The coronavirus pandemic ravaged nearly every corner of the globe, but its effects were particularly acute in areas that were already struggling with poverty, health care or food access.
Local retired archeologist Sally Crum, who worked on the Navajo Nation reservation for five years, became aware last summer of the harsh impacts the pandemic was having on the Navajo people.
A friend of Crumâs told her about members of the Montrose Presbyterian Church taking food and supplies to the Grace Community Church in Chinle, Arizona. There, Pastor Joe Begay and his wife, Gerri Begay, distributed the supplies monthly to the Navajo community.
The coronavirus pandemic ravaged nearly every corner of the globe, but its effects were particularly acute in areas that were already struggling with poverty, health care or food access.
Local retired archeologist Sally Crum, who worked on the Navajo Nation reservation for five years, became aware last summer of the harsh impacts the pandemic was having on the Navajo people.
A friend of Crumâs told her about members of the Montrose Presbyterian Church taking food and supplies to the Grace Community Church in Chinle, Arizona. There, Pastor Joe Begay and his wife, Gerri Begay, distributed the supplies monthly to the Navajo community.
Yes, I understand how frustrating it was for you this past week.
We had you trained on a daily basis to look for the COVID-19 numbers, published at the top of page one, on the right-hand side, and then suddenly poof! They werenât there anymore.
Where are the numbers? Many of you called asking, after flipping through the newspaper several times, searching but not finding.
When Mesa County Health Department stopped sending its daily report at the end of February, The Daily Sentinel followed suit and stopped publishing daily updates.
No, that doesnât mean COVID has âstopped.â Not by any means.
One of my newsroom duties includes organizing an archive of newspapers for in-house use. Every month, I recycle the previous year’s month of newspapers to make room for the upcoming