Canyon Echo: A Journal of Southeastern Utah

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The Echo Is Reborn

From 1993 to 1997, the Bluff-based Canyon Echo published a monthly collection of essays, poetry, and journalism from southeast Utah. Under the leadership of publisher Linda Richmond and editor Phil Hall, the paper drew advertisers from as far away as Cortez and contributors from all across the country. News briefs were common, including coverage of Bluff, Navajo Nation, and San Juan County politics. But the Echo was more than a community newspaper. Articles on prehistory, ecology, and geology are common in the archives. Most issues left space for a poetry spread, and more than once the cover story was penned by Pulitzer Prize-finalist Ellen Meloy.

Today, as the town of Bluff sorts out the details of its recent incorporation, and San Juan County welcomes in the first majority-Diné commission in history, we're reviving the Canyon Echo. Our goal is to live up to the standards set by the print journal. We hope to establish an active online community forum for local news and opinion as well as an outlet for place-based poetry and essays. Each month--thanks to the generous cooperation of Linda Richmond and the collection of original newspapers preserved by Tamara Desrosiers--we'll also be publishing archival articles from the print Echo to our website.

Sound like a good idea? We need your help. You can donate here. Visit the Bluff Rumor Mill page to submit letters, ideas, comments, and events. Direct tips, submissions, or complaints to Zak Podmore at [email protected]