News Roundup
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Mailed ballot includes city races, sales tax questions
Registered voters in San Juan County will begin receiving ballots in the mail for the November 3 general election. The election will be conducted entirely by mail-in ballots, meaning that voting ca...
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Lyman named Commissioner of Year by Association of Counties
San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman was recently recognized by his peers as the 2015 County Commissioner of the year in the State of Utah.
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San Juan Record marks 100 years
Every week since September 29, 1915, the San Juan Record has carefully chronicled life in the isolated southeastern corner of Utah.
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Many local schools struggle with school grades
School grades have been issued, and for the second year in a row, schools in the San Juan School District did not do as well as hoped.
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Ntl Guard helps with Blanding pickup
A citywide cleanup day in Blanding on Saturday, September 19 was a huge success according to a report at the Blanding City Council. For the first time since 2009, residents and city employees had t...
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A rock slide closed Highway 276 at Clay Hill Pass on September 19 and 20. The road was reopened after a 20-hour closure, during which crews built a berm to catch falling rocks. Photos courtesy Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT)
Rock slide briefly closes Hwy 276 at Clay Hill pass
A rock slide on Utah Highway 276, as it climbs Clay Hill Pass, resulted in the closure of the highway to Halls Crossing on the afternoon of Friday, September 19.
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New health services building planned in Blanding
A new health services office in Blanding was the focus of a public hearing at the September 15 meeting of the San Juan County Commission.
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UNHS to build new clinics in Montezuma Creek, Blanding
Utah Navajo Health System, Inc. (UNHS) has been slowly expanding its scope of services and facilities since it began operating in 2000, but the need for further expansion has always been a concern.
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The familar home of the Catholic Church in Monticello will be demolished to make room for a new church. Staff photo
Old St. Joseph’s Catholic Church to be demolished
The building which has housed St. Josephs Catholic Church for the past 80 years, on South Main Street in Monticello, will be demolished in coming days.
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Recapture hot potato as fourth judge says no
It appears as if there is a political and judicial hot potato at the federal court in Salt Lake City after the fourth federal judge in as many weeks stepped away from the sentencing of two San Juan...
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