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Critical COVID-19 Coverage

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 in Southwest...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Critical COVID-19 Coverage

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

Results of a COVID-19 test performed on a La Plata County man after his death had not been completed as of Thursday, according to the Coroner’s Office. The man, identified as a local resident in...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Community Emergency Relief Fund activated in response to COVID-19

The Community Emergency Relief Fund has been activated in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado. The past two weeks have seen school...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

La Plata County Jail is crowded, just the kind of environment public health officials and governments have been warning against for almost a week in an effort to prevent the spread of the...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Critical COVID-19 Coverage

Purgatory Resort extends closure, still hopes to open this season

While many ski resorts across North America have already committed to closing for the remainder of the 2019-20 season, Purgatory Resort north of Durango has hope it might be able to reopen again in...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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

The trial of Mark Redwine, a Vallecito man accused of killing his 13-year-old son, Dylan, in 2012, has been reset to begin May 26 as the COVID-19 pandemic surges through Colorado and the rest of...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Liquor, cannabis sales rise as COVID-19 spreads

The run on toilet paper was weird enough, but now it’s Everclear? That’s right, the high-potency alcohol has been flying off the shelves of liquor stores in Durango, according to interviews with...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Business sells tons of pinto beans to Durango residents

Basin Towing and Repair didn’t know what to do with tens of thousands of pounds of pinto beans it had from last year. Then a pandemic hit. The local business in the past three days has sold about...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mesa Verde National Park remains open

Mesa Verde National Park announced it will modify operations during the coronavirus outbreak, but it will remain open. As of March 17, partial closures within the park were implemented to reduce...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Thank them now for keeping it clean

Recently, our community has closed all of our schools to protect our children and school staff from the coronavirus. Thank you for doing that. But I wanted to thank the custodial crew. They work...

DATE: March 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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