San Juan County
The body of Jamey Eugene Holyoak, a Moab area resident who was reported missing in April, 2022, has been recovered and identified.
On September 11, 2025, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to skeletal remains that had been found by a citizen in San Juan County.
The Utah Medical...
A 76-year-old woman from New Jersey died on September 17 after collapsing on Mesa Arch Trail at the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park.
Rangers responded in the late afternoon to a report of CPR in progress near the trailhead.
Bystanders performed resuscitation on Lois...
Members of the San Juan County Commission appointed a new public health director, approved an amendment for bus route maintenance on the Navajo Nation, and a settlement with a centrally assessed property at their latest meeting.
Members of the county commission approved the appointment of Jordon...
by David Boyle
News Director
A tornado in San Juan County destroyed homes and caused significant damage in the McCracken Mesa and Cahone Mesa areas on Saturday September 13.
Multiple tornado funnels and touchdowns were spotted across southern San Juan County and into Colorado as part of the storm...
by David Boyle
News Director
The San Juan County commission heard a report on county plan updates, approved the rural county grant budget, and received an audit report at their latest meeting.
Members of the county commission received a report from County Administrator Mack McDonald on the efforts...
Sage Potash, a Canadian company set on developing a potash mining project in eastern San Juan County, received a $14 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The company says the funding will support the financing strategy for the construction of a 300,000 tonnes-per-...
An augmented reality experience premiered in Blanding over Labor Day weekend with hope of offering healing and hope in San Juan County.
The art installation revisited events of 1923 known as the Posey War and the Ankinuche Incarceration.
While the art installation focused on looking back to the...
by Bill Boyle
San Juan Record Editor
Rains have finally arrived in San Juan County, at the end of a summer in which the annual monsoon season never fully materialized. Area residents are hoping that a few days of rain will extend into a late – but much appreciated – rainy season.
After a long dry...
by David Boyle
News Director
Members of the San Juan County Commission approved an update to the county landfill fees, received a report on the update to the land use section of the general plan and heard from EMS services at their latest meeting.
Following a public hearing, members of the county...
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