San Juan County

A couple from Durango, CO will face trial in 2018 for charges related to livestock endangerment. Rose Chilcoat and her husband, Mark Kevin Franklin, were bound over for trial at a preliminary hearing on November 2 in the Seventh District Court. Chilcoat has a January 31, 2018 jury trial...
Two recently reconstructed roads were dedicated on October 12. More than $3.75 million was spent on the new roads, which are on heavily traveled school bus routes near Montezuma Creek. The completed work is one step in the massive effort to address the serious road challenges in San...
New voting districts will be in place by mid-December for the San Juan County Commission and the San Juan School District. The boundaries for the districts, however, have yet to be determined. Federal Judge Robert Shelby recently appointed Dr. Bernard Grofman to serve as a “Special...
Road closures and road openings have moved front and center in San Juan County, with three separate incidents gaining the attention of area residents. In the past week, several small roads were “obliterated” on land managed by the U.S. Forest Service within the current boundaries of...
Charlie DeLorme was inducted in the Utah Tourism Hall of Fame Thursday September 14 at the state’s annual Tourism Conference in Vernal, Utah. Charlie worked for more than a decade as the director of tourism and eceonimic development for SAn Juan County. DeLorme joins other San Juan...
In a marathon preliminary hearing before Seventh District Judge George Harmond on August 25, attorneys for San Juan County Sheriff Rick Eldredge and two of his deputies submitted a motion to dismiss all charges against their clients. The six-hour preliminary hearing included testimony...
Property values in San Juan County dropped by approximately 3.4 percent in 2017, representing a $29 million drop in the local tax base. According to figures released by the San Juan County Assessor, the total value of taxable properties in San Juan County is approximately $817 million....
San Juan County Sheriff Rick Eldredge and two deputies will face charges in San Juan County and not in Salt Lake City after a July 25 ruling by Seventh District Judge George Harmond. The initial appearance before Judge Harmond included a motion to move the venue to the Third District...
Voting boundaries for the election districts for San Juan County Commission and San Juan School Board will be redrawn again after a recent ruling by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby threw out redrawn district boundaries from both sides in the case and stated that an...
Natalie Randall has been hired as the new director of Economic Development for San Juan County.  Randall replaces Charlie DeLorme, who left the position more than six months ago. Randall currently works for the City of Monticello, where she fills a host of positions, including Director...

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