April 2026

Monticello High Prom Court 2026

Tue, 04/14/2026 - 5:43pm admin

The Monticello High School Junior Prom Royalty includes: (left to right) First Attendants Zamian Lopez and Shaydin Freestone, Second attendants McKay Nielson and Amelia Henderson, Third attendants

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Failed efforts to become a juvenile delinquent

Tue, 04/14/2026 - 5:42pm admin

Growing up in Monticello, little boys like me had to work hard to find those unstated, but real, limits of what kinds of misbehavior our parents would allow.

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Buckaroos upset Gunnison Valley

Tue, 04/14/2026 - 5:40pm admin

The 2026 Monticello High School baseball team is currently ranked eighth in the 2A standings and are 8-6 on the season and 2-4 in 2A East Region play. Members of the team include: (back row, left to right) Coach Ryan Young, Jaeden Camacho, Tristan Burtenshaw, Triston Felix, Jackson Keyes, Grant Wigginton, Kord Young, Head Coach Josh Keyes, Coach Nick Felix. Front: Manager Annabelle Felix, Arturo Gutierrez, Ethan Lee, Jaxson Breedlove, Diego Cortez, Cache Young, and Manager Kami Kirby. Courtesy photo

by Rhett Sifford
Sports Editor

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Lady Broncos suffer first loss but rebound to win two games, remain atop Utah 2A standings

Tue, 04/14/2026 - 5:37pm admin

San Juan senior Averie Gilson looks to tee off on a pitch in a recent game in Blanding. Gilson sports a .418 batting average this season and has driven in 15 runs with four home runs, four doubles, and two triples. The Lady Bronco softball team is the #1 team in the Utah 2A standings with a 17-1 record. They’re 9-1 in Region 18 play and are gearing up for a road doubleheader against Kanab on April 21. Laura Stearns photo

by Rhett Sifford
Sports Editor
The San Juan High School softball team has firmly established themselves as the team to beat in Utah 2A softball this season.

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Monticello track and field continues to roll with solid performances in Cortez, Blanding

Tue, 04/14/2026 - 5:35pm admin

Monticello runners (left to right) Charlie Welch, Eli Carling, and Linden English start in the 800-meter with Whitehorse’s Hyatt Thomas and Elam Etsitty in tow at the San Juan Invitational in Blanding April 13. Etsitty won the race, Carling finished second and Welch was third, helping the Buckaroo boys to a second-place team finish. Christina Nielson photo

by Rhett Sifford
Sports Editor
The Monticello High School track and field teams traveled to Cortez, CO on April 10 to compete in the annual Bob Archibeque Invitational.

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Mysterious Tea Time

Tue, 04/14/2026 - 3:15pm admin

Tea time with Agatha Christie. Courtesy photo

A common complaint of book readers, when the movie version comes out is, “Hollywood’s butchered the book!”.

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Bigfoot Hunter and Nevada Ghost Towns

Tue, 04/14/2026 - 3:13pm admin

The stark cemetery in Columbus NV marks the burial spots for Chinese laborers who worked in the mines and mills in the area. Merry Palmer photo

I came around a two-story ruin of a bank in Candelaria, NV, a mining ghost town, and was startled to find Ted in conversation with a man who had his hands full of treasures.

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Missing 15-year-old found after one week

Tue, 04/14/2026 - 3:09pm admin

After a week of searching a missing Blanding teen was returned home healthy on April 8.

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Photo of the week April 15, 2026

Tue, 04/14/2026 - 3:09pm admin

Spring has sprung in the beautiful back country in the Redrock Country. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record.