San Juan County
Roxanne McKnight, 39, and Dusty Spencer, 43, of Durango, CO, were sentenced after they trespassed onto a fenced-off historical site at Canyonlands National Park and disturbed artifacts at the Cave Springs Cowboy Camp.
McKnight was sentenced to a one-year ban from federal public lands in Utah and...
by Sally Jack
Contributing writer
If Mark Atwood could have three wishes, one of them might be to have the opportunity to educate the public about the role prescribed burns play in keeping our forests healthy.
Fire can go through and clean the forest floor, creating better habitat for animals, and...
Members of the San Juan County commission approved a program to bring technical assistance for entrepreneurs, heard from a citizens group about land use and approved a fire truck purchase at their latest meeting.
Members of the San Juan County Commission approved a memorandum of understanding with...
Navajo Nation Council approved an addition of 80 acres to a BIA oil and gas lease in the Red Mesa Chapter, located in San Juan County.
The council passed the resolution in a split vote 14-7, with council delegate Curtis Yanito, who represents the area, voting against.
Council Delegate Curtis Yanito...
by David Boyle
News Director
Members of the San Juan County Commission approved a contract for building inspection services, an agreement for additional use at the Blanding Senior Citizens Center and a letter opposing the 1906 Antiquities Act at their latest meeting.
Members of the commission...
An order for a review of national monument boundaries, including the Bears Ears National Monument, is underway at the US Department of Interior.
The review is part of a secretarial order from new Trump administration appointee for the department of the interior secretary Doug Burgum.
The order,...
A strange winter with remarkably dry weather continues in San Juan County, with no significant precipitation to the area since mid-November.
The sno-tel measuring stations in the San Juan County mountains are documenting their second dryest year since measurements began in 1986.
On February 4, the...
Energy Fuels and the Navajo Nation came to an agreement to continue transportation of uranium ore across federal and state highways on the Navajo Nation.
The agreement comes after transportation from the Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona to the White Mesa Mill in San Juan County was paused in August,...
by David Boyle
News Director
The San Juan County Commission tabled a proposed land management ordinance for six months after a lengthy meeting on January 21.
Members of the San Juan County Commission listened to hours of public comments and eventually sent the proposed ordinance for land use...
A man and woman are sitting in San Juan County jail after stealing a car in Monticello, crashing it near Recapture Reservoir, disappearing into a bitter cold night, and eventually being arrested.
Kyle Alexander Rooks, age 29, and Cherie Breeann Hogan, age 34, face a dozen charges between them,...
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