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🌱 What Utah’s emergency declaration means for flooded Bluff homeowners

Bluff, Utah Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • What Utah’s emergency declaration means for flooded Bluff homeowners
  • Looking back at Bluff’s new fire station, 20 years later
  • After Four Corners floods, an uninsured rancher faces an uncertain recovery

Also on today's calendar: UTR Sunday Services and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly to mostly sunny, with a high of 62 and low of 30 degrees.
  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 60, low: 33.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 62 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Utah emergency declaration unlikely to bring aid to homeowners (kutv.com) — Bluff homeowners should not expect direct financial help from Utah’s emergency declaration, state officials say, though it could support repairs to public infrastructure such as Highway 163. Bluff’s mayor said the governor’s office had not contacted the town, while emergency officials said they coordinate needs through county managers.
   

2. From the Past - November 11, 2026 (sjrnews.com) — Bluff residents celebrated a new fire station 20 years ago, one of the milestones recalled in this week’s San Juan County history roundup. Other snapshots include Blanding Elementary’s dedication 40 years ago and a San Juan High student’s effort a decade ago to provide food when school meals were unavailable.
   

3. Uninsured And Flooded Out, A Colorado Man Worries If Life Will Be Normal Again (insurancejournal.com) — Flooding across the Four Corners, including Bluff, has left some families facing a recovery they cannot afford. In southwestern Colorado, Matthew Martinez estimates at least $200,000 in losses after his property flooded twice. Without flood insurance, he worries about finding stable housing when his emergency lodging voucher runs out.
   

4. Churches Mobilize to Help Navajo Families After Devastating Floods (eewmagazineonline.com) — Flooding that prompted evacuations in Bluff, Montezuma Creek and Aneth has left Navajo communities facing a long recovery. Churches are organizing relief across the region, prioritizing drinking water, food, shelter and fuel. With some families displaced more than once, relief leaders say winter needs will include firewood and extensive home repairs.
   

5. San Juan Pharmacy Marks 60 Year Anniversary (sjrnews.com) — Three generations of the Nielson family have kept San Juan Pharmacy in Blanding running for 60 years. Kirk Nielson, who grew up in Bluff and Blanding, bought the business in 1966. His grandson Scott now serves as the main pharmacist, with Scott’s father Dana still helping after 51 years there.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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