San Juan County
The Warming Hogans program is now distributing free wood to elderly and Native people in need throughout San Juan County.
The program, which is a part of Utah Navajo Health System (UNHS), had its first distribution day on October 6. Hundreds of Navajos from San Juan County gathered loads of...
Merri Shumway | San Juan School BoardBret Hosler | San Juan School Board
Cindi Holyoak | San Juan County Recorder
Glenis Pearson | San Juan County Treasurer
Kent Cantrell | San Juan County Surveyor
San Juan County Clerk John David Nielson says that as of September 29, the county has 7,730 people registered to vote in the 2020 general election. This is already a record high, with more than a month to go before the election.
This represents a nearly 10 percent increase in the number of...
The San Juan County Economic Development and Visitor Services office has created a new grant program from the ground up.
In January the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) realigned spending priorities following passage of a state senate bill in the most recent legislative session...
The final phase of study for a coronavirus vaccine will include volunteers from the Navajo Nation.
Since coronavirus first arrived in the United States in the late winter of 2020, a race among pharmaceutical companies to find a vaccine for the virus has been underway.
Now three companies and their...
The San Juan County Commission discussed and approved plans to spend their second allotment of CARES funding at their September 15 meeting.
The money comes from the federal CARES Act and restrictions exist in how the county can spend the funds received. Funds must be spent in response to the...
Lisbon Valley Mining Company is making plans to return to operation near the start of the fourth quarter of this year. The mining company is planning to hire 50 employees immediately, with the potential employee base of 95 by December 2021.
George Shaw, Chairman of the Board for Lisbon Valley...
A proposal to amend the Spanish Valley Zoning and Planning map stalled at the August 18 meeting of the San Juan County Commission. The current Planning and Zoning map for the area located in the northern-most portion of the county, adjacent to Moab, was adopted in November 2019.
A request was made...
The San Juan County Attorney’s office reports an increasing trend of reported sexual violence and the vast majority of victims and perpetrators of sexual crimes in the county are underage children, mostly teenagers.
From 2000 to 2010, the county averaged 4.1 reported cases of sexual violence per...
by David Boyle
News Director
The San Juan County Commission is considering a resolution that would express support of the Navajo Nation’s efforts to revise the Nation’s contract with the state of Utah that would allow the Diné people to obtain free hunting permits in the state, including San Juan...