Blanding

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...
Header of the letter sent to the Governor. The letter can be read at the bottom of this story
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...
Monticello High School
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...
The San Juan High School girls soccer team welcomed the rival Grand County Lady Red Devils to Blanding for a homecoming match on Tuesday, September 15. Coming into the contest, the Lady Broncos had two wins and four losses while Grand was 1-3 on the year. The tilt lived up to its rivalry billing...
Since they moved to 5-5 on the year with a win over Monticello on September 3, it’s been tough sledding for the San Juan High School volleyball team. They’ve lost four straight Region 12 matches to drop to 5-9 overall and 0-5 in the region. This past week they suffered a 1-3 loss to Grand at home...
by David Boyle News Director The Blanding City Council received a proposal for an art installation project at the city park located near 200 South and Main Street. The proposed art piece would feature a stone base with metal wagon wheels and antler sheds on top, a few options are being considered...

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