April 2022

Gary Allen Long October 2, 1965 ~ March 30, 2022

Wed, 04/06/2022 - 6:34pm admin

Gary Allen Long, loving husband and father, son and brother fought a courageous battle of Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS).

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Girls Basketball / Cheerleading All-State

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 6:55pm admin

KAILEE TOHONNIE 1A HONORABLE MENTION Whitehorse Senior Forward 13.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 3 steals per game

Two San Juan County student-athletes were named to girls basketball All-State teams for the 2021-2022 winter sports season.

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Local track and field teams perform well in Mancos and St. George

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 6:36pm admin

Monticello long jumper Tommy Sheeran finished first place in the event by more than a foot, Sheeran was one of several county athletes to place first at the Mancos event

by Jessica Walker
Contributing Writer

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San Juan High senior earns Daniels Scholarship

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 6:28pm admin

San Juan Senior Ashlyn Bake is a recipient of the 2022 Daniels Scholarship Program

San Juan High School senior Ashlyn Bake is a recipient of the 2022 Daniels Scholarship Program.

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Monticello eighth-grade student wins southeast Utah regional spelling bee

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 6:05pm admin

Monticello High School eighth grade student Jocelyn Francom (center) won the 2022 southeast Utah regional spelling bee. Also pictured are second place finisher Aly Bryner (right) and Jethro Denton (left) of Carbon County. Courtesy photo

Jocelyn Francom, an eighth-grade student at Monticello High school is the 2022 regional spelling bee champion.
Francom clinched the title with a correct spelling of "pendulous."

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Miss Monument Valley High School Crowned

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 5:53pm admin

Royalty from the 2022 Miss Monument Valley High School Pageant pictured from left to right: Miss Congeniality Naima Goodman, second runner-up Dawnae Yazzie, Miss Monument Valley High School Sloane Sheppard, and first runner-up Chalyishia Tsosie. Photo Courtesy Miss Western Navajo

Freshman Sloane Sheppard was named Miss Monument Valley High School at the school’s annual pageant on Saturday, March 26.

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Monument Valley Post Office finds a new home in Welcome Center

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 5:50pm admin

The Monument Valley Post Office has a new temporary home in Building D of the Wel- come Center. It is planned to move the Post Office to the new Oljato Chapter house when it is built. Larry Lloyd photo

Monument Valley Post Office finds a new home in the Monument Valley Welcome Center.

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Photo of the week April 6

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 5:40pm admin

A beautiful Monument Valley sunrise. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record.

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Dry winter weather means uncertainty and minimal runoff for area reservoirs

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 5:36pm admin

Another dry winter leaves San Juan County in a familiar situation: how to face water shortages and drought conditions.

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Surveys will measure Community Wellbeing in three local communities

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 5:34pm admin

screenshot from the active survey for Blanding. Surveys are also available for Monticello and Bluff residents

The Utah State University (USU) Wellbeing Project is seeking feedback from residents of Blanding, Bluff, and Monticello through an online survey.

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