Elmo News

Duane and Erma Jones will celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary on June 4. They were married in Cleveland on June 4, 1949.

Memorial Day was observed in Emery County with a number of programs at local cemeteries.

Ben Grimes set up a slide presentation in the Courthouse Canyon room about A. D. Ferron.

Twelve students from Carbon and Emery counties have been rewarded for their academic excellence with college scholarships from Emery Telcom.

Two employees were honored at the May school board meeting. Iva Wilske was named the teacher of the year and Roma Brotherson was named the support staff person of the year.

As part of the International Baccalaureate Program at Ecker Hill International Middle School, sixth-grade students are required to complete at least six hours of community service.

Emery County Democrat Convention The Emery County Democrats will hold their county convention and dinner on April 23 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center .

If the students cannot come to the College of Eastern Utah, then take CEU to the students.

The Emery County Historical Society presented: "Emery County In High Spirits". Sam Singleton who recently received a book of songs from a friend, "The Gay Nineties" was coaxed into playing a few of those songs, such as, "The Little Brown Jug", "Roll Out The Barrel" and "The Beer Barrel Polka". Jim Majors of Huntington related the following stories ...

The Muppets ponder their futures in Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up. Join Elmo, Zoe, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Grover and the rest of the colorful denizens of Sesame Street when they start asking, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" as they prepare for a pageant.

A $342,800 fine has been levied against Hiawatha Coal Co. --- the polygamous Kingston family operation that runs the Bear Canyon coal mine outside Huntington -- for a surface accident last October that left an employee with a serious head injury.

The Bureau of Land Management Utah Price Field Office announces that the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry will reopen for the season on March 27.

In the first commission meeting of the year, the Emery County Commissioners voted for Gary Kofford to serve as the commission chairman for the year.

The Emery County Progress along with the Sun Advocate recently published the Castle Country Cookbook.

The Shop at Home 2008 campaign came to a close as the drawing was held at the Emery High boys basketball game on Friday.