The map shows the road sections, in orange, to be upgraded as part of a $152 million road improvement project in San Juan County, partially through the Navajo Nation. (Photo: Utah Department of ...

A historic shift took place in San Juan County, Utah, on Tuesday, when more than 100 years of control by white conservatives on the county commission came to an end.

A federal court judge in Utah has adopted new voting district boundaries in San Juan County which could reverse the historic political domination by whites over Navajos there.