by David Boyle
News Director
Members of the San Juan County Commission moved forward on handing fire fighting equipment to the Navajo Nation, approved the name of rock formations in Beef Basin and heard a survey report from citizens about unincorporated San Juan County at their latest meeting....
by Bill Boyle
San Juan Record Editor
Separate crashes claimed two lives on San Juan County roads on May 8. Both single-car crashes resulted in the driver being thrown from the vehicle and dying at the scene of the crash.
At around 2 p.m., 71-year-old Bruce Griffith of Copper Mountain, Colorado, was...
While none of the 36 people onboard a bus were injured, the bus was totally destroyed after a fire on Highway 191 south of La Sal Junction on May 9.
A total of 36 people, mostly sixth grade students from the Denver area, were on a bus that started to experience mechanical difficulties while...
by David Boyle
News Director
Local law enforcement arrested a suspected drunk driver after a chase on 191 ended in a single-car collision on Friday May 2.
San Juan County Sheriff’s office shared law enforcement officers located the driver of a red pickup truck after receiving reports of a possibly...
Troy Forrest, a San Juan County native with more than 25 years of experience in the field, is a new Deputy Commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF).
UDAF Commissioner Kelly Pehrson appointed Forrest and Amber Brown to serve as Deputy Commissioners. Brown and Forrest were...
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...
By Sally Jack
Staff Writer
San Juan Economic Development announces the fourth annual San Juan County Business Basecamp Conference and Expo on Monday, April 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the USU Blanding Arts & Events Center.
Tickets are $30 per person and provide access to the entire event,...
Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Kelly Pehrson as the new Commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), pending confirmation by the Utah State Senate.
Pehrson’s appointment follows the retirement of former Commissioner Craig Buttars.
Governor Cox had appointed Pehrson to...
Members of the San Juan County Commission received an update on a centrally assessed properties efforts to reduce its tax bill, approved support for an Emery Telecom application to expand broadband and heard concerns from department heads over fairness of the county budget.
Members of the...
Members of the San Juan County Commission spent time talking about Lake Powell, public health and heard from the PAC at their latest meeting.
Members of the San Juan County Commission received a report from the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area at their April 1 meeting.
Superintendent Michelle...