Life in San Juan

The winning team at the 2023 Founders Tournament join Hideout Golf Pro Jeff Simon (left) to receive their awards. Winners include: (left to right) Rafe Saunders, Kristyon Saunders, Manuel Torres, and Javlen Pierce. Winners of the inaugural tournament in 1959 include Lynn Adams, Morris Swenson, Eddie Boyle, Ben Askew, Rita Adams, Ken Bailey, Hub Newell and Clem Washburn.See more photos and results at the San Juan Record website and at TheFoundersTournament.com Staff photo

More than 100 golfers help raise nearly $8,000 in Founders Tournament at the Hideout

A total of 108 golfers participated in the Founders Tournament on September 2 at the Hideout Golf Club in Monticello. The event helped raise approximately $8,000 for improvement projects at the golf course. It was 64 years ago, in 1959, when the first golf tournament in Monticello took place on...

No camping for two days at Goosenecks State Park

Goosenecks State Park will close for camping for two days this week for work on the road into the park. The park will be closed for camping and visitors from 7 p.m to 7 a.m. on Wednesday, August 9 and Thursday, August 10. The park will be fully open during daytime hours on both days. “We’re...

op notch talent performs on Friday evening at the Bluff Fort, including the Grayson Girls this weekend and Dallyn Bayles on August 18. Courtesy photo

Friday Night at Bluff Fort features talented voices

The Grayson Girls will perform at Bluff Fort on Friday, August 11 at 7 p.m. Grayson Girls are a musical group with members Beverly Felstead, Gayle Shumway, Genevieve Ford and Trish Laws. They sing a variety of music, sharing the joy of music with their own unique sound and harmonies. Audiences...

Pioneer Day arrives in Monticello with two full days of events

The annual Pioneer Day Celebration in Monticello is this weekend July 21-22. The weekend theme is ‘Prepare the Way’, and tons of organizations are preparing for a great weeked in Monticello. Pioneer Days kick off Friday afternoon with the dollar swim at the city swimming pool from 1 to 5 p.m. Free...

Photo of the cave in Westwater Canyon that was home to the Martineau family for several years in the 1940s. Courtesy photo

One family’s unique story of life in a cave

by Sally Jack (Editor’s note: Merry Palmer recently wrote about a coal mine in San Juan County and mentioned a family that once lived in a cave. Sally Jack is contributing her family story about the family that lived in a cave in Westwater in the 1940s.) How does a family come to live in a cave?...

Pioneer Day Grand Marshal Martha Johnson. Courtesy photo

2023 Pioneer Day grand marshal Martha Johnson

Martha Johnson is the grand marshal for the 2023 Pioneer Day Parade. Martha has lived in Monticello for over 30 years and is friends with just about everyone in town. Reflecting on the news of her appointment to be grand marshal, Martha shared that Monticello is a community of wonderful people. “My...

Miss San Juan County for 2023 is Emmry Wilcox (center), with First Attendant Presley Workman (right) and Second Attendant Madi Snyder (left). The royalty will participate in community celebrations and at the San Juan County Fair. Courtesy photo

San Juan County Fair, Rodeo Roylties named

by David Boyle News Director San Juan County Royalty was crowned in mid-June and are busy at work preparing for the annual San Juan County Fair. County Fair Royalty has appeared in the Independence Day parade and will be in the Pioneer Day Celebration parade in Monticello, as well as featured at...

Sergeant Major (ret.) Tina Saunders. Courtesy photo

SGM Saunders retires

Sergeant Major (SGM) Tina Saunders retired from the U.S. Army on June 30, 2023 following over 31 years of service. She is TáChii’Niin (Red Running into the Water People clan), and born to Áshiihí (Salt People Clan). She was born to the late Herbert Joe and Anna (Emma) R. Joe from MacCracken Mesa,...

Blanding plans a wide variety of their annual Independence Day activities, covering more than a week of celebrations, fun, and more

by David Boyle News Director “Stars & Stripes” is the theme for the 2023 Independence Day celebration in Blanding. The annual celebration is renowned far and wide as Blanding rolls out the red carpet to welcome local people, former residents, family members, and friends across the globe. A full...

Reverend Hubbard wrapped Reverend Cathlena Plummer in a Pendleton blanket. Plummer is the daughter of the first Diné bishop on Navajoland Steven Plummer. Courtesy photo

St. Christophers marks 80 years in Bluff

by David Boyle News Director A host of clergy and worshipers gathered at St. Christopher’s Mission in Bluff June 9 to 11 for the 47th Convocation of the Episcopal Church in Navajoland. Reverend Joe Hubbard is the Vicar of St. Christopher’s Mission. As the mission celebrates 80 years, Hubbard shared...