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Fine lines: For the 2nd time, a federal judge rejects voting districts in San Juan County, Utah, as racially based

Once again, San Juan County, Utah, has been told to redraw its voting districts. On July 14, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby sent the county’s latest redistricting efforts back to the drawing board, dashing hopes that a resolution to … Continue reading

Published in August 2017 Tagged

San Juan County, Utah, told to redraw districts: Order could mean changes for the county commission

By Sonja Horoshko San Juan County, Utah, must redraw the boundaries for its county-commission districts, according to a ruling issued Feb. 19 in Salt Lake City by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby that the county’s 2011 redistricting decisions violated … Continue reading

Published in March 2016 Tagged , ,

The end of a chapter in the Recapture Trail saga

One chapter of Utah’s long and tortuous Recapture Canyon saga closed in mid- January, with two guilty pleas to destruction of federal property. However, the debate about the off-road vehicle trail that Kenneth Brown and Dustin Felstead created on Bureau … Continue reading

Published in February 2011 Tagged , ,