Border businesses coping, but missing Canadian traffic
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Dave Clarke, owner of the First & Last Chance Bar and Duty Free Store says the lack of Canadian traffic has put his business improvements on hold
Posted at 10:57 PM, Mar 31, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-01 00:57:04-04
EUREKA â With the imminent arrival of another travel season, Montana s border communities face more COVID uncertainty. But they re also pulling together to keep business going.
âWe went from being a middle of the road community, to being two end of the road communities.â
Lincoln County Commissioner Josh Letcher says that separation between counties is especially acute in the Tobacco Valley, where the mix of people from Eureka, and the small towns north of the border remains on full stop by Canadian border restrictions. Coupled with local lockdowns, it s been a rough year.
Montana border businesses coping, but missing Canadian traffic
By: Dennis Bragg - MTN News
Posted at 10:20 AM, Apr 01, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-01 12:32:39-04
EUREKA â Montana s border communities face more COVID-19 uncertainty with the imminent arrival of another travel season but they re also pulling together to keep business going.
âWe went from being a middle-of-the-road community to being two end-of-the-road communities.â
Lincoln County Commissioner Josh Letcher says that separation between counties is especially acute in the Tobacco Valley, where the mix of people from Eureka, and the small towns north of the border remains on full stop by Canadian border restrictions. Coupled with local lockdowns, it s been a rough year.
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Michigan health officials reported 26 new outbreaks of the coronavirus in Michigan schools Monday. (Shutterstock)
CHELSEA, MI A new outbreak of the coronavirus has been reported at a school in the Chelsea School District, state health officials reported Monday.
One student and one staff member in the Chelsea School District recently tested positive for the coronavirus, according to information provided by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
The state did not specify which school the two people were from but defined the school as a pre-school or elementary school.
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In addition to the outbreak at the Chelsea School District, new outbreaks of the coronavirus were reported at 25 other schools across Michigan on Monday.