 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shauna Sherrow and Buddy Redd. Courtesy photo
USU Eastern Blanding Campus helps new businesses get started
BLANDING, UT – Small business start-ups and expansions can turn to Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah Blanding Campus for much-needed help.
Sep 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 61 61 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jay Jones
Employee-of-Year is Blanding Campus “Go-to-Guy”
Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah has named the “Go-to-Guy” as employee of the year. He is otherwise known as Jay Jones, a member of USU Eastern Blanding Campus Information Technology a...
Aug 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
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Commission hears of sage grouse plans
A visit from Bill Bates of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to the San Juan County Commission on August 20 spurred a great deal of discussion, debate and emotion from many members of the pub...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
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Commission to delay decision on TRT funds
San Juan County Commissioners announced that they will not have an action item on the August 20 agenda for the proposal to transfer transient room tax (TRT) revenues directly to Monticello and Blan...
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 58 58 recommendations | email to a friend
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Students head back to school this week in the San Juan School District
Students return to school this week as the San Juan School District opens its doors on August 16.
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 66 66 recommendations | email to a friend
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Monticello Journal III, featuring more than 700 pages of the history of Monticello from 1971 to 2000, was recently published by Faye Muhlestein. Courtesy photo
Third book in Monticello History series is released
Faye Muhlestein has released the third and final book in her three-part history of Monticello. Monticello Journal III is an exhaustive history totaling more than 700 pages of tightly-packed histori...
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
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County may return transient room tax collections straight to communities
The San Juan County Commission is considering a proposal that would return the full amount of room taxes generated by motel customers to the cities of Monticello and Blanding. If approved, the comm...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 69 69 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sage grouse transplants may be coming to area
Gunnison Sage Grouse transplants may be coming to San Juan County. Guy Wallace, of the Division of Wildlife Resources, told the County Commission on July 23 that the opportunity to transplant Gunni...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 66 66 recommendations | email to a friend
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