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Park County’s COVID count continues to crawl upward. The COVID-19 counter in Park County continues to be rising at a fairly alarming rate. The last update from Park County Health Officer Dr. Aaron Billin laid it out in fairly simple numbers: 32 lab confirmed cases (with 8 new cases in 48 hours) plus 5 probable…
One more case and more information on Cody’s COVID conundrum. Park County Health Officer Dr. Aaron Billin has confirmed another new case of COVID-19 in Cody, this time in an adult female resident. The case was confirmed at Powell Valley Healthcare yesterday. But these is a common thread between most of these cases. Of the…
First Lady Jennie Gordon is working hard to fight food insecurity. Since the election of Governor Mark Gordon, Jennie Gordon has made hunger and food insecurity her top priority. This led to the formation of the Wyoming Hunger Initiative. While nobody could have anticipated a global pandemic and its profound effects on Wyoming communities, it…
Cody has passed the poop test. One of the latest tools in the fight against COVID-19 is wastewater testing – using raw sewage as a indicator of whether is present in our community. Cody recently purchased a $10 thousand dollar Teledyne ISCO 6712C Compact Portable Sampler to accomplish this goal, sending the samples to the…
Cody sees the first bear incident of 2020 – and it was a serious one. Last Friday around 10:47 a.m. – the first day of antler hunting season – the Park County Sheriff’s Office got a 911 call. 41-year-old Cody resident Spencer Smith was antler hunting in the East Painter Creek area, and was walking…
As public health orders begin to loosen up the Park County Courthouse will be opening again. Effective today, May 4th, at 8 am the Park County Courthouse will reopen to in-person transactions. But this doesn’t mean that its business as usual. A number of temporary restrictions are being enacted, which mainly control the flow of…
Yellowstone has a message for the Cody community – they are hurrying up and waiting. Earlier this week, Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly and Grand Teton Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail held a conference call with members of the business communities in Cody and Jackson. Governor Gordon also participated for a time. The meeting was to discuss the…
Wyoming has heard the call and is leading the way in the 2020 Census. A new report from the US Census Bureau states that as of April 15th, the statewide self-response rate in Wyoming is 39.6%. This places Wyoming in a six-way tie for the highest daily total self-response rate in the nation, along with…
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park are closed for business. The decision was announced yesterday, preceded by a statement from Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly, saying quote “Yellowstone has received a substantial number of requests to temporarily close, from state and local partners, including the governors of Montana and Wyoming, health officials from all surrounding counties,…
KODI is keeping up with Cody cancellations. There are now 37 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Wyoming, with only 1 still confirmed in Park County. Emphasis on confirmed. In order to provide the most up-to-date information, we will be reminding everyone of current cancellations and others as they occur, as well as any changes and…