San Juan Basin Health Department

Archuleta and La Plata counties have moved into the less restrictive Level Blue public health order, according to San Juan Basin Public Health. SJBPH Executive Director Liane Jollon said...

Colorado health officials say the state is in its fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, and La Plata and Archuleta counties could follow the same trajectory. Statewide, coronavirus cases and...

San Juan Basin Public Health extended its mask ordinance Friday to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rather than an order issued...

Colorado residents ages 16 and older will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines starting Friday, but San Juan Basin Public Health says everything still depends on a limited vaccine supply. With...

To the relief of medical and public health professionals, there has been a key absence in the health scene this winter: the seasonal flu. Heading into Colorado’s 2020-21 flu season, health...

Snow sports enthusiasts took to Chapman Hill Ski Area for the last day Sunday after a season of record attendance. Like ski slopes around the state, the city of Durango ski area off Florida Road...

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe has found two variant strains of the coronavirus causing COVID-19 within its reservation boundaries. Viruses constantly change through mutation, and different variants...

A total of 15 gymnasts and two instructors across six classes at the Durango Gymnastics building have tested positive for COVID-19, according to San Juan Basin Public Health. “I’m disappointed to...

La Plata County was reimbursed about $3.4 million for costs and expenses incurred from the COVID-19 pandemic, said county spokeswoman Megan Graham. “The county is super pleased to receive such a...

San Juan Basin Public Health Executive Director Liane Jollon was awarded the American Medical Association’s Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service, considered one of the most...

A large-scale COVID-19 vaccination effort sought to vaccinate 4,000 people in Southwest Colorado over the weekend. Liane Jollon, executive director of San Juan Basin Public Health, said the state...