San Juan County

by David Boyle News Director Members of the San Juan County Commission approved help for prosecuting homicide cases in the county, moved forward on improvements at the administrative building and updated agreements for bike trails in northern San Juan at their latest meeting. Members of the San...
by David Boyle News Director Energy Fuels began and then paused its transport of Uranium ore from its Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona to the White Mesa Mill in San Juan County last week. The pause of transport of Uranium came after Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren issued an executive order requiring...
by David Boyle News Director San Juan County Commission selected Mitchell Maughan to serve as the County Attorney following the resignation of Attorney Brittney Ivins. Maughan will serve for two years and four months through the end of 2026 when an election will be held for a four-year term for the...
The cover of a new book about Bluff Fort. Courtesy photo
by Sally Jack Contributing Writer A new book, titled “Bluff Fort, Historic Site— Home of the Hole in the Rock Pioneers,” has just been published by the Hole in the Rock Foundation. The 330-page book, with over 100 pages of full color pictures, tells the interesting story of the rebuilding of Bluff...
by Bill Boyle Editor The San Juan County Fair is Country to the Core in 2024. The festivities started on July 27 and will run through Saturday, August 10, providing a host of fun opportunities at the county fairgrounds in Monticello. County fair events include rodeos, livestock auctions, games, and...
A retired San Juan County Sheriff’s Deputy took his own life one week after being charged with 14 sexual abuse crimes. The body of Grayson Redd, age 74 of Monticello, was discovered on July 28 by an employee at a building in Monticello owned by Redd. In an appearance on Friday, July 26 before...
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office executed an arrest warrant on 74-year-old Grayson W. Redd of Monticello on July 21. Redd has been charged by the San Juan County Attorney’s office with six counts of first-degree felony and eight counts of second-degree felonies alleged to go back two decades....
by David Boyle News Director Members of the San Juan County Commission spent the first hour of their latest meeting discussing weed control in the county. Members of the commission heard from members of the public including farmers from throughout the county on the issue of noxious weeds in San...
A father and daughter died while hiking in Canyonlands National Park on July 12. They are identified as Albino Herrera Espinoza, age 52, and Beatriz Herrera, age 23, both from Green Bay, WI. The pair had called 911 to report that they were lost and out of water on the Syncline Loop Trail with...

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