News Roundup
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San Juan County hires new administrator
Mack McDonald has been hired as the new San Juan County Administrator. The hiring was approved at the August 20 meeting of the San Juan County Commission.
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November special election will ask San Juan County governance question
A special election in November will ask voters in San Juan County if a committee should be formed to consider a change in county government.
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Blanding Council talks rate changes, impact fees
The Blanding City Council focused on changes to water and sewer impact fees and the electric rate in their meeting on August 13.
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The Monticello City Council approved designs for new signs that will be built at all three entrances to the city. The signs were designed by Impact Signs of Salt Lake City. Courtesy photo
Monticello City Council considers new hire and economic development
The Monticello City Council discussed a need to hire a new recreation director at length during their meeting August 13 at the Hideout Community Center. Jeremy Avondet, who the city hired two years...
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The massive new headquarters for Special Forces at Camp Williams was dedicated on August 9 in the memory of Staff Sgt Aaron Butler. The $39 million facility is nearly three football fields long and totals 140,000 square feet of space. Courtesy photo
Special Forces training center dedicated to memory of Aaron Butler
A massive new headquarters for Special Forces Operations at Camp Williams was dedicated on August 9 in the name of a local special forces soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.
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Commissioners discuss Spanish Valley, landfill and more
A host of issues were discussed at the August 6 meeting of the San Juan County Commission. Mark Vlasic, of Landmark Design, discussed the 180-day moratorium that has been placed on commercial devel...
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Forest Service crews work to reopen roads affected by fires in the Dark Canyon Wilderness Area
U.S. Forest Service fire crews are working diligently to reopen roads and trails affected by three fires in the Dark Canyon Wilderness Area of the Manti-La Sal National Forest before the bow huntin...
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Aaron Butler Special Forces
New Special Forces training facility will bear the name of Staff Sgt Aaron Butler
Nearly two years after Staff Sergeant Aaron Butler was killed while battling Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan, the Utah National Guard will dedicate a new training facility named in his honor ...
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The Ford Expedition that was involved in a two-car crash on Hwy 191 August 3 that killed three. Courtesy photo
Two-car crash on Hwy 191 kills three
Three people were killed in a two-car crash on Highway 191 at approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 3.
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Quality educators set to lead schools
The opening day of school is just around the corner for the San Juan School District!
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