Blanding

White Mesa man receives 15-year sentence following carjacking and deadly crash

Qwana McCook, 30 of White Mesa was sentenced on May 29, to 15 years’ imprisonment, five years supervised release and ordered by the court to pay $250,000 in restitution. The sentence, imposed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Robert J. Shelby, comes after McCook admitted to stealing a truck from a...

Water Crisis in Blanding Triggers Building of Early Reservoirs

By LaVerne Tate & Janet Wilcox Many of you will remember the water crisis Blanding faced in the spring of 1990. That winter had no significant winter snowstorms and very little runoff came into the Starvation Reservoir or Dry Wash Reservoir. In May the City of Blanding hired John Black to...

Blanding City reopens skatepark, talks fee schedule, appoints two to planning and zoning

by David Boyle News Director Blanding City Council members discussed the planning and zoning committee, a splash pad and re-opened the skate park at their latest meeting. At the May 21 meeting members of the Blanding City Council held a discussion about possibly extending voting privileges to city...

Additional charges for Blanding roomate killing

35-year-old Blanding man Charles Youngkuom Yoo now faces additional charges in the case of the murder of his two roommates William Bull and Christopher Owens in March. While Yoo had previously been charged with two counts of aggravated murder, and obstruction of justice. Yoo has now also been...

San Juan High School Seniors 2024

San Juan High Class of 2024 Graduation is scheduled for Thursday, May 23 at 5:00 pm

Memorial Day Sunrise service May 27

The annual Blanding Cemetery Memorial Day Sunrise Service is Monday at 7 a.m. The Rotary Club will provide breakfast. Please bring your own chairs. Julie Castellon will be the speaker. She is a high school science teacher whose son Brigham is in the National Guard. The National Guard will have a...

$45.6 million contract for Blanding Elementary

by David Boyle News Director The maximum cost of construction for the new Blanding Elementary School is $45.6 million. Members of the San Juan School Board approved a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contract with Westland Construction as part of the work to build a new elementary school in Blanding...

San Juan High School recently held their annual Junior Prom. The prom royalty includes (left to right): Javin Montella, Diana Howe, Luke Jones, Shayli Bake, Latanya Nunez, Kayden Warren, Lance Begaye, Macee Palmer, Owen Adams, Paige Bitsoie, Harley Anderson, Hayden Shumway. Courtesy photo

2024 Prom Courts

Blanding sets policies for solar, event sponsorship

by David Boyle News Director Members of the Blanding city council touched on a variety of topics at their latest meeting including updating policies related to solar power and event sponsorship as well as approving a bid for the shade structure at the city ball fields at their latest meeting....

The Palmer brothers pose for a photo. Courtesy photo

Palmer Brothers Build To Last

by Janet Wilcox Contributing writer Terry Palmer was 10 years old when he and his 9-year-old brother, Taylor, were hired by their father to clean the Mining Supply Store in Blanding. During the Uranium boom in San Juan County (late 1940’s -50’s) miners needed supplies which Van Palmer’s store ...