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Oliver’s Mercantile employee Alannah Ford makes a beer delivery to Michael Hutchins in Silverton last Friday.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_200329983_EP_-1_URVVMOLFQKBL_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Photo by CHANSE WATSON Oliver’s Mercantile employee Alannah Ford makes a beer delivery to Michael Hutchins in Silverton last Friday.
March 24, 2020
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March 24, 2020 1:14 p.m.
Silver Valley businesses embrace alternative methods
One by one, businesses across the county are shutting their doors due to the COVID-19 situation. Whether it be to follow recommendations set forth by health officials or simply to keep losses at a minimum during this period of limited shopping, shop owners everywhere are facing the very real possibility of closing for an extended period of time to wait out the pandemic.