COVID-19
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UPDATE (11:06 a.m.) Superintendent Peg Monteith posted an update on the Cody Public Schools, Cody Wyoming Park County #6 Facebook page: “As expected, we had our first positive case of COVID-19. Our partners at Public Health contacted the school immediately and followed up with contact tracing. Within a few hours it was determined that no…
Wyoming officials announce four new COVID-19 deaths A Park County resident has died in an out-of-state long-term care facility in connection with the novel coronavirus, health officials say. Tuesday, the Wyoming Department of Health released details on four new deaths associated with the pandemic. Among the deceased was one from Park County – an older…
COVID-19 confirmed at Northwest College. Northwest College was notified of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in an unidentified person “within the campus community” sometime Monday night. The individual afflicted has been notified, as has everyone deemed to be at risk due to contact with this particular person. Those people, according to a statement released by…
Old Faithful has a little bit of coronavirus. Yellowstone continues its thorough COVID-19 testing regimes for park staff and popular tourist spots. There have been 1,500 employee (asymptomatic) surveillance tests of the park’s staff since early June, with no positive results and nearly all of them negative. The others have results pending. Two employees of…
Commissioners cued county health officials with COVID queries. Yesterday, the Park County Commissioners questioned Park County Health Officer Dr. Aaron Billin and Public Health Nurse Manager Bill Crampton on all things COVID-19, hosting the meeting in person and over Skype. Everything from how long someone stays contagious (still to be determined) why Powell has the machine…
A COVID-19 outbreak is linked to a political event in a Cody restaurant. This afternoon, Park County Public Health Officer Dr. Aaron Billin confirmed that there was a significant exposure to COVID-19 at a political event held at a downtown Cody restaurant on Sunday, July 19th. So far, 5 positive tests have come back from…
There’s a new part of Matthew 25:31-40 that is permissible now: if in prison, you can go visit me. The Park County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center is allowing limited inmate visits starting this weekend, weekend Saturday, July 25th and Sunday July 26th. The key word is “limited” as there are a number of stipulations and…
If you get contacted by a contact tracer, make sure it’s a real contact tracer. If you were exposed to a positively confirmed case of COVID-19, you will be getting a call from a contact tracerm wither from the Wyoming State Department of Health or Park County Public Health – which recently hired two part-time…
Having trouble remembering what to take home from Walmart? Starting next Monday, you’ll need to remember to bring something from home too. Yesterday, in a statement released from the office of Walmart’s COO Dacona Smith and Sam’s Club COO Lance de la Rosa, it was announced that all shoppers will be required to wear face…
There are a number of changes that could affect your next Yellowstone trip. As the pandemic progresses, various amenities are opening while others are changing their offerings and practices. Last Friday, the Sandpiper Lodge at Lake Yellowstone Hotel opened, offering a limited number of their standard lodge rooms, per Yellowstone’s hotel practice of only opening…