Life in San Juan

New book tells remarkable story with local connection

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...

Free performance for BYU-Idaho dance group

After a couple of years with no performance programs due to COVID-19, Blue Mountain Entertainment is pleased to make a re-entrance by presenting the BYU-Idaho Dance Alliance. Brigham Young University-Idaho Dance Alliance will perform at the Monticello High School auditorium on Tuesday, July 26 at...

August 6 run will honor fallen special forces soldier Aaron Butler

A run and accompanying event honoring fallen soldiers is coming to San Juan County this August. The Inaugural Aaron Butler Memorial Foundation (ABMF) Utah Purple Heart Run will take place in Butler’s hometown of Monticello on August 6, nearly five years after his death. A member of the Army Special...

Blanding to host Independence Day

With a celebration starting June 30 and lasting until July 9, the City of Blanding Independence Day celebration is sure to be one to remember. “United We Stand” is the theme of this year's celebration, with events starting Thursday and lasting over a week. Due to a number of complications with...

Kevin Costner plans to shoot film, Horizon, in San Juan County

by David Boyle News Director On June 9 the Utah Film Commission announced the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) Board approval of 13 new productions for state film incentives, generating an estimated economic impact of $142.5 million with approximately 90 percent to occur in rural...

Water conservation is critical this summer

Currently, 72 percent of Utah is experiencing extreme drought, with the remainder of the state in severe drought. With a dry summer likely and water restrictions already in place around the state, it is crucial that Utahns conserve the water we have. One bright spot is the recent precipitation in...

Workshop, concert in Blanding this week

As part of a multi-stop tour, Bureau of Land Management Artist in Residence Native American jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson and his group D’DAT will visit Blanding to teach a music workshop and perform in concert to celebrate America’s public lands. Anderson is the BLM Artist in Residence and is on...

Senate passes extension of RECA

The United States Senate unanimously passed Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) two-year extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) on April 28. The act passed in the US House of Representatives on May 11. The extenssion ensurs that Americans harmed by the nation’s early nuclear program can...

Political parties hold county, state conventions

Voters in the new school district three as well as members of the San Juan County Republican party will participate in a Primary election this June. All registered voters in San Juan School District Three and Registered Republicans in Commission district two will participate in county-primaries. ...

Easter events and services in San Juan County

The first Baptist Church on 5th North in Monticello Easter Sunday schedule will be a sunrise service at the Loyds Lake Pavilion at 6:30 a.m. followed by breakfast at the church at 8:30. Easter egg hunt for the kids at 9:45 and Sunday school at 9:45. Worship service is held at 11 a.m. St Joseph...