SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah county has decided not to pursue further appeal after a federal appeals court upheld newly drawn voting districts that led to the first majority-Navajo commission in the county. The Salt Lake Tribune reports San Juan County commissioners voted Monday to not challenge the ruling by […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly obtained documents reveal a small county in southeastern Utah paid a consulting firm nearly $500,000 to lobby against the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument and for the downsizing of it after it was created. The Salt Lake Tribune reports public records show San Juan […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that found voting districts in a Utah county were racially gerrymandered and violated the rights of Navajo voters. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver handed down the opinion Tuesday in the case that resulted in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 59-year-old Utah man has admitted shooting at power substations, including one where damage knocked out power to two counties. Stephen Plato McRae of Escalante pleaded guilty Friday to one count of destruction of an energy facility in a deal with prosecutors who dropped other […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Water officials are not quite ready to declare an end to the drought in Utah, even as the state sees its deepest snowpack in years. The Salt Lake Tribune reports federal hydrologists say in a water report released Thursday that this year’s statewide snowpack ranks substantially better […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Officials in northwestern New Mexico are hoping Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs a bill that could open a film studio near the Navajo Nation. The Farmington Daily Times reports San Juan County is waiting for the governor to sign a capital outlay bill that includes $1 million for […]
ANETH, Utah (AP) — Search and rescue crews continue to scour the Utah portion of the Navajo Nation for a 3-year-old girl missing since missing since Thursday in San Juan County. The Navajo Nation Police Department says more than 100 volunteers searched Saturday for Andanndine Jones on foot along 8 […]
MONTICELLO, Utah (AP) — A southeastern Utah county commission is officially majority Native American for the first time after two new Navajo members were sworn in. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Democrats Willie Grayeyes and Kenneth Maryboy took the oath of office Monday in Monticello. That’s the county seat in San […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican is suing after losing an election to a Navajo candidate in a southern Utah county dogged by allegations of voter discrimination. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Kelly Laws is asking a judge to overturn Democrat Willie Grayeyes’ victory in the San Juan County commission […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is sending a monitor to watch polls in a southeastern Utah county where Navajo voters form a slim majority. Tuesday marks the first general election in San Juan County since a federal judge ordered redistricting after finding racially gerrymandered districts illegally […]
