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Cortez declares state of emergency amid coronavirus pandemic

Also: Pot shop hearing canceled; election proceeding as usual

DATE: Mar 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

The Journal will offer critical coronavirus stories for free

The Journal staff is working all hours throughout the Four Corners to bring you the stories that inform you about the coronavirus pandemic. Our staff writers are on the ground...

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 test results not yet complete in La Plata County man’s death

Patient discharged from urgent care before going to Mercy

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Community Emergency Relief Fund activated in response to COVID-19

Fund raised $12,000 in first 24 hours

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County Jail shrinks population to reduce risk of COVID-19 outbreak

Law enforcement, attorneys and judges working to get people out of incarceration

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trial for Mark Redwine, accused of killing son, Dylan, postponed as pandemic spreads

Social distancing could be difficult for a jury, judge says

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Liquor, cannabis sales rise as COVID-19 spreads

Customers buying mass quantities of high-potency alcohol to use for hand sanitizer

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Business sells tons of pinto beans to Durango residents

Basin Towing and Repair distributes about 30,000 pounds of the dried goods in three days

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mesa Verde National Park remains open

Some facilities temporarily closed to prevent virus spread

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico works to meet child care needs amid COVID-19 outbreak

FARMINGTON – After the announcement of a state of emergency and K-12 schools closing for at least three weeks in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, New Mexico state agencies have created eme...

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Local officials: Give residents Denver TV news now

Coronavirus makes longstanding programming issue imperative

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Miguel County, Telluride face shelter-in-place order

Entire county will be tested, official says

DATE: Mar 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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