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The supply of COVID-19 vaccine is currently limited, with the state of Colorado receiving about 70,000 doses of vaccine each week for a population of 5.8 million residents. Distribution issues...
DATE: Jan. 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
A line has been crossed, local law enforcement says, after nearly 20 people gathered outside the private home of San Juan Basin Public Health Executive Director Liane Jollon to protest public...
DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | UPDATED: 1 day 20 hours ago | CATEGORY: Local News
Ignacio High School shifted into remote learning Wednesday after learning of multiple confirmed COVID-19 cases among staff members and students. Rocco Fuschetto, Ignacio School District...
DATE: Jan. 13, 2021 | UPDATED: 2 days 18 hours ago | CATEGORY: Local News
An outbreak of COVID-19 cases has been confirmed at a nursing home in La Plata County. San Juan Basin Public Health said one employee and two residents at Sunshine Gardens Country Home, east of...
DATE: Jan. 12, 2021 | UPDATED: 4 days 19 hours ago | CATEGORY: Local News
The Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, which covers 265 square miles of eastern La Plata County, plans to open a public vaccination center in the next two weeks. The fire district has been...
DATE: Jan. 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Skiers are hitting the slopes in Southwest Colorado, looking for some exercise and a short escape from the whirlwind of the COVID-19 pandemic and polarized politics, but even so, a sense of...
DATE: Jan. 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Centura Health failed to report nearly 2,500 COVID-19 hospitalizations dating back to April across the state, most of which happened this fall as cases spiked in Colorado, and hospital staff...
DATE: Jan. 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
What if La Plata County communities could detect the prevalence of COVID-19 in neighborhoods or communitywide before it shows up in test results? Colorado entities are testing a tool to do just...
DATE: Jan. 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Restaurants’ dining rooms, spas, gyms, outdoor guided services and offices in La Plata County are free to open up to 25% of capacity, as La Plata County moved to Level Orange, the “high risk”...
DATE: Jan. 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Gov. Jared Polis expanded the criteria for people who qualify for the COVID-19 vaccination, but it may be some time before people actually receive it. “We haven’t received it yet,” Liane Jollon,...
DATE: Jan. 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
La Plata County will move into the less restrictive Level Orange public health restrictions Monday after Gov. Jared Polis made an unexpected announcement Wednesday night on social media that he is...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
An outbreak of COVID-19 cases has been confirmed at Durango’s Walmart, one of several businesses reporting new outbreaks as part of the state’s weekly update. Every Wednesday, the Colorado...
DATE: Dec. 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News