Navajo Mountain
The Warming Hogans program is now distributing free wood to elderly and Native people in need throughout San Juan County.
The program, which is a part of Utah Navajo Health System (UNHS), had its first distribution day on October 6. Hundreds of Navajos from San Juan County gathered loads of...
The final phase of study for a coronavirus vaccine will include volunteers from the Navajo Nation.
Since coronavirus first arrived in the United States in the late winter of 2020, a race among pharmaceutical companies to find a vaccine for the virus has been underway.
Now three companies and their...
Students in Bluff, Montezuma Creek, Monument Valley, and Navajo Mountain are back to learning despite the challenges of not physically being in their school buildings.
The decision for the river region of the San Juan School District (SJSD) not to physically return to school was made based on...
San Juan County School Board finalized plans ahead of the start of the academic school year later this month.
Key items passed include 100 percent remote learning for students in the south part of the county for the start of the year. The district moved the first day of school for students from...
San Juan County Commission signed a resolution stating their support of county law enforcement at the August 4 meeting held remotely.
The resolution publicly salutes the Sheriff’s department and was passed unanimously. Commission Chair Kenneth Maryboy shared his thoughts on the resolution.
“I think...
On June 4, the U.S. Senate approved a bill to settle longstanding water rights questions for the Utah portion of the Navajo Nation.
Supporters hope the bill, if passed into law, would help extend drinking water to many of the isolated corners of San Juan County.
It would transfer of up to 81,500...
Hundreds of live sheep were delivered to needy families on the Navajo Reservation on Memorial Day as part of the “Farmers Feeding Utah” project. The distribution was for families in the Montezuma Creek, Aneth, Red Mesa, and Tódahadekanii areas.
An additional distribution of live sheep will take...
In one of the most unexpected conclusions to a school year ever, area students are set to receive diplomas this week from the five San Juan School District high schools.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in at-home education during the entire fourth quarter of the school year.
While the hundreds...
Four Navajo Mountain High School seniors have earned their high school diploma.
In virtual events this week, they will be honored for their efforts and wished the best of luck for a bright future.
The valedictorian for the graduating class is Kyler Navaho and the salutatorian is Elias Greymountain...
Last weekend, like the two previous weekends before, Bud Frazier was out delivering critical supplies to dozens of families in the Navajo Nation.
Without physical addresses in very remote places, it was difficult to find the families who had reached out to Frazier for help. But when he finds them...