I love living in San Juan County. Last week my too kind and loving wife and I went hiking and found an arch that I didn’t know even existed. As we walked in, there was not a discernable human foo
by Callie Adams
Utah State University Extension, Garfield County
and Nick Frandsen,
Panguitch City Fire Chief
By Janet Wilcox
Contibuting Writer
Walter C. Lyman’s vision of Blanding becoming a lighthouse for education evolved and has proven true over the past 100 years.
We stood peering up at one of the inscriptions on El Morro, a gigantic sandstone monolith in New Mexico.
by David Boyle
News Director
Join the First Baptist Church of Monticello in celebrating the resurrection of the Savior with several special services on Easter Sunday. First, is a Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. at Loyds Lake.
The Monticello high school theater team won the 2026 1A state drama competition on March 28.
Update: The city did not pass an updated fee schedule but did discuss it with the item to be considered for approval in an upcoming meeting.
Marva Johnson Butler, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away on March 13, 2026, in American Fork, UT, after sustaining serious injuries in an unfortunate fall.
Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first ecclesiastical full moon (the “Paschal Full Moon”) that occurs on or after March 21 (the fixed spring equinox).
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