Life in San Juan
Richard Russell works on one of the six paintings for Monticello Elementary School. Staff photo
Local artist likes to paint “from life”
A few people are born great artists. And some people work very, very hard to become better artists. Richard Russell has done both. “Painting is,” he says (in humble understatement), “just a part of...
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How are your tomatoes doing?
A blight of some sort has wreaked havoc among tomatoes throughout the county, but primarily in the Blanding area. In Monticello, a swarm of aphids caused some problems with the downtown flower pots...
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Students and faculty celebrate the opening of the new Monticello Elementary School. The new building hosted the first set of students as school opened on August 14. The $10 million school will be dedicated at an open house on September 9. The new school replaces an aging structure that first opened in 1959. Staff photo
Monticello Elementary starts new year with a new school

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2014 SJC Fair Results
Entry and event results for the 2014 San Juan County Fair.
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Local kids admire the cars that were part of the Beehive Drive. The cars arrived on July 30 as part of a statewide tour. Courtesy photo
Blanding hosts Beehive Drive cars
About a dozen of the coolest sports cars you will ever see came roaring into Blanding on July 30. By the time they left, residents had an opportunity to see the cars and the organization left a $6,...
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Pioneer Day celebrated in Monticello

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Monticello celebrates Pioneer Day this week
“The Bucks Start Here” is the theme of the annual Monticello Pioneer Day celebration, which kicks off its weekend festivities starting Thursday and continuing through Saturday.
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Kathryn Wilcox joins San Juan Record family
Kathryn Wilcox is the latest member of the San Juan Record family. She will focus on the Blanding and south-county area and operate the bookstore from the office at 60 North Main Street in Blanding...
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Ben F. Redd was the main carpenter during the construction of the Grayson/Blanding Tabernacle. The heavy pine lumber—no pieces smaller than 2x6 and some as long as 20’—came from the local sawmill. The thousands of bricks for the building were all hand molded and fired by Benjamin D. Black and sons. The mortar was made from lime that came from “west of Pine Nut Knoll” (the knoll with the ‘SJ” on it) and the “sharp” sand they needed came from Westwater. The hard sandstone was also quarried from Westwater by George Arthur Hurst, Sr. He used hand tools to cut out rock slabs 1-3 feet thick and up to 100 feet long. The hand hewn ornamental rock was shaped by professional stonecutters John Tuscher and his sons, Fred and Godfrey. They were brought in by J.B. Harris’s relative, Henry Ashton, who was an engineer/ building contractor and became the foreman of the building project. George Hurst, Jr. wrote, “It seemed like every time there was sufficient need, somebody showed up who had the ability or training to do the thing required in order to continue the construction of that building.”
Remodeling the Blanding South Chapel–again
The question has been seriously considered, during several different decades, as to whether the Blanding South Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints should be torn down and a mo...
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Best floats named for Independence Day parade
The entry by Blue Mountain Hospital (above) was named the best float at the July 4th parade in Blanding. Second place was awarded to Tri-Hurst Construction and third place to Bluff Fort. Honorable ...
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