Delta city manager Joe Kerby has been offered a job as the county manager of La Plata County. Kerby said Tuesday morning he is giving the offer serious consideration, although it's "gut wrenching" to consider leaving Delta before a number of "excellent projects," including the alternate truck route, have been brought to fruition.

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The Delta County Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reports that a Delta County man has been diagnosed with hantavirus. He's been hospitalized since March 26.

Hantavirus is caused by exposure to the saliva, droppings and urine of deer mice, and is most commonly transmitted by breathing contaminated dust particles.

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