Blanding

Sixth annual STEAM Expo invades USU Eastern-Blanding campus Friday

If riding bulls, flying drones, solving crimes, racing a pinewood derby, enjoying a magic show, and seeing elephant toothpaste sounds like a fun day to you, make sure you don’t miss the sixth annual USU Eastern-Blanding STEAM Expo. It runs from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. this Friday, April 12 on the college’...

San Juan County well represented on All-state basketball teams

Seven local athletes were selected for girls and boys All-state basketball teams and two more received honorable mentions this year. The Deseret News made the announcement last week. All-state teams are selected annually based on coaches’ votes. We’ll feature a very brief statistical rundown and a...

Bears Ears Souvenir Shop opens at Yak’s Café

The first-ever souvenir shop for the Bears Ears National Monument has opened in Blanding, UT. Tamy Jaramillo, owner of Yak’s Café, released her line of Bears Ears merchandise on January 1. Jaramillo opened the souvenir shop in her restaurant and it has expanded to an online store. Jaramillo’s café...

City of Blanding considering increases to water rates and impact fees

The City of Blanding is considering a change that may significantly alter the way that water rates are determined. At the March 26 meeting of the Blanding City Council, Economic Development Director Pratt Redd led a discussion about water rates in Blanding with the question, “How do we brace the...

Tough weekend on the road for San Juan

The San Juan High School softball and baseball teams each suffered a pair of losses last Friday, March 22 against the Richfield Wildcats. While the softball team gave up runs late in two close games, the baseball team was dominated in both games of their double header with Richfield. In game one...

Eleven local students earn Sterling Scholar honors

Local students earned three Sterling Scholar titles and eight others were runners-up at the 39th annual Sterling Scholar competition on March 19 in Price. The winners include Elise Thayn from Monticello High, Carlos Rios-Redd from San Juan High and Adam Bunker from Monticello High. They are among...

San Juan High School Prom royalty

The 2019 San Juan High School Junior Prom was held on Saturday, March 2. Royalty includes: King Kade Francom and Queen Tyler Shumway, First Attendants Staten Perkins and Hayley Shumway, Second Attendants Ryan Imlay and Brittany Grover, Third Attendants Randall Flavel and Hope Holliday, and Fourth...

Spring sports underway at San Juan

Mother Nature has put forth some impressive effort to delay spring and along with it spring sports at San Juan High. But even she could not stop the Broncos. With snow still on the diamonds and a freshly-shoveled track, the Broncos had to adapt their practices. But they refused to be stopped, as...

Blanding native returns to musical roots

Dr. Kent Lyman will perform Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in the San Juan High School (SJHS) auditorium as part of the Kigalia Fine Arts concert season. He is a Steinway Artist. Dr. Lyman is an outstanding SJHS alumni. He is the son of Denece and Francis Lyman who spearheaded a well-known dance band...

Rural Online Initiative provides job opportunity

Meetings were held last week in Monticello and Blanding to educate attendees about a new program to train workers in online remote work opportunities. Utah is pioneering an initiative that aims to bring jobs back to rural communities – jobs created by individuals for themselves, I might add....