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Jay Jones
Employee-of-Year is Blanding Campus “Go-to-Guy”
Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah has named the “Go-to-Guy” as employee of the year. He is otherwise known as Jay Jones, a member of USU Eastern Blanding Campus Information Technology a...
Aug 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Commission hears of sage grouse plans
A visit from Bill Bates of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to the San Juan County Commission on August 20 spurred a great deal of discussion, debate and emotion from many members of the pub...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Commission to delay decision on TRT funds
San Juan County Commissioners announced that they will not have an action item on the August 20 agenda for the proposal to transfer transient room tax (TRT) revenues directly to Monticello and Blan...
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Students head back to school this week in the San Juan School District
Students return to school this week as the San Juan School District opens its doors on August 16.
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Monticello Journal III, featuring more than 700 pages of the history of Monticello from 1971 to 2000, was recently published by Faye Muhlestein. Courtesy photo
Third book in Monticello History series is released
Faye Muhlestein has released the third and final book in her three-part history of Monticello. Monticello Journal III is an exhaustive history totaling more than 700 pages of tightly-packed histor...
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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County may return transient room tax collections straight to communities
The San Juan County Commission is considering a proposal that would return the full amount of room taxes generated by motel customers to the cities of Monticello and Blanding. If approved, the com...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sage grouse transplants may be coming to area
Gunnison Sage Grouse transplants may be coming to San Juan County. Guy Wallace, of the Division of Wildlife Resources, told the County Commission on July 23 that the opportunity to transplant Gunni...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Monticello employees can opt-out of health insurance
The Monticello City Council will allow city employees to opt out of the city-provided health insurance coverage. The policy is an idea to help cut costs to the city.
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local responders and volunteers keeping wildfire damage at a minimum
The attention of the nation, and of thousands of firefighters, has been focused on devastating fires in Colorado and northern Utah. However, a team of hard-working local residents, many of them vo...
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Legislature funds fine arts programs in local schools
Fine Arts programs are making their way back into schools in the San Juan School District. Superintendant Doug Wright reported at the July 10 school board meeting that the district has allocated fu...
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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