MARCH 21, 2020 By the Bluff Volunteer Fire Department As the coronavirus outbreak nears San Juan County, residents are being asked to practice social distancing and stay in their homes. The Bluff Fire Department is asking locals to take this opportunity to reduce fire hazards. The pandemic will likely strain our rural area's volunteer EMS … Continue reading Stuck at home? Practice fire safety
Navajo Nation, southeast Utah health officials urge tourists and residents to stay home
Bluff • Confirmed coronavirus cases on the rural Navajo Nation rose to 14 on Thursday night as health care officials in southeast Utah brace for the arrival of the virus. The majority of the cases were clustered on the northern Navajo Nation near where the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on Tuesday after a … Continue reading Navajo Nation, southeast Utah health officials urge tourists and residents to stay home
Members of the Kayenta, Chilchinbeto and Dennehotso chapters asked to stay home
March 18, 2020 After a member of the Chilchinbeto Chapter in Arizona tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday, local tribal leaders in the Kayenta Chapter asked all residents in Kayenta Chapter, Chilchinbeto Chapter and Dennehotso Chapter "to stay home unless you absolutely have to travel for supplies or other necessities." The chapter officials made the announcement … Continue reading Members of the Kayenta, Chilchinbeto and Dennehotso chapters asked to stay home
Navajo Nation announces its first confirmed case of COVID-19
March 17, 2020 The Navajo Nation confirmed Tuesday that a resident of Chilchinbeto, Ariz., has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after being treated at the Kayenta Health Center and later transferred to a Phoenix area hospital. Read the full statement from the office of Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez:
San Juan County Declares Public Health Emergency, Libraries to Close
Update on Friday, March 20, 2020: Libraries in Bluff and Montezuma Creek are now closed. Note: San Juan County Commission Chairman Kenneth Maryboy released the following update on Monday, March 15, 2020. San Juan County has taken a proactive measure by declaring a Public Health State of Emergency. This preventive move is intended to protect … Continue reading San Juan County Declares Public Health Emergency, Libraries to Close
San Juan School District closes its schools through March 27
On Friday, March 13, the San Juan School District announced it will be shutting down all schools through March 27. Remote teaching will continue as will the school breakfast and lunch program. Meals will be available for pick up at school locations during posted hours. There are currently no known cases of the novel coronavirus … Continue reading San Juan School District closes its schools through March 27
To Stop Coronavirus In Its Tracks, Here’s Your Guide To 5 Degrees Of Separation
Editor's Note: The Canyon Echo will be publishing Covid-19 updates related to southeast Utah and republishing content like this story that gives context and tips for the coronavirus outbreak. Please get in touch if you have questions, suggestions or concerns: groatnotes@gmail.com By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News March 16, 2020 As the number of coronavirus … Continue reading To Stop Coronavirus In Its Tracks, Here’s Your Guide To 5 Degrees Of Separation
On The River (Poem)
On The River By Leath Tonino A friend wants on the river, wants nothing there, fern and flycatcher, breakfast fire, water from afar pulling all moments of all hours. Wants nothing more than there, than nothing there, great emptiness of many things balanced, moving boats, shadowed walls, thoughts and rains and bumblebees. Wants these. Wants … Continue reading On The River (Poem)
Field Work (Poem)
Field Work By Austin Holmes when we awoke in the morning we broke down camp and drove to the sandy two-track then opened the old gate held to the post by taut rusted wire as we passed along sagebrush taller than a bull’s spine we saw a calf head impaled on a juniper branch serving … Continue reading Field Work (Poem)
Night (Poem)
Night By Austin Holmes I come together again at night, I open my eyes, I wet them with this darkness full of dream. -- Jaime Sabines, I Have Eyes to See at night the cownprint is silent water from the day’s rain fills its tenebrous depth and drinks the light of the moon in the … Continue reading Night (Poem)
