Community helps to keep local pharmacy open [Video]

COMMUNITY. WELL, TONIGHT, A COMMUNITY HOPING TO KEEP THEIR LOCAL PHARMACY OPEN AFTER THEY’VE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME MONEY TROUBLES. ALYSSA MUNOZ SPOKE WITH PEOPLE FROM MOUNTAINAIR TO SEE HOW THIS COULD IMPACT THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. WELL, SASHA, PEOPLE TELL ME IF THIS STORE CLOSES THE CLOSEST PHARMACY TO THEM WOULD BE ABOUT 50 MILES AWAY IN BELEN. SO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS GETTING YOUR MEDICATION COULD TURN INTO, WELL, AN ALL DAY TRIP. THIS IS THE FRONT WHERE WE WOULD CHECK OUT PEOPLE AT THE FOUNTAIN. WE’VE GOT HERBS. KATHLEEN WEST, ALSO KNOWN AS CASEY, HAS OWNED MOUNTAIN AIR MEDS AND MORE SINCE THE 2000. THE STORE OFFERS EVERYDAY NECESSITIES, PRESCRIPTIONS AND ADDING A LITTLE CHARM AND OLD FASHIONED SODA FOUNTAIN. BUT AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND COMPETITION FROM NATIONAL CHAINS, WEST SAYS THE STORE’S FUTURE ISN’T LOOKING GOOD. BASICALLY, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHEN IT REALLY BOTTOMED OUT …