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Medical center announces additional COVID-19 drive-thru testing periods

FARMINGTON – After its first set of drive-thru COVID-19 assessment days, San Juan Regional Medical Center announced additional testing periods. The hospital emphasized the drive-thru assessment is...

DATE: March 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos eateries cope with coronavirus

Restaurants have been on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, and in Mancos they’re rapidly adjusting structures to stay afloat. The adjustments include new hours, hand sanitizer galore and...

DATE: March 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Arizona death prompts warning against self-medication

PHOENIX – A Phoenix-area man has died and his wife was in critical condition after the couple took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks that is also found in an anti-malaria...

DATE: March 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado doctors have a plan for who gets lifesaving coronavirus treatment

In northern Italy, just two weeks ago, doctors found themselves inundated with patients sickened by the new coronavirus. One large hospital had roughly 500 patients positive for COVID-19, the...

DATE: March 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado lawmaker tests positive for coronavirus

State Sen. Jim Smallwood announced Monday that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus. “I want to first let everybody know that I’m currently feeling great,” the Parker Republican said in a...

DATE: March 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local businesses, unemployment insurance at stake as Senate battles over coronavirus bill

The U.S. Senate delayed a $2 trillion coronavirus bill Monday after intense arguments over where to direct the funding. Democrats like Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., voted against advancing the...

DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Miguel County provides details on its first coronavirus case

San Miguel County has provided details about its first case of COVID-19. A 54-year-old man was notified by county health officials March 19 that he tested positive for the disease, according to...

DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores activates ‘Peace on Earth’ sign amid COVID-19 breakout

The Dolores Rotary Club is lighting up the hillside in Dolores again as a show of community cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Usually they are lit up over Christmas and Easter, but the club...

DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis signs bill abolishing Colorado death penalty, commutes 3 death sentences

Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed into law a bill abolishing Colorado’s death penalty , simultaneously commuting the sentences of the three men on the state’s death row. Polis converted the death...

DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Ute Tribe intensifies its response to COVID-19

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe intensified its response to the spread of COVID-19 this week as new cases were reported in surrounding areas. The Southern Ute Tribal Council, the tribe’s incident...

DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Spike in avalanches reported in San Juan Mountains

Dangerous snow conditions in the San Juan Mountains resulted in five separate avalanches triggered by skiers over the weekend, which caught six people, carried three and buried two. According to...

DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Critical COVID-19 Coverage

Stay-at-home advisory issued for La Plata, Archuleta counties

A stay-at-home advisory was issued Monday afternoon by San Juan Basin Public Health, just hours after La Plata County’s first confirmed case of coronavirus was announced. San Juan Basin Public...

DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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