Blanding
The City of Blanding addressed an expansion of Bears Ears National Monument at the December 8 Council meeting.
A motion passed, in part as a response to a San Juan County Commission request that President-elect Joe Biden restore Bears Ears National Monument to its original boundaries....
David Johnson is moving to Blanding with his family from Saratoga Springs, UT to work as the newly appointed Blanding City Administrator. He brings 13 years of experience in management, economic development, recreation, budgeting, and public engagement.
His background includes experience in the...
A new Blanding City Administrator is set to begin work in the near future after the Blanding City Council voted to begin contract negotiations with David Shayne Johnson. The decision was made at the November 24 council meeting.
Blanding Mayor Joe B. Lyman reflected that he has personally known...
The Blanding City Council was faced with some tough decisions at their November 10 meeting due to Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s declaration of a new state emergency in response to COVID-19.
The scope of the council conversation was to clarify, under the new law, what will be the policies of...
The majority of the Blanding City Council sent a letter to the Utah Governor’s office on October 29, stating opposition to mandates associated with the three-level transmission rating the state has implemented in counties across the state. (The letter can be read at the bottom of this story)
The...
The Blanding City Council is making plans to find a new administrator after manager Jeremy Redd announced his departure from his role with the city.
Redd has accepted a position as City Manager for Washington, UT, located in the southwestern corner of the state. He starts on November 1.
Redd has...
Fall Break has been extended in the San Juan School District. There will be no school for students district wide on Monday, it will be a teacher/staff work day.
Additionally there has been an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Monticello schools involving at least three students and half a dozen staff...
The Blanding Fall Festival takes place Saturday, October 10 at Centennial Park in Blanding.
Blanding City Economic Development Director Pratt Redd says anyone is welcome to attend the events, which are sponsored by the City of Blanding.
The festival starts at noon and includes a host of fall...
The Blanding City Council spent most of their September 22 meeting discussing a policy that would allow public art to be installed on city property.
The discussion came about because of a proposed art project that would be donated to the city.
The art piece would feature a stone base with metal...
It’s been a back-and-forth season so far for the San Juan High School football team. Wins over Monticello August 28 and American Leadership September 4 are the only back-to-back wins for the Broncos this year.
To their credit, San Juan hadn’t lost back-to-back games coming into their homecoming...