{"id":1318908,"date":"2020-03-18T16:43:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T22:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=994835"},"modified":"2020-03-18T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T22:43:19","slug":"carbondale-declares-covid-19-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/carbondale-declares-covid-19-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbondale declares COVID-19 emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-Carbondale-News-Small-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Post Independent Carbondale news graphic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-Carbondale-News-Small-2.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-Carbondale-News-Small-2-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The town of Carbondale declared a local disaster emergency Tuesday, following similar declarations from other local governments.<\/p>\n<p>The board of trustees passed the resolution \u201cdue to the imminent threat from COVID-19 to avert danger or damage and to protect public health,\u201d according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the declaration the town could activate, seek and authorize its response and recovery emergency plans with the assistance from inter-jurisdictional and local agencies,\u201d the press release said.<\/p>\n<p>Many town-run services have been closed or are operating with reduced hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Carbondale Recreation Center is closed, and all town activities are canceled through the end of April.<\/p>\n<p>Town hall remains open, but with limited access, and residents are encouraged to make use of online services.<\/p>\n<p>While town parks are open, people are advised to practice social distancing, which includes staying 6 or more feet away from another person.<\/p>\n<p>The Carbondale board of trustees will begin meeting remotely beginning April 14.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/carbondale-declares-covid-19-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The town of Carbondale declared a local disaster emergency Tuesday, following similar declarations from other local governments. The board of trustees passed the resolution \u201cdue to the imminent threat from COVID-19 to avert danger or damage and to protect public health,\u201d according to a press release. \u201cUnder the declaration the town could activate, seek and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-04 06:45:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}