Monticello News

San Juan County, Utah ... Recent lightning storms have ignited several wildfires on the Monticello Ranger District in Southeast Utah.

Selma Sierra, Bureau of Land Management's Utah State Director, announced today her selections for four district manager positions throughout BLM Utah.

Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating the cause of a plane crash that killed two men on Friday, including one from Scottsdale who was on a scenic tour over Canyonlands National Park in ...

Front-line responders who performed emergency services at some of Utah's most tragic events in the last year were awarded Monday for their duty and in some cases, for saving multiple lives.

IVINS - Charles E. Mannering, age 100, died May 3, 2008 at his home in Ivins, Utah. via TheSpectrum.com

FORUMS Bus driver charged in fatal crash LaNIA COLEMAN MONTICELLO, Utah -- A Gladwin man faces charges in a fatal January crash that killed nine people vacationing in Utah. via Saginaw News

MONTICELLO, Utah - Two misdemeanor charges are filed against the driver of a bus that crashed in southeastern Utah, killing nine Arizona skiers. via Reno Gazette-Journal

Monticello has an unusually high rate of lung cancer. The Utah Health Department has found that Monticello has an unusually high rate of lung cancer. via Kutv.com

“We knew in our hearts that we were right about this, but it was just a matter of trying to prove it”

For more than 15 years, residents of Monticello have labored to convince the federal government that emissions from a mid-20th century uranium-processing mill near their southeast Utah town have led to a ... via Salt Lake Tribune

“These species are like canaries in a coal mine”

Interest is surprisingly strong in potential oil shale and tar sands development on federal land, judging by the first of three days of public meetings in Utah. via Deseret News

Calvin and Gaye Carter of Cedar City celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary Feb. via TheSpectrum.com

“It was absolutely the right thing to save me”

Amy Irvine and her husband, SUWA attorney Herb McHarg, bought a house south of Monticello and stayed for five turbulent years. via Salt Lake Tribune

“I'd like to tell myself that we did as well as anyone could have with it”

Ore is piled onto leach pads at the Lisbon Valley Mine in early 2006. Extracting the copper from the site's sandstone proved more difficult than anticipated, and the mine would give up within a year and a half. via High Country News

Our loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Uncle, Milton Tyde Compton of Washington City, Utah passed away on December 26, 2007. via TheSpectrum.com

“He was pretty exhausted. Once he gathered himself, he took off. We haven't had any reports of a dead bull in the area, so we're assuming he is still alive”

DWR Sgt. Jay Shirley saws the antler from a dead elk in an effort to free another bull last month near Monticello. via Salt Lake Tribune

“This is a highly significant event for Endeavor and will allow us to pursue our longer-term goal of sourcing and developing uranium properties. In fact, we continue to actively pursue new projects both here and abroad. ”

Endeavor Uranium today provided details surrounding the acquisition of mining rights to ten unpatented claims in Colorado. via Business Wire

“I would hope that people would not get into the politics of these plans”

Selma Sierra, Utah State Director for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, visits a revegetation and fire stabilization project near Cove Fort. via Salt Lake Tribune

Issue date: 11/19/07 Section: Campus Lifestyles Tawny Hancock, 24, is a law enforcement officer for the United States Forest Service. via The WSU Signpost

“Out here in the fringelands, you better have more than one way to make a living.”

Artist J.R. Lancaster lists his address as "Bluff, slightly off the beaten path, Utah." And yes, this small town in the southeast corner of the state is a bit out of the way. via Deseret News

“It doesn't matter what side you're on, it's wrong”

A new plan to manage public lands in six counties surrounding Richfield would open nearly all of the region to oil and gas drilling and off-highway vehicle-recreation use under a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ... via Salt Lake Tribune