San Juan County News

Here in New Mexico it's hard to get an H1N1 flu vaccine. State officials say it's because the vaccine has been trickling in to hospitals and health centers.

FARMINGTON Population determines many governmental factors within communities. Areas with higher populations receive more federal funds and more representation in Congress.

Would Protect Over 61,000 Acres TELLURIDE - Three months after unveiling draft legislation that would protect large swaths of public lands in San Miguel, San Juan and Ouray Counties at the request of local governments and conservation groups, U.S. Rep John Salazar introduced the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Bill to the U.S. House of ...

The modest wilderness bill introduced by 3rd District Congressman John Salazar has several things in its favor.

Authorities say a 2-year-old boy who was abducted by his father has been found safe.

A few weeks ago, we took Rep. Ben R. Lujan to task for not having any plans to meet with his constituents in San Juan County during the congressional recess.

In these times of newspaper closings and sales, the Silverton Standard & the Miner has gotten a reprieve.

A 21-year-old Colorado resident was killed Friday when his Jeep Cherokee was struck by a pick-up truck at about 10:30 p.m. Aaron Dwyer, of Durango, Colo., was pronounced dead on the scene from blunt force trauma, according to a statement released by the San Juan County Sheriff's Office.

Sean Simpson was celebrating the Fourth of July in Silverton on Saturday when he learned that one of his best friends from college had drowned in Chicago.

Three years ago, Floyd Bowman, an amateur or "HAM" radio operator from Cedar Hill, received a message via HAM radio from a man in Durango, Colo.

The town of Silverton and San Juan County have filed a motion to withdraw their complaint claiming they have been neglected by Qwest in a state project to link all county seats with fiber optics.

Qwest has filed a motion to dismiss a complaint from the town of Silverton and San Juan County that they have been unfairly left out of a decade-old state project to link all county seats with fiber optics.

More than 1 billion sheep roam fields, mountains and valleys throughout the world, affording ample opportunity for professional and amateur photographers to capture the woolly animals on film.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Grand Junction area jumped from 7.8 percent in March to 8.2 percent in April, according to numbers released Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

Annual Meeting Set for June 6 in Ouray OURAY - " San Miguel Power Association's power-purchasing members who reside in the cooperative's District 7 can expect an election ballot in the mail for the available seat on SMPA's Board of Directors.

" When the San Juan County Historical Society took control of the Silverton Standard & The Miner last month, it was with the idea that a vital local newspaper contributes to the health of the entire community.

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