Bluff / Mexican Hat

Two new renewable energy projects in San Juan County will receive more than $275,000 from USDA Rural Development. The investments will help small business owners install solar arrays to lower their energy costs. William W. Simpson Enterprises Inc. will use a $235,374 grant to purchase and install a...
Hot air balloons and the spectacular Valley of the Gods make a great combination.  The 25th annual Bluff Balloon Festival will take place January 12-14.  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 Record website at www.sjrnews.com or on Facebook.  LaToya Holliday photo
Hot air balloons will take to the sky this weekend in southern San Juan County. It’s anticipated 25 balloons will make a spectacular sight over Bluff, as the weekend marks the 25th annual Bluff Balloon Festival. The annual balloon festival is organized by the Business Owners of Bluff and occurs...
Bluff Girl Scouts during an adventure while they were rafting on the San Juan River.  Courtesy photo.
By Shizuku Yamamoto (Zuki) Have you ever been San Juan River rafting? The Girl Scout troop 2225 (from Bluff), went river rafting on August 26!!! The girls in troop 2225 are Kimberlee, Hayden, Kony, Kyrie, Lottie, and me. By the way, my name is Zuki. Our leaders are Kathy Carson, Jennifer Davila and...
Wes Shook My name is Wes Shook, and I running for a seat on the Town Council. I truly believe that the citizen’s of Bluff are at a crossroads again just as we were when we voted to incorporate as a Town. We voted to take control of our destiny and away from the County. We are now facing the fact...
Gary Lichtenstein I arrived in Bluff in January 1998, on my way to somewhere else. Since then, I became deeply engaged with the community and, in 2010, my wife Kaye. I’m in my 27th year as founder and principal of Quality Evaluation Designs, a firm that provides education consulting and program...
Britt Hornsby I moved to San Juan County in 2007 and have lived all over the county, including Monticello, Spanish Valley, the Needles District of Canyonlands, and Bluff. I worked as an Americorps Vista, Development Coordinator, then Program Manager at Canyon Country Youth Corps, before spending...
Jennifer Davila About Me: I bring the unique experience of being a child here, raising my family here, running a small business here, and living with aging family members here. I have personal experience managing the many challenges that life in Bluff throws at a person. Why am I running: I deeply...
by David Boyle News Director In October members of the Bluff Town Council adopted an ordinance creating an aviation overlay zone to create a two-mile radius from the town center preventing the creation and operation of aviation facilities within the two-mile zone. The ordinance in part states that...
Candidates for the three seats in Monticello and two seats in Bluff will be seeking appointment to four-year terms by voters in late November.  While elections in Utah are generally at the beginning of November, the planned September resignation of Congressional Representative Chris Stewart of the...
In its 19th year, the Bluff Arts Festival is an annual celebration of the arts and culture of the Four Corners region. Artists, writers, film makers, and musicians give their interpretation of their culture and talents in various Bluff settings surrounded by red rocks and golden cottonwoods. The...

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