Blanding
By LaVerne Tate & Janet Wilcox
Many of you will remember the water crisis Blanding faced in the spring of 1990. That winter had no significant winter snowstorms and very little runoff came into the Starvation Reservoir or Dry Wash Reservoir. In May the City of Blanding hired John Black to...
by David Boyle
News Director
Blanding City Council members discussed the planning and zoning committee, a splash pad and re-opened the skate park at their latest meeting.
At the May 21 meeting members of the Blanding City Council held a discussion about possibly extending voting privileges to city...
35-year-old Blanding man Charles Youngkuom Yoo now faces additional charges in the case of the murder of his two roommates William Bull and Christopher Owens in March.
While Yoo had previously been charged with two counts of aggravated murder, and obstruction of justice.
Yoo has now also been...
San Juan High Class of 2024
Graduation is scheduled for Thursday, May 23 at 5:00 pm
The annual Blanding Cemetery Memorial Day Sunrise Service is Monday at 7 a.m.
The Rotary Club will provide breakfast. Please bring your own chairs.
Julie Castellon will be the speaker. She is a high school science teacher whose son Brigham is in the National Guard. The National Guard will have a...
by David Boyle
News Director
The maximum cost of construction for the new Blanding Elementary School is $45.6 million. Members of the San Juan School Board approved a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contract with Westland Construction as part of the work to build a new elementary school in Blanding...
by David Boyle
News Director
Members of the Blanding city council touched on a variety of topics at their latest meeting including updating policies related to solar power and event sponsorship as well as approving a bid for the shade structure at the city ball fields at their latest meeting....
by Janet Wilcox
Contributing writer
Terry Palmer was 10 years old when he and his 9-year-old brother, Taylor, were hired by their father to clean the Mining Supply Store in Blanding.
During the Uranium boom in San Juan County (late 1940’s -50’s) miners needed supplies which Van Palmer’s store ...
by David Boyle
News Director
Members of the San Juan School Board held a special meeting on March 26 to hear from district staff regarding the possibility of moving the location of the new Blanding Elementary School.
Following a presentation and closed session to discuss property, members of the...
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