Historic Stories

Steve Jay Wilcox August 8, 1941 ~ December 21, 2024

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:26pm admin

Steve Jay Wilcox was born August 8, 1941 and passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on December 21, 2024.

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Stephen Morelos Eagar December 1, 1932 ~ December 20, 2024

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:25pm admin

Stephen Morelos Eagar passed away peacefully at home with family in Mesa, AZ on December 20, 2024 at the age of 92.

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Gerald Orvil (Jerry) Miller June 18, 1943 ~ December 20, 2024

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:23pm admin

Gerald Orvil Miller (“Jerry”), true to his nature, quietly exited this life on December 20, 2024 in Gilbert, AZ.

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Patricia Ann Heim Wood January 16, 1953 ~ December 20, 2024

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:22pm admin

Patricia Ann Heim Wood was born on January 16, 1953 in Fort Knox, KY. She passed away at the age of 71 on December 20, 2024 in Monticello, UT.

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Photo of the week January 8, 2025

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:19pm admin

A beautiful bone-dry view of the Redrock Country near the Needles Overlook. 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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Honoring those who passed away in 2024

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:17pm admin

Family, friends and neighbors whose obituaries ran in the pages of the San Juan Record in 2024.
Erin Shelton Oliver
Jeffry R. Fowles
Allen James Hunt

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Utah State University receives Rural Education Partner of the Year Award

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:13pm admin

Utah State University Extension recently received the Rural Education Partner of the Year Award from the Rural Health Association of Utah (RHAU).

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Starting the New Year clean and bright

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:12pm admin

Try a Mediterranean Stir-Fry to start the new year clean and bright. Mary Cokenour photo

Recently I discovered there are various superstitions regarding what you should, or should not, do on New Year’s Day.

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Want to gather shed antlers? Take the free, mandatory ethics course

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 3:10pm admin

Collecting shed antlers from many big game species, including deer, elk and moose, is a popular pastime in Utah.

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