Health Care

By Marah Long Contributing Writer From 1941 to 1960, Monticello was home to a federally managed uranium mill. The mill used to take up residence on the south end of town in an area we now know as the Cancer Memorial Mill Site. The mill site brought jobs and growth to the small town, but along with...
by Bill Boyle SJR Editor The San Juan Health District has secured $30 million in funding from the State of Utah to replace the San Juan Hospital in Monticello. As a result, the oldest hospital in the State of Utah, built in the 1950s, will be replaced by a brand-new 41,000-square foot facility on...
by David Boyle News Director Cancer screening for Monticello residents is once again being funded, but the funding is set to expire in May. The Monticello Victims of Mill Tailing Exposure (VMTE) is once again providing a Cancer Screening Program funded by the federal government. People who lived,...
Farley Crofts, Chief Financial Officer at the San Juan Health District, was revently honored by the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health.  Courtesy photo
Farley Crofts with an Impact Award from the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health (PCRH). The award is intended to recognize employees from rural healthcare facilities who embody the “Power of Rural.” Crofts has worked as the San Juan Health chief financial officer for nearly eight years. He was...
by Bill Boyle SJR Editor The San Juan Health District is seeking funding for a new building to replace the San Juan Hospital in Monticello. The health service district will request $34 million from the Utah Community Impact Board (CIB) at a meeting on November 2. The new building would replace the...
Utah State University provides nursing instruction to students from the campus in Blanding. Faculty member Susan Dewar was recently promoted to professional practice associate professor. Courtesy photo
Utah State University nursing faculty Susan Dewar has recently been promoted to professional practice associate professor. Dewar is a nursing faculty member at the USU Blanding campus. “I am grateful to Susan for her outstanding contributions to our campus,” said Kristian Olsen, senior associate...
Restoring Ancestral Winds, Inc. will host the Harm to Healing: Community Discussion on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives on July 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bluff Community Center, 3rd East and Mulberry. Bluff Community Center is an ADA facility. “There is evidence of deep, historical harm...
A training effort for a significant new state initiative to protect victims of domestic violence began in Blanding last week. A number of state officials, including Lt Gov Deidre Henderson, attended the first training meeting of the domestic violence protocols that were approved during the most...
Gary Suttlemyre (left) was recognized for 35 years of service on local public health boards at the August 2 San Juan County Commission meeting. Commissioner Bruce Adams (right), Monticello Mayor Bayley Hedglin, Public Health Director Grant Sunada, and others recognized Mr. Suttlemyre for...
Keynote speaker Eugene Brave Rock addresses the conference. UNHS photo
The Inaugural Indigenous Men’s Conference took place in Montezuma Creek on June 30, with fifty people in attendance and thousands tuned in to listen.  The event sponsored by Utah Navajo Health System (UNHS) brought Indigenous men to speak at a first-of-its-kind gathering for Indigenous men. In an...

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