Health Care

Harm to Healing: Community discussion on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives

Restoring Ancestral Winds, Inc. will host the Harm to Healing: Community Discussion on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives on July 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bluff Community Center, 3rd East and Mulberry. Bluff Community Center is an ADA facility. “There is evidence of deep, historical harm...

New protocols address response to domestic violence incidents

A training effort for a significant new state initiative to protect victims of domestic violence began in Blanding last week. A number of state officials, including Lt Gov Deidre Henderson, attended the first training meeting of the domestic violence protocols that were approved during the most...

Gary Suttlemyre recognized for 35 years of service

Gary Suttlemyre (left) was recognized for 35 years of service on local public health boards at the August 2 San Juan County Commission meeting. Commissioner Bruce Adams (right), Monticello Mayor Bayley Hedglin, Public Health Director Grant Sunada, and others recognized Mr. Suttlemyre for...

Keynote speaker Eugene Brave Rock addresses the conference. UNHS photo

Inaugural Indigenous Men's Conference held in Montezuma Creek

The Inaugural Indigenous Men’s Conference took place in Montezuma Creek on June 30, with fifty people in attendance and thousands tuned in to listen. The event sponsored by Utah Navajo Health System (UNHS) brought Indigenous men to speak at a first-of-its-kind gathering for Indigenous men. In an...

New Interventional Radiology Injection Services at BM Hospital

Blue Mountain Hospital is excited to announce a new service, Interventional Radiology Injections, to help the community with chronic pain. Chronic joint or lower back pain does not discriminate. It can affect all ages, genders, and walks of life. No matter why you have it, pain is not something...

COVID case count high

Covid cases remain high in San Juan County, with 503 active cases reported as of February 8. The number of active cases is down slightly from a few weeks ago, when the county reached an all-time high of 661 cases on January 28. It is assumed that the actual number of active cases is higher due to...

San Juan Hospital welcomes New Year Baby... in February!

It took more than a month, but San Juan Hospital has welcomed a New Year Baby for 2022. Pacen Johnson Palmer made his arrival at 3:55 p.m. on February 4, 2022. Dr Jeanne Wigant delivered the 7 pound, 11 ounce, 20 inch baby boy. Pacen is the son of Morgan and Landon Palmer and joins brothers...

New Year's Baby arrives at Blue Mountain Hospital

A week into 2022, Blue Mountain Hospital finally welcomes its New Years' baby. Julian Paul Descheeny joined the world on January 7, 2022, at 7:09 a.m. The baby boy weighs in at 7 pounds 9 ounces and measures 21 inches long. Mom Savannah Renee Cagle, and baby Julian are both happy, healthy, and...

Two new deaths of San Juan County residents with COVID

San Juan Public Health has reported two additional deaths of residents with COVID-19 in December. The reported deaths were of two women in their 60’s, one from the Bluff area and the other from the Blanding area. The number of COVID cases remains high in San Juan County, with 152 active cases as of...

COVID numbers remain high thru November

The number of COVID cases remains high in San Juan County, with 180 active cases on November 30. Those numbers are slightly down from the 215 cases in the past week. However, the total cases in November are higher than any other month in 2021, excluding January. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 is...