San Juan County

By Sally Jack Staff Writer San Juan Economic Development announces the fourth annual San Juan County Business Basecamp Conference and Expo on Monday, April 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the USU Blanding Arts & Events Center. Tickets are $30 per person and provide access to the entire event,...
Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Kelly Pehrson as the new Commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), pending confirmation by the Utah State Senate. Pehrson’s appointment follows the retirement of former Commissioner Craig Buttars. Governor Cox had appointed Pehrson to...
Members of the San Juan County Commission received an update on a centrally assessed properties efforts to reduce its tax bill, approved support for an Emery Telecom application to expand broadband and heard concerns from department heads over fairness of the county budget. Members of the...
Members of the San Juan County Commission spent time talking about Lake Powell, public health and heard from the PAC at their latest meeting. Members of the San Juan County Commission received a report from the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area at their April 1 meeting. Superintendent Michelle...
The remains of a man missing since June have been recovered in San Juan County. On April 3 Grand County Sheriff’s department shared in a release that remains found in San Juan County on March 26, were identified as Texas man Raymond Ankofski. Raymond Ankofski (58 years old) and his wife Maranda...
The San Juan County Republican Party is holding its organizing convention on Thursday, April 10 at the Monticello Library. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting starts at 7. All registered Republicans may attend and all county delegates may vote. Every two years the Republican Party elects new...
by David Boyle News Director Members of the county commission gave support to Monticello’s ADA park, adjusted contracts for the public safety building remodel and approved stock providers for the Stampede Rodeo at their latest meeting. Members of the San Juan County Commission approved a memorandum...
A power outage on March 18 impacted about 10,000 customers from Green River to the Navajo Nation. Power was lost around 6:20 pm on Tuesday evening, impacting Utahns from Green River down to the Navajo Nation as well as some northern Arizona residents. Rocky Mountain Power spokesperson Dave Eskelsen...
Roxanne McKnight, 39, and Dusty Spencer, 43, of Durango, CO, were sentenced after they trespassed onto a fenced-off historical site at Canyonlands National Park and disturbed artifacts at the Cave Springs Cowboy Camp. McKnight was sentenced to a one-year ban from federal public lands in Utah and...
Smoke rising from a prescribed burn on the ShingleMill area on the Abajo Mountains south and west of Monticello.  Courtesy photo
by Sally Jack Contributing writer If Mark Atwood could have three wishes, one of them might be to have the opportunity to educate the public about the role prescribed burns play in keeping our forests healthy. Fire can go through and clean the forest floor, creating better habitat for animals, and...

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