News Roundup
Farewell comments by Mayor Doug Allen
I have had the privilege of serving as your Mayor for the last eight years and also of serving on the City Council for six years before for a total of 14 years.
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Farewell comments by Mayor Toni Turk
It has been my great privilege and honor to serve the citizens of Blanding as their Mayor over the past decade. I have treated this opportunity as a Sacred Trust. In advancing the interests of our ...
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Change in leadership at San Juan Hospital and Health Service District
The San Juan Health Service District has made a change in leadership. The contract of Chief Executive Officer Phil Lowe expired at the end of the December 19 health care board meeting. Laurie Schaf...
Dec 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Commissioners approve $19.5 million in 2014 budgets for San Juan County
On December 23, San Juan County Commissioners approved a 2014 General Fund budget that totals $11.25 million.
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RL Wilcox was named the 2013 Monticello Citizen of the Year by the Monticello City Council. Robin Garner photo.
Youth program volunteer named Monticello Citizen of the Year by City Council
R.L. Wilcox has been named the 2013 Citizen of the Year by the Monticello City Council.
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Monticello utility rate increase will average $70/year
Utility rates were increased at the December 10 meeting of the Monticello City Council. The Council voted 3-2 for a change that will result in an estimated $70 per year increase for the average hom...
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Blanding Council closes year
Service awards were presented to Mayor Toni Turk and Councilman Charlie Taylor at the December 10 meeting of the Blanding City Council. They are leaving office on January 1.
Dec 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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The newly rebuilt library at San Juan High School features all the high-tech touches of a new library. The library and its collections were replaced after an November, 2012 arson fire did more than $2 million in damage to the library and surrounding classrooms. Staff photo
Rebuilding a high school library
When the San Juan High School library was destroyed by an arson fire on November 17, 2012, the news spread like — well, like wildfire.
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San Juan County will participate in public lands bill
San Juan County will participate in the development of a public lands bill in Congress, but the parameters of the involvement have yet to be set.
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Volunteers on snowmobile helped rescue five lost hikers from the San Juan County backcountry. Brit Barton photo
First winter storm strands backcountry hikers
The first winter storm of the year hit San Juan County on November 22, bringing heavy precipitation and more than two feet of snow to the mountains.
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