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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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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 | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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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.
Dec 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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