Monticello native Brian Redd has been named police chief for the Salt Lake City Police Department. 
Redd is currently serving as the executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections. Before that appointment, he worked as vice president of Goldman Sachs’s Compliance Division.

by David Boyle,
News Director
Interviews about high school sports, Bears Ears National Monument, local cities and schools were among the top listened-to programs of the Redrock Morning Show in 2024.
The morning show is broadcast on 92.7 FM each weekday at 9 a.m. and features news for the Four Corners area, with particular emphasis on San Juan County.

Blanding Mayor Logan Monson is strengthening his lead in the race for the local Republican seat in the Utah House of Representatives as votes continue to be counted from the June 25 primary election.
Monson’s narrow 27-vote lead over Lynn Jackson grew to 112 votes after several hundred additional ballots were reported on June 26.

A massive voter turnout in the Blanding area may have been the key factor in tight race in the Republican effort to replace Phil Lyman in the Utah House of Representatives.
After primary election ballots were counted on June 25, Blanding Mayor Logan Monson has a razor-thin advantage over Moab resident Lynn Jackson, 3,527 to 3,500. That is 50.2 percent for Monson and 49.8 percent for Jackson.

As of 10:15 p.m. on election night, there are still several hundred uncounted votes, largely from the Blanding area, after San Juan County Republicans participated in a primary election on June 25.
As a result, it is still too soon to call the race to replace San Juan County Commissioner Bruce Adams.

Cas Melanson White has been appointed to Utah’s Seventh District Juvenile Court, filling a vacancy created by Presiding Judge Mary L. Manley’s retirement. Judicial appointments are made by the Governor and are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate.

by David Boyle
News Director
Blanding resident and Republican Primary Gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman announced Natalie Clawson as his selection for Lieutenant Governor running mate on May 3. The announcement came following a ruling that declared Layne Bangerter ineligible for the position based on a Utah Constitutional requirement that candidates be a citizen of the state for five years prior to running for office.

Empire Electric Association (EEA) will return $1,684,038.87 in capital credits to eligible members.
These funds will be distributed as bill credits or mailed as checks in April.
Any revenue remaining after all expenses have been paid in a fiscal year are termed margins.

Nine more local business in San Juan County are participating in the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). They are among 17 projects in Utah to purchase and install a solar array.
Coral Sands RV Park in Bluff received a $245,432 grant to purchase and install a solar array. The project is expected to save over $17,651 and replace 100 percent of their energy usage per year. 

Come visit our new exhibit, Mugs!, which features…mugs! Perhaps the most iconic pottery form of the Ancestral Pueblo community in the Four Corners, mugs are also a snapshot in time. Mug-making was a tradition that only spanned a relatively short period of time, about 200 years, from the late AD 1000s to about AD 1300.

On January 2, 2024 Davina Smith of Blanding, Utah officially filed to run for Utah State House of Representatives for District 69.
Davina Smith’s remarkable journey is deeply rooted in her Diné (Navajo) heritage, originating from Monument Valley, Utah. She proudly identifies with the Ta’chii’ nii (Red Running into the Water) clan and Ta’ baa ha’ (Edgewater) clan.

Native Utahn with 40 Years of Public Lands Experience Aims to Champion Rural Issues

Blanding Mayor Logan Monson has announced his campaign to represent southeastern Utah in the Utah State House of Representatives.
The seat is currently held by Rep. Phil Lyman, who is not running for re-election.
On his official campaign Facebook account, Logan Monson for Utah House District 69,
Monson said, “Rural Utah deserves a larger voice in state government.

UPDATED: 8:30 AM
Monticello Elementary, Monticello High School and La Sal School will all be closed due to the weather, students at the schools will have a virtual learning day.
With a large winter storm hitting on Sunday and more inclement weather, three San Juan County schools will be on a two-hour delayed start on Monday, January 8.

With a large winter storm hitting on Sunday and more inclement weather, six San Juan County schools will be on a two-hour delayed start on Monday, January 8.
Schools include Montezuma Creek Elementary, Whitehorse High, Monticello Elementary, Monticello High, Navajo Mountain High, and La Sal Schools. Bus schedules will be delayed by two hours, and school start will be delayed by 2 hours and will begin at 10:00.