San Juan County

Delegate Curtis Yanito speaks with colleagues at the Navajo Nation Council. Courtesy photo
Navajo Nation Council approved an addition of 80 acres to a BIA oil and gas lease in the Red Mesa Chapter, located in San Juan County. The council passed the resolution in a split vote 14-7, with council delegate Curtis Yanito, who represents the area, voting against. Council Delegate Curtis Yanito...
by David Boyle News Director Members of the San Juan County Commission approved a contract for building inspection services, an agreement for additional use at the Blanding Senior Citizens Center and a letter opposing the 1906 Antiquities Act at their latest meeting. Members of the commission...
Entrance sign to Bears Ears National Monument. Courtesy photo
An order for a review of national monument boundaries, including the Bears Ears National Monument, is underway at the US Department of Interior. The review is part of a secretarial order from new Trump administration appointee for the department of the interior secretary Doug Burgum.  The order,...
A strange winter with remarkably dry weather continues in San Juan County, with no significant precipitation to the area since mid-November. The sno-tel measuring stations in the San Juan County mountains are documenting their second dryest year since measurements began in 1986. On February 4, the...
Energy Fuels and the Navajo Nation came to an agreement to continue transportation of uranium ore across federal and state highways on the Navajo Nation. The agreement comes after transportation from the Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona to the White Mesa Mill in San Juan County was paused in August,...
by David Boyle News Director The San Juan County Commission tabled a proposed land management ordinance for six months after a lengthy meeting on January 21. Members of the San Juan County Commission listened to hours of public comments and eventually sent the proposed ordinance for land use...
Two arrested after stealing truck, wrecking it near Recapture Reservoir and spending cold night in the dark. Courtesy photo
A man and woman are sitting in San Juan County jail after stealing a car in Monticello, crashing it near Recapture Reservoir, disappearing into a bitter cold night, and eventually being arrested. Kyle Alexander Rooks, age 29, and Cherie Breeann Hogan, age 34, face a dozen charges between them,...
BLM, USFS update management plan for Bears Ears National Monument Final plan supports recreation, grazing, and Tribal co-stewardship of remarkable cultural landscape MONTICELLO, Utah — Today the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced approval of the...
by David Boyle News Director San Juan County residents, members of the planning commission and county staff met for over five hours on January 9 to discuss a proposed update to the county land use ordinance.  After discussion and input from the public at the meeting, members of the planning...
Newly elected officials for San Juan County took the oath of office on January 7 as the first course of business to start the new year. Taking the oath from Justice Court Judge Lyon W Hazleton for four year terms, the officials include: (left to right) Treasurer Glenis Pearson, Surveyor Brad Bunker, Assessor Rick Meyer, Recorder Cindi Holyoak, and Commissioner Lori Maughan. Courtesy photo
by David Boyle News Director Members of the San Juan County Commission finalized board assignments, approved a contract for geotechnical engineering of a building remodel, and saw the swearing in of new county officers at their first meeting of the year. Five county officials were sworn-in at the...

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