July 2026

San Juan earns second place in 2A All-Sports Awards, Monticello finishes fifth in 1A

Tue, 07/14/2026 - 4:22pm admin

by Rhett Sifford
Sports Editor

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Gear up for several competitions at the Hideout Golf Club in coming weeks

Tue, 07/14/2026 - 4:19pm admin

Adilyn Huber aims for a hole-in-one during a summer junior clinic at the Hideout Golf Club. Kids ages 6-14 can learn the game of golf in a fun environment in the final junior camp of the season August 3-5. Jeff Simon photo

by Jeff Simon
Hideout Golf Club
PGA Professional

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Fire in the sky produces the best of times and the worst of times

Tue, 07/14/2026 - 4:16pm admin

Monticello residents line Abajo Drive in the evening, expressing their gratitude and cheering on exhausted firefighters who are heading up into the Abajo Mountains to battle the Babylon Fire that continues to burn west of Monticello and north of Blanding. Tessa Perkins photo

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” I drove by the wheat fields the other day and was reminded of the “amber waves of grain” from America the Beautiful.

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San Juan Class of '76 celebrates 50 years

Tue, 07/14/2026 - 4:14pm admin

The San Juan High School Bicentennial Class of 1976 celebrated their 50th reunion on Friday, July 3.

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Gerald Milton “Milt” Pipkin May 25, 1949 ~ July 6, 2026

Tue, 07/14/2026 - 4:12pm admin

Gerald Milton “Milt” Pipkin, 77, of Blanding, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Monday, July 6, 2026.

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Daniel Ray Cressler November 18, 1952 ~ July 5, 2026

Tue, 07/14/2026 - 4:10pm admin

Daniel Ray Cressler, a beloved dad and grandpa passed away on July 5, 2026 after a short illness. He was 74.

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Photo of the week July 15, 2026

Tue, 07/14/2026 - 4:03pm admin

A tanker approaches the communications towers on Abajo Peak as the sun sets over the Babylon Fire on July 11.

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Babylon Fire crews get 50% containment

Tue, 07/14/2026 - 4:00pm admin

helicopter carries a load of water toward Abajo Peak submitted by Talmage Nielson,

by Bill Boyle
SJR Editor
An army of more than 1,500 firefighters, from nearly every corner of the nation, have converged on San Juan County to fight the massive Babylon Fire.