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Recovering from long COVID

Dec 23, 2021 11:05AM ● By Melinda Mawdsley

COVID Recovery Clinic in Fruita helps with virus’ persistent symptoms

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FEMA provides for COVID-19 related funeral expenses

Nov 24, 2021 09:27AM

Get financial assistance for the passing of a loved one due to COVID-19.

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Timberline Bank employees Sadye Saad and Jessica Klements talk in the lobby at the branch at 649 Market St., Grand Junction.
Timberline is a true community bank

Sep 27, 2021 12:48PM ● By Jan Weeks

Staff worked into the wee hours of the night until all Payment Protection Program loan requests were submitted.

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Did the pandemic derail your financial goals?

Aug 23, 2021 02:02PM ● By Alan Becker

In a Pew Research Center survey, about half of non-retired adults said the pandemic’s economic impact will make it harder for them to achieve their long-term financial goals.

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Man leads group tour of four plus people on camels through the desert.
Safety in numbers: get traveling with a group tour

Mar 23, 2021 09:57AM ● By Victor Block

Ready to get traveling again? Your perfect group tour awaits!

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Failing to avoid the ’rona

Mar 22, 2021 02:43PM ● By Sam Beeson

I got the COVID-19 vaccine, but then spread the virus to my family. Whoops.

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Judy Edmonds gets the COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 vaccine offers a shot of hope

Feb 22, 2021 04:33PM ● By Alan M. Schlein

Seniors find comfort even amidst confusion on finding and registering for the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Elective Surgery
Is it safe to get an elective surgery during COVID?

Feb 22, 2021 02:40PM ● By David Wilkening

For the types of elective surgery older people like myself need, are they truly elective?

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Travel on planes in the new normal
Travel in the "new normal"

Jan 26, 2021 09:55AM ● By Victor Block

The kinds of trips people take in the months ahead will be different than before the pandemic.

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A Broken heart
The widower’s effect—surviving a broken heart

Jan 25, 2021 04:09PM ● By Wendell Fowler

I now understand how a person could die of a broken heart. And there's no vaccine for grief.

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