Is southern Utah’s historic Bluff ready to become a town, a really BIG town?

Residents are voting on incorporation, which backers say will help the tiny southeast Utah town guide change — but at what cost?

(Tribune file photo) Balloonists float over Bluff, whose residents are voting on whether to incorporate. The tiny historic southeast Utah town on the San Juan River is bracing for change as more tourists visit the public lands now protected in Bears Ears National Monument.

Is southern Utah’s historic Bluff ready to become a town, a really BIG town?

Residents are voting on incorporation, which backers say will help the tiny southeast Utah town guide change — but at what cost?

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