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With spacious rooms and incredible views, the new dorm building at USU Eastern Blanding Campus is filled to capacity. Campus enrollment is at an all-time high, with more than 700 students presently registered for fall semester. Terri Winder photo
Enrollment growth at USU Eastern campuses
Utah State University Eastern enrollment of 2,130 reflects a 250 student increase on the Price Campus, with the Blanding Campus reporting more than 700 students.
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Amanda Palmer, of Blanding, with a massive deer she recently harvested. Palmer was the winner of the Sportsman for Fish and Wildlife tag, which is awarded in a raffle at the SFW banquets. Palmer took the deer on the Heaton Ranch CWMU unit in Alton, Utah on September 19. The hunt was guided by Jeremy Chamberlain with Color Country Outfitters. Courtesy photo
Successful hunts
Amanda Palmer, of Blanding, with a massive deer she recently harvested. Palmer was the winner of the Sportsman for Fish and Wildlife tag, which is awarded in a raffle at the SFW banquets. Palmer to...
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School enrollment drops
Enrollment in the San Juan School District has dropped by 51 students in the past year. Details were discussed at the October 8 meeting of the San Juan School Board.
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Moonscape near Browns Canyon
It is a moonscape near Browns Canyon after a September 10 storm stripped trees and shrubs of most of their foliage. The storm caused extensive damage to several homes near Shirt Tail Corner south o...
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Family Dollar coming to Monticello
A sister store to the Blanding Family Dollar, pictured above, is currently under construction at 50 East Center Street in Monticello. Work began on the facility early in September. Officials from F...
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Several hundred friends and supporters gathered for the October 12 dedication of the Bluff Fort Co-op building. Kay Shumway photo
A Legacy of Faith—and Cooperation
It was both charming and somewhat ironic that the unintended theme which emerged from the dedication of the Bluff Fort Cooperative store was … cooperation.
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Overall winners in the Men’s division are (l to r) Eli Johnson, third; Jens Brewer, second; and Easton Nielson, first.
Record number, perfect conditions at Newspaper Rock 10k
A record number of runners enjoyed nearly perfect conditions at the Newspaper Rock 10K race on October 12 in spectacular Indian Creek canyon.
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Flights of Learning sculpture. Staff photo
Fundraising begins for statue in Monticello
A new home for Monticello Elementary School is under construction and will be ready for students in August, 2014. In anticipation, a group of volunteers is raising funds to place a beautiful bronze...
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A chocolate waterfall alongside Looking Glass Rock road near Hatch Rock. Torrential rainfall in August and September kept road crews busy. Jack Randolph photo
A dry water year turns wet with damp end of year
A remarkably wet final three months of the water year made a dramatic change in San Juan County.
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Annual 10K race is Saturday
Racers will hit the road on Saturday at 10 a.m. for the seventh annual Newspaper Rock 10K race in Indian Creek Canyon. Up to 100 runners are expected to test the spectacular course, which winds thr...
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