Bluff / Mexican Hat

Bluff Town Council Candidate: Wes Shook

Wes Shook My name is Wes Shook, and I running for a seat on the Town Council. I truly believe that the citizen’s of Bluff are at a crossroads again just as we were when we voted to incorporate as a Town. We voted to take control of our destiny and away from the County. We are now facing the fact...

Bluff Town Council Candidate: Gary Lichtenstein

Gary Lichtenstein I arrived in Bluff in January 1998, on my way to somewhere else. Since then, I became deeply engaged with the community and, in 2010, my wife Kaye. I’m in my 27th year as founder and principal of Quality Evaluation Designs, a firm that provides education consulting and program...

Bluff Town Council Candidate: Britt Hornsby

Britt Hornsby I moved to San Juan County in 2007 and have lived all over the county, including Monticello, Spanish Valley, the Needles District of Canyonlands, and Bluff. I worked as an Americorps Vista, Development Coordinator, then Program Manager at Canyon Country Youth Corps, before spending...

Bluff Town Council Candidate: Jennifer Davila

Jennifer Davila About Me: I bring the unique experience of being a child here, raising my family here, running a small business here, and living with aging family members here. I have personal experience managing the many challenges that life in Bluff throws at a person. Why am I running: I deeply...

Bluff Town Council creates aviation overlay zone

by David Boyle News Director In October members of the Bluff Town Council adopted an ordinance creating an aviation overlay zone to create a two-mile radius from the town center preventing the creation and operation of aviation facilities within the two-mile zone. The ordinance in part states that...

Municipal elections for Bluff and Monticello around the corner

Candidates for the three seats in Monticello and two seats in Bluff will be seeking appointment to four-year terms by voters in late November. While elections in Utah are generally at the beginning of November, the planned September resignation of Congressional Representative Chris Stewart of the...

Bluff Arts Festival celebrates Arts & Culture of the Four Corners Area

In its 19th year, the Bluff Arts Festival is an annual celebration of the arts and culture of the Four Corners region. Artists, writers, film makers, and musicians give their interpretation of their culture and talents in various Bluff settings surrounded by red rocks and golden cottonwoods. The...

Bluff Town Council denies request to disconnect 9,500 acres

by David Boyle News Director Members of the Bluff Town Council unanimously voted to deny a petition to disconnect 9,500 acres from the Town of Bluff boundaries at a special town council meeting on September 26. The Town of Bluff received a petition to disconnect 9,514 acres from the town, located...

San Juan Commission neutral on Bluff deannexation, talks Elk Meadows noise complaints, broadband plan

by David Boyle News Director Members of the San Juan County Commission discussed a proposed Bluff annexation, noise complaints in Elk Meadows, and a local broadband plan at their latest meeting. At the September 5 meeting, the Commission received an update on a recently completed local broadband...

Bluff man sentenced to 25 years for 2018 murder

A Utah man was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment and a term of four years supervised release after a federal jury convicted him of murder in the second degree and using, carrying and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. According to court documents and the evidence...