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Republican primary election numbers updated on June 24

An additional 500 votes were added to the results of the June 23 Republican primary election on June 24 as the San Juan County Clerks Office updated the initial voter numbers. Election day turnout was higher than the clerk’s office expected and the new figures bumped voter participation in the...

Incumbents win June 23 Republican primary

The Republican Party primary election results are in for San Juan County, and the incumbent has claimed victory in all four races and will be the Republican party nominee on the November general election ballot. Incumbent Congresswoman Celeste Malloy has defeated Challenger Phil Lyman, from...

Local businesses missing out on education grant

Custom Fit is a state-run grant program for business owners. This grant program helps pay for business and employee training, certifications, and skill improvement. San Juan County is one of the few counties in Utah where Custom Fit will pay up to 50 percent of business training costs. In most of...

Blanding fire crews plan the attack on the June 15 Westwater Canyon fire. Brett Saunders photo

Fire burns 20 acres in Westwater Canyon near Blanding

Damage from a June 15 wildfire in Westwater Canyon - on the western edge of Blanding – was kept to a minimum by a large firefighting effort. Approximately 20 acres burned. Flames broke out on the afternoon of Fathers Day in the canyon near the Utah State University Blanding campus and spread north...

A wildfire has burned several outbuildings on the eastern edge of Monticello on June 13. San Juan Record staff photo

Wild fire on east edge of Monticello

A wild fire on the eastern edge of Monticello has consumed less than five acres of grass and several outbuildings. The fire broke out at about 10 a.m. on June 13 in windy and dry conditions. Several fire engines and tankers responded to the blaze, and the crews were still fighting the flames as...

Monticello native is Salt Lake Police Chief

Monticello native Brian Redd has been named police chief for the Salt Lake City Police Department. Redd is currently serving as the executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections. Before that appointment, he worked as vice president of Goldman Sachs’s Compliance Division. Previously, he...

Blanding Mayor Logan Monson's lead grows in Republican race for legislative seat

Blanding Mayor Logan Monson is strengthening his lead in the race for the local Republican seat in the Utah House of Representatives as votes continue to be counted from the June 25 primary election. Monson’s narrow 27-vote lead over Lynn Jackson grew to 112 votes after several hundred additional...

Massive voter turnout may send Blanding Mayor to Utah House of Representatives

A massive voter turnout in the Blanding area may have been the key factor in tight race in the Republican effort to replace Phil Lyman in the Utah House of Representatives. After primary election ballots were counted on June 25, Blanding Mayor Logan Monson has a razor-thin advantage over Moab...

Two Republican primary races still too close to call

As of 10:15 p.m. on election night, there are still several hundred uncounted votes, largely from the Blanding area, after San Juan County Republicans participated in a primary election on June 25. As a result, it is still too soon to call the race to replace San Juan County Commissioner Bruce...