Photo of the Week

Photo of the week July 2, 2025

Enjoying a cool swim at the Faux Falls near Kens Lake in Spanish Valley. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@sjrnews.com. In addition, you can see more entries into our contest at the San Juan...

Children from Bluff Elementary School recite the Pledge of Allegiance and sing the National Anthem in Navajo at the Utah Navajo Health System 25th Anniversary Celebration in Blanding on June 6. Courtesy photo

Utah Navajo Health System, Inc. celebrates 25 Years: A closer look at UNHS then and now

by Sally Jack Contibruting Writer This year marks the 25-year anniversary of Utah Navajo Health System, Inc. To celebrate “25 Years Strong,” UNHS hosted anniversary celebrations at Navajo Mountain, Monument Valley, and Blanding, with a final celebration to take place at their headquarters in...

Photo of the week June 18, 2025

A June 13 fire on the eastern edge of Monticello burns a barn. Fire fighters stopped the flames before they caused even more damage. There was a similar fire in Blanding on June 15 and a third fire is burning on Navajo Mountain. See the San Juan Record website at sjrnews.com for a number of...

Photo of the week June 11, 2025

New growth on old growth near the Causeway in the Abajo Mountains. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@sjrnews.com. In addition, you can see more entries into our contest at the San Juan...

Photo of the week May 28, 2025

A bright-blue crawdad peaks out from under a safe place in the Blanding Fourth Reservoir. Ashley Gough photo

Photo of the week June 4, 2025

Exploring the spectacular River House Ruins along the San Juan River. This photo graces the cover of 101 Ways to Experience San Juan County, with a copy of the annual visitor guide included in this issue of the San Juan Record. The guide is printed by the tens of thousands and distributed across...

Crews are making significant progress on the construction of the new Blanding Elementary School. The project is moving ahead into a busy construction scheduile this summer. Photo courtsy San Juan School District

San Juan School Board names new member after 19-year veteran steps down

by David Boyle News Director Members of the San Juan School board appointed a new board member, approved a salary increase for staff and an appraisal of the old Blanding Elementary building at their latest meeting. Members of the San Juan School board approved Donald Mose III to be the new board...

Photo of the week May 7, 2025

An Eastern Collared lizard hanging out in sage brush in Dry Valley. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@sjrnews.com. In addition, you can see more entries into our contest at the San Juan...

Thomas Chee, leader of the Westwater community, at the spring that provided the closest source of freshwater to Westwater for many years. New culinary water lines now bring fresh water into the 23 homes in Westwater. An emoptional Chee said, “For many years, we have been relying on this beautiful water right here. It sustains life.” Staff photo

Culinary water system extends to Westwater area west of Blanding

by Bill Boyle Editor Running water is now available in the Westwater community, immediately west of Blanding. A celebration on April 25 culminated a four-year project that has helped transformed the once isolated area on the west side of the canyon. Water and electricity is now available to the 23...

Photo of the week April 23, 2025

It was a wet, wild, beautiful and cold Easter weekend in San Juan County, including snow one day, sunshine other days, and a seemingly constant Spring wind. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Juan Record. Email your entries to news@...