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Blanding City Council discusses fire department and city projects

A busy month of training and response to fire was discussed at the February 25 meeting of the Blanding City Council. Blanding City Fire Chief Corey Spillman reported there were four calls in the last month, including one from White Mesa which looks suspiciously like arson. A criminal investigation...

Promising winter suddenly falters

The weather in February suddenly turned dry. What looked to be a wetter-than-average winter in area mountains is turning into an average winter. On an average year, the snowpack in area mountains builds throughout the winter until it peaks in late March. For instance, the snowpack at the Camp...

San Juan County students participate in regional History Day Fair

Nearly 120 students from across the San Juan School District participated in the annual regional History Day Fair, which was held on February 25 at the Utah State University Blanding campus. “Breaking Barriers” was the theme of the contest this year. There were 80 projects in total, with 27...

Busy at the San Juan Record

We have been busy through the winter at the San Juan Record as we plan and implement a series of significant changes to the business. Creating a weekly newspaper with a small staff represents a tremendous amount of work in and of itself. And we have five additional projects that we are actively...

San Juan County and Navajo Nation sign road agreement

San Juan County and the Navajo Department of Transportation (NDOT) have come to an agreement about the maintenance of a handful of roads used as school bus routes in the southern portion of the county. An agreement between the two entities was signed on February 24 at a ceremony at Teec Nos Pos, AZ...

Vote for first Best of San Juan Awards

Official voting for the 2020 Best of San Juan Awards are now open to the public. Anyone can head to the chamber website, at sanjuancountychamber.com, to vote for their favorite local businesses. You can even check and see which businesses are pulling ahead in votes. This March, the San Juan County...

Monticello discusses police staffing issues and a $100,000 drop in sales tax collections

Police staffing issues were the chief concern at the February 11 meeting of the Monticello City Council. The police department has three police officers, making time off and 24-hour staffing throughout the week an issue. Officers report frequent burnout. With one officer leaving the department,...

Capital projects listed in Blanding

Improvements at Gooseneck State Park were discussed at length at the February 12 meeting of the Blanding City Council. The Council also discussed a 10-year capital projects plan. A letter from the City to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) addresses proposed improvements at Goosenecks State Park,...

Schools address fee waivers, high cost of activities, building use

by Bill Boyle San Juan Record Editor The high cost for students to participate in school activities – and fee waivers for students from low income families – is the focus of a major initiative by the San Juan School District. The school board is moving closer to approving “spend plans” for all...

Two local residents return from China, being monitored for coronavirus

Two San Juan County residents are currently being “actively monitored” after returning from areas of China where the coronavirus is actively spreading. Officials state that the two local residents are not infected with the virus, but are being monitored due to their potential exposure to the virus...