Monticello

Monticello raises rates for garbage collection

The Monticello City Council made plans to raise the garbage collection rates across the board at their September 22 meeting. While residents will pay just $0.33 more a month, some businesses who are larger garbage users will see a 27 percent increase in their monthly bill. Additionally, residents...

Buckaroo golfers are peaking as the season begins to wind down

On Wednesday, September 16, the Monticello High School golf team traveled to Morgan to play the Round Valley Golf Course, home of the North Summit Braves, for week six of Region 16 play. Round Valley treated Monticello’s golfers very well as the team finished third overall behind Altamont (344) and...

Mountain region schools return to class

After two weeks since the start of the new school year, the San Juan School Board received an update on how the academic year is progressing during a global pandemic. Students are back in school in the mountain region of the district, which includes the schools in Blanding, Monticello, and La Sal...

Desert Rivers Credit Union opens new branch location in Monticello

Desert Rivers Credit Union opened their newest branch in Monticello with plenty of fanfare on Friday, September 11. The Monticello branch grand opening included music from the Monticello High School marching band, horse-drawn carriage rides, lunch, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Ahead of the...

Bucks football drops home opener to Millard

Under the bright lights of their home field on Friday, September 11 the Monticello Buckaroos finally hosted a home football game with the 2A South Millard Eagles. Millard was coming off a 27-0 blanking by Kanab the week before, so it seemed like it might be an interesting matchup. However, a bumpy...

Monticello presents yard awards

April and Gentry Ramsay are the winners of the Monticello 2020 Parks and Beautification Beautiful Yard Award. They have been working on their yard the entire summer and still have more plans. The first project completed is the brick walkway, which is the handiwork of their five children; it is a...

MHS golf team moves up a spot in Region 16

The very COVIDfriendly 2A golf season just keeps rolling along. This past week on Wednesday, August 26, the Bucks traveled to Sterling, UT to play the Palisades State Park Golf Course in another Region 16 match. Coming into the match, Monticello trailed region leader Altamont by 60 shots, but the...

Chart provided by San Juan County Attorney's office showing the alarming rise in sexual violence cases in the county

Sexual violence cases amongst teens growing at alarming rate in San Juan County

The San Juan County Attorney’s office reports an increasing trend of reported sexual violence and the vast majority of victims and perpetrators of sexual crimes in the county are underage children, mostly teenagers. From 2000 to 2010, the county averaged 4.1 reported cases of sexual violence per...

Schools throughout San Juan County, included pictured Monticello Elementary, will delay their start by two days

San Juan School Board finalizes plans for start of year

San Juan County School Board finalized plans ahead of the start of the academic school year later this month. Key items passed include 100 percent remote learning for students in the south part of the county for the start of the year. The district moved the first day of school for students from...

Monticello ready for a Pioneer Day celebration

The city and San Juan Chamber of Commerce will host the annual Pioneer Day Celebration Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25. Although COVID-19 has put a bit of a damper on the event, there will still be plenty of fun to be had and a host of familiar events to enjoy. It all kicks off at the...