With U.S. border work on track, rural towns fear virus spread

Billings, Mont. • Major construction projects moving forward along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are raising fears the coronavirus could race through temporary work camps and spread to rural communities unable to handle an outbreak.Despite a clampdown on people's movements in much of the country, groups of workers travel every day from camps in New Mexico to build President Donald Trump's border wall.Along the northern border, a Canadian company says it will start work this month