Water woes continue in San Juan County as cities grapple with an almost non-existent runoff of snowpack from the Abajo Mountains.
After the secondary water reservoir went dry in the past week, the City of Monticello began pumping water from the reserve water stored in Loyds Lake.
In...
Drought may be tightening its grip on San Juan County following the eighth straight month with dryer than normal conditions.
As a result, farmers are fearful of significant losses, livestock owners are scrambling to find feed, and municipalities are nervously checking their water...
by Kara Laws
An exciting, new concert is coming to San Juan County. A day-long country music festival will be starting this fall. Canyon Country Music Experience will be holding its first annual concert on September 15 in Blanding.
This event will feature four different county music...
Blue Mountain Entertainment (BME) welcomes everyone to the annual Spring Gala on Monday, April 23, at 7 p.m. in the Monticello High School auditorium.
Featuring local talent, admission is free of charge, an expression of appreciation from BME to its friends and supporters.
Among those...
The arrival of Spring marks the close of an extremely dry winter in San Juan County.
Since April, May, and June are generally the driest three months of year for the area, the situation increases the concern for the drought conditions.
The most recent U.S. Drought Monitor lists San Juan...
The San Juan Chamber of Commerce will begin to hold monthly meetings in Monticello and Blanding. The Chamber is pursuing a structure of having community-based chapters for the county-wide Chamber of Commerce.
Local businesses, entrepreneurs, and other organizations are invited to...
by Janet Wilcox
John Wayne is credited as saying, “Monument Valley is the place where God put the West.” Romanticized images of those rugged buttes, and dramatic monoliths still weave their charm today, enticing both tourists and movie makers into Navajo Country.
Dozens of movies,...
Four men from a small community in Alberta, Canada were killed in an airplane crash on February 22 on farmland east of Monticello.
The men were traveling from Grand Junction, CO to Albuquerque, NM and ran into poor weather conditions.
The plane was declared missing on February 22. The...
In a matter of a few months, San Juan County has moved into severe drought conditions.
The latest United States Drought Monitor classifies almost the entire county as in “Severe Drought” with little indication that weather conditions will make any significant change.
The weather in...
Obituaries for these individuals were published in the San Juan Record in 2017.
Howard Alfred SpencerErnest “Bill” ClevelandLogan Tye PipkinCarla Colleen BlackFern Sitton WoodRobin JonesDean Leo RobinsonGary L. AdairThomas Nielson KeeleCase Dixon (Dick) BroderickGwen Geddes Nielson...
