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Buckaroos dominate Region 19 Track and Field Championships
The Monticello High School track and field team dominated the Region 19 Championships on their home turf this past Wednesday, May 8. The Buckaroo boys scored a whopping 213 points to win the region title. Second-place Green River was a distant 171 points behind. Whitehorse finished third with 27 points and Monument Valley came in fifth with eight points.
San Juan upsets Duchesne in softball second round but season ends in back-to-back losses
The San Juan High School softball team traveled to Spanish Fork for the 2A Utah State Softball second round on Thursday, May 9 anticipating the toughest game of the season against #2 Duchesne. Coming into the matchup the 23-5 Eagles had won eight in a row and over the course...
$45.6 million contract for Blanding Elementary
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 at the May 8 meeting. School...
Bronco baseball falls to Grand in one-loss QF
Following their 9-4 loss to Beaver in the 2A Utah State Baseball second round the San Juan Broncos knew they had a long road ahead in the battle for the 2024 state championship. They would need seven straight wins, in fact, beginning with a one-loss second round matchup in Blanding,...
More than 200 set to be high school graduates
The San Juan School District will award diplomas to more than 200 high school graduates from May 22 through 25 at services across the sprawling district. Monticello High School graduation will take place Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. The Class of 2024 Valedictorian is Nial Reay with Shayla Pehrson as Salutatorian.
From swamp to bunkhouse: local guide company opens new employee housing
After years of uncertainty, Navtec pivoted from Alternative Dwelling Overlay. Seasonal employees at Navtec, one of Moab’s longest-running guide companies, have a new option for housing: a 5,200 square-foot bunkhouse in La Sal with 11 shared bedrooms and space for RVs and camping outside. Navtec manager Brian Martinez discusses...
Baseball Recap: San Juan falls despite strong effort from Branten Bethea
San Juan and Grand County squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but San Juan had to settle for second. They fell 4-0 to the Grand County Red Devils. The matchup marked the first time this season in which San Juan was not able to get on the board.
Monticello baseball season ends with loss to state runners-up
After a win over Millard in the 2A Utah State Baseball Tournament one-loss first round the Monticello Buckaroos knew they had their hands full with a tough matchup at South Sevier on Tuesday, May 7. The Rams were the sixth-seeded team entering the tournament and though nobody knew what would...
San Juan softball advances as Monticello season ends
The San Juan and Monticello softball teams endured road trips for just one game each this past Saturday, May 4 to open the 2024 2A Utah State Tournament. The games ended with opposite results for the two rivals. Seventh-ranked San Juan was in Duchesne to face #10 Milford and the...
Nearly 200 graduates at USU Blanding on April 26
Utah State University Blanding is proud to have celebrated its class of 2024 on Friday, April 26. The class of 2024 consists of 188 individuals earning 55 associate, 17 bachelor’s, and 12 master’s degrees and 134 undergraduate and one graduate certificate. “This is a truly exciting occasion to...
Monticello track team gets solid effort in Price, will host Region 19 meet
The Monticello High School track and field team hopped in team buses this past Friday, May 3 and headed 170 miles north to Price where Carbon High School was hosting the 2024 Dino Tracks meet. With 34 schools in attendance and 658 athletes competing the action was intense, and there...
Rally for Arch Canyon draws more than 100 with concerns about Bears Ears management plan
More than a hundred people gathered in Monticello on May 4 for a rally to call for continued Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) access in Arch Canyon. A 1,200-page draft management plan for the Bears Ears National Monument was published on March 8, with a 90-day public comment period open from the time and concluding on June 11.
Fugitive flees from southern Utah police at 135 mph, gets caught with drugs
MONTICELLO — A South Dakota man wanted in another state on drug-related crimes is now facing charges in Utah after allegedly fleeing from police at over 100 mph and being caught with more drugs. Sebastian Robert Falkenberg, 25, of Sioux Falls, was charged on April 16 in Utah’s 7th...
Zoey Rhees Game Report: vs Monticello
North Sevier was led to victory by Zoey Rhees, who turned in her biggest game of the season on Saturday. Rhees was dialed in and scored a run and stole four bases while going 3-for-4. She played a big game the last time she faced Monticello, so the team probably should've seen her coming.
Baseball Recap: Simla sees their postseason come to a close
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Simla can now relate to. They fell just short of the Dove Creek Bulldogs by a score of 5-4 on Saturday. Simla was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Dove Creek apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in May of 2023.
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