San Juan County
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,...
BLM, USFS update management plan for Bears Ears National Monument
Final plan supports recreation, grazing, and Tribal co-stewardship of remarkable cultural landscape
MONTICELLO, Utah — Today the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced approval of the...
by David Boyle
News Director
San Juan County residents, members of the planning commission and county staff met for over five hours on January 9 to discuss a proposed update to the county land use ordinance.
After discussion and input from the public at the meeting, members of the planning...
by David Boyle
News Director
Members of the San Juan County Commission finalized board assignments, approved a contract for geotechnical engineering of a building remodel, and saw the swearing in of new county officers at their first meeting of the year.
Five county officials were sworn-in at the...
by David Boyle
News Director
Members of the San Juan County commission streamlined smaller subdivision approvals, approved a property swap in Monticello, and appointed an interim county health director at their December 30 meeting.
The San Juan County Planning and Zoning Commission has been working...
By Sally Jack
A contributing Writer
After serving as a San Juan County commissioner for 20 consecutive years, Commissioner Bruce Adams is ready to pass the torch, but he will not be passing his signature cowboy hat along with it.
The hat holds many memories and has been signed by prominent people,...
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