A Farmington teen died from injuries she suffered in a 40-foot fall. She was pulled from Farmington Creek, where she landed, by a Centerville teen-ager hiking with her. A helicopter from LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City used a newly installed hoist to lift Austin from the canyon. Rescuers estimate the new hoist shaved two hours off of the time it would have taken rescuers to hike to the site. An employee for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, who was overseeing the process, was transferred out of the office before the work was completed.
Officials plan to resubmit the request for funding.
The BLM will still station a helicopter at Arches' helicopter hangar on U.S. Highway 191 this summer for use in fighting wildfires. The San Juan County Commission has reorganized the Navajo Fair Board. Under the new structure, each of the seven chapter houses in Utah will appoint a representative to the board, which will then elect a chairperson. In the past, not all the chapters on the Utah portion of the reservation have been equally represented at the fair. Funding for the fair will come from the county and be distributed by the Utah Navajo Commission.