Life in San Juan
By Janet Keeler Wilcox
Contributing writer
Some of Norma Madden’s earliest childhood memories were of playing under quilts while her mother Beatrice Helquist and her grandmother May Bailey were quilting.
Over the past 60+ years Norma has replicated similar experiences and memories for her...
by Leon Jones
A new book tells the story of a man who spent 90 colorful years in Bluff. It is titled Melvin Lee Gaines, The Heart of a Bluff Farmer, Inventor, Storyteller and Pioneer.
William “Lum” and Buena Gaines arrived in Bluff, UT in 1932. with their one year-old son, Melvin Lee Gaines.
Lum...
by Janet Keeler Wilcox
When you combine curiosity with motivation and invention, you get a Cody Cosby masterpiece. Though his profession is in the medical field, Cody has mastered resin work, silk painting, cooking, and raising unique plants.
Perhaps his most complicated undertaking was his silk...
by Janet Keeler Wilcox
Contributing writer
Mary Holliday Black, one of San Juan County’s master basket weavers, passed away December 13, 2022. She was born in Oljato in 1934.
Mary played a key role in the revival of traditional Navajo basket weaving. She was also the mother of 11 children.
For...
by Janet Keeler Wilcox
Contributing writer
True artists not only need to see the world with fresh eyes but must also have the skill to interpret and “show” that world in unique and beautiful ways. Such talents are what San Juan County’s geometric artist, Gill Scott has successfully honed and...
In accordance with Utah Code Chapter 25 Estrays. San Juan county is giving notice they have impounded nine horses that were trespassing on private property. The horses are mixed color, breeds and sex. They were picked up in the Ucolo area of San Juan County. These horses will be auctioned at the...
Hal M. Jensen, formerly of Monticello, will celebrate his 90th birthday at a dinner with his family.
Hal was born August 28, 1932, in Metropolis, NV, to Ira Milford and Ellen Hyde Jensen. The family moved to Gridley, CA in 1934. Hal attended Gridley High School, where he excelled in sports,...
by Jill Pearson
Every once in a while, you stumble onto a good one. With so many streaming services and choices, it usually takes longer to decide on something to watch than it takes to watch the actual program.
I admit, the leading lady had a lot to do with choosing The Unforgivable on Netflix....
by Joe Boyle
Staff Writer
The 2022 rippin’ roarin’ San Juan County Fair has all the fixings to be a week of fun times and memories. The festivities will begin Monday, August 1, and last till Saturday, August 6.
The theme for this year’s addition to the long-lasting tradition of the County fair is “...
A new book tells the remarkable story of the pursuit of Olympic Gold and the story includes an unexpected – and pivotal – stop in San Juan County.
If Gold is Our Destiny, How a Team of Mavericks Came Together For Olympic Glory, was published this month by Rowman and Littlefield.
In the 1970s and...
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