San Juan County

Six Utah Diné Chapters have higher than average voter turnout for Navajo Nation elections

by David Boyle News Director Navajo Nation General Election were certified by the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors on Tuesday, November 22. The results of the election include a new president for the Navajo Nation from the Red Mesa Chapter, as well as the first woman vice-president of the...

Republican sweep in local general election

by Bill Boyle San Juan Record Editor It appears to be a Republican sweep in the 2022 General election in San Juan County. There are still nearly 300 votes to be counted in the tedious process of collecting ballots, verifying signatures, and checking provisional ballots. However, it is very...

County election appears to be a Republican sweep

It appears to be a Republican sweep in the 2022 General election in San Juan County after 800 new ballots were counted on November 9. Early trends from election day results continued as new ballots were counted. It appears as if the San Juan County Commission will be made up of three members of the...

Commission talks tenative budget, $200k grant

by David Boyle News Director The San Juan County Commission got a look at the 2023 tentative budget, approved the receipt of a $200,000 grant and heard a request from the school district superintendent. Members of the Commission reviewed the 2023 tentative budget on November 1. County Clerk Lyman...

“Government complaince” audit ordered for County

by David Boyle News Director The top two leaders in the Utah Legislature have requested a government compliance audit of Grand and San Juan counties. The audit was requested by the President of the Utah Senate Stuart Adams (Republican representing Davis county) and Speaker of the Utah House of...

From left to right: Incoming first lady Jasmine Blackwater Nygren, incoming President Buu Nygren, incoming Vice President-elect Richelle Montoya, incoming second gentleman Olsen Chee. Image from Nygren Campaign

Preliminary Navajo Nation Election Results: Nygren wins Presidency, Yanito and Daniels lead in council delegate races

by David Boyle News Director The Navajo Nation held Elections on November 8. Diné voters visited the polls to vote to elect a president and representatives to the Navajo Nation Council. Unofficial results have been released showing that Buu Nygren has defeated Incumbent Jonathan Nez in the Navajo...

Early returns show advantage for Commission challengers with more than 1,100 votes still to be tallied

These are the final election results that will be counted tonight (November 8). Approximately 80 percent of the ballots have been counted. While a total of 4,629 have been counted so far, an additional 1,093 are at the clerks office and will be counted tomorrow. They include 834 ballots that...

General election is set for November 8

by David Boyle News Director Election day is less than a week away on Tuesday, November 8. Among the contested races in San Juan County include school board, county, tribal, state, and federal races. Early voting sites are operating throughout the county on each weekday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm....

Discovery of redistricted boundary cancels one uncontested election

by David Boyle News Director An unopposed candidate for the San Juan school board on the November ballot will not be able to fill a new term as a result of a late discovery about the redistricted board boundaries. Nelson Yellowman has served for 16 years on the San Juan School Board since being...

More than 70 people, including members of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe and environmental activists, participated in a protest walk on October 22. photo credit Tim Peterson, Grand Canyon Trust

More than 70 protesters gather at White Mesa to protest mill operations

Members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and environmental activists participated in an annual protest of operations at the White Mesa Mill on October 22. More than 70 protestors walked five miles from the Community Center in White Mesa along Highway 191 to the entrance site at the mill. The Energy...