Warren Alford “Al” Barton
July 9, 1938 ~ May 1, 2019 On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, Warren Alford “Al” Barton, passed away at age 80 in his home in Central Valley, UT from complications due to acute myeloid leukemi…
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Wash Your Troubles Away melodrama features original cast members
The beloved 4th of July melodrama tradition continues this year with, Wash Your Troubles Away. This year’s production takes us back fourty-three years by featuring two original melodra…
Washed out at Piute Pass
I could hear the clank of shovels hitting buried rocks and the men panting from exertion, but they didn’t talk much as they dug dirt from the side of the road to fill the crevices of t…
Waste not, want not!
We have four days before we leave Tonga so we are trying to not buy any more groceries because my mission companion declared that we are just going to eat whatever we have left. Here i…
Watching the miracle of spring in Westwater
When we were in St. George at the end of February, I walked around the block in my mother-in-law’s neighborhood. Birds sang their spring mating songs on branches laced with delicate gr…
Water conservation is critical this summer
Currently, 72 percent of Utah is experiencing extreme drought, with the remainder of the state in severe drought. With a dry summer likely and water restrictions already in place arou…
Water Crisis in Blanding Triggers Building of Early Reservoirs
By LaVerne Tate & Janet Wilcox Many of you will remember the water crisis Blanding faced in the spring of 1990. That winter had no significant winter snowstorms and very little ru…
Water is “the reservoir of all possibilities”
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are…Water use and forecast plan required for county
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 …
Water year ends WETTER than normal!
San Juan County suffered through one of the dryest and warmest winters on record. Then a bone-dry spring and early summer triggered the largest wildfires in memory. However, the recent…
Water year precipitation rebounds with wet monsoon season
It was a strange water year in San Juan County, with months of deepening drought and three glorious months of rain. The overall result for the water year, which wrapped up on September…
Water year was wetter than normal, but drought designation returns
Despite a dry end to the recently-completed water year, San Juan County experienced a remarkable wet year. The water year runs from October 1 to September 30 every year.In the past yea…