Teton County saw 69 new lab-confirmed coronavirus cases Friday — the fifth most of any county in the state.
THERMOPOLIS – On Thursday, Nov. 19, Hot Springs County Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar received a call directly from County Health Officer Dr. Vernon Miller.
Gov. Mark Gordon received results today of a COVID-19 test that showed he is positive for the virus, his office announced this afternoon.
Wyoming is on pace to see nearly 400 more fatalities in 2020 than in 2019, but a lack of consistent rules for coroners and the dearth of testing at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic make it difficult to know exactly how many of those will be from COVID-19.
St. John’s Health reported 13 people hospitalized with COVID-19 while the state reported 228 hospitalizations on Tuesday. The state also reported 26 more deaths Monday, bringing Wyoming’s total coronavirus-related deaths to 202.
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Wyoming's active confirmed cases of COVID-19 fell for two consecutive days as hospitalizations and deaths continued to rise.
There’s an old British military adage that civilians have co-opted: “Proper planning and prevention prevents poor performance.” Backcountry skiers practice burial recoveries; bankers stress test their systems to see if they’ll survive an economic downturn.
No matter what you decide to do for the holidays this year, it’s probably fair to say things might look different.
No matter your reason for wanting a coronavirus test, you can pretty easily get your hands on one.
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Wyoming's coronavirus-related deaths reached 155 today, as state health officials cited 11 more people who died within the last week, earlier this month or in late October.
Government watchers and meeting aficionados, take note.
Teton County residents may soon face COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings.
The following list of restaurants, businesses and facilities will be updated frequently as staff are able to verify information about Jackson Hole-area closures and re-openings due to concerns regarding the novel coronavirus. This may not be a comprehensive list.
Students in Teton County School District No. 1 are moving to full-time virtual education, but officials hope the switch will be temporary.
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Help may be on the way for Wyoming’s beleaguered hospitals.
Hope flickered out at 9 p.m. Friday.
Father Ubald Rugirangoga remains in the ICU at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, where he is back on a ventilator and sedated while fighting complications from COVID-19.
A photo of fans at the Jackson Hole Moose season-opening hockey game Friday drew scrutiny on social media and defense from the Moose after it accompanied an online Jackson Hole Daily story published Sunday regarding record-high COVID-19 cases in Teton County.
Teton County health officials have received permission from the state to continue issuing quarantine orders for close contacts of COVID-19-positive patients. Although much of Wyoming and the nation is too overwhelmed to contact trace cases, Teton County still aims to conduct contact tracing …
With COVID-19 caseloads spiking across the West, neighboring communities and states are sounding the alarm.
Teton County broke its single-day record for new cases with 45 new infections reported Sunday morning by the Wyoming Department of Health.
The Wyoming Department of Health reported Saturday nine more coronavirus-related deaths, including one in Lincoln County, bringing the state's toll to 114.
Wyoming added almost 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in one day.
After eclipsing 100 earlier this week, the Teton County tally of active coronavirus cases continues to climb.
Wyoming is swimming in a sea of red, and that’s not a reference to any election results.
Wyoming reported 12 more coronavirus deaths Wednesday, though they are not all from this week.
Roughly six months after Teton County's first COVID-19 death, a second resident has died of the disease.
When students returned to classrooms this fall, many parents were ecstatic about having somewhere for their children to go, at least for a few days a week. But other parents, and some educators and public health officials, worried schools might become their own little COVID-19 hot zones.
Wyoming set all kinds of records Monday. It reported nine more COVID-19 deaths, bringing its total since the pandemic began to 77. The state also had 436 new cases, 387 that were confirmed by lab tests.
There will be no formal surveillance testing program for Teton County students, at least as of right now.
Teton County moved into the orange, moderate-risk category for the coronavirus pandemic this week, after spending several weeks at the Teton County Health Department’s highest risk level.
Wyoming reported seven new deaths from the coronavirus Thursday, bringing its total to 68 since the pandemic began.
St. John’s Health CEO Dr. Paul Beaupre wants you to know one thing: If you end up in the hospital because of COVID-19 you’ll get almost the same treatment as President Donald Trump.
If things don’t turn around, Wyoming could have more than 150 deaths from the coronavirus by February, according to a well-known model.
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Friday saw the highest daily spike in coronavirus cases that Wyoming has seen since the illness was first diagnosed in the state.
Gov. Mark Gordon announced free, at-home COVID-19 testing as Wyoming’s total lab-confirmed cases topped 7,000 on Thursday. Add in probable cases and the statewide total reached 8,375 cases since the pandemic started.
Some St. John’s Health Living Center residents, hospitalized for COVID-19, might be able to move home soon.
Teton County is still at the highest level of risk, according to the Teton County Health Department, with 119 new cases of COVID-19 in the two-week period that ended Tuesday.
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Health officials are asking the public to step up COVID-19 precautions to protect the community’s most vulnerable people and keep businesses open after seeing cases rise rapidly recently.
The recent COVID-19 spike in Teton County has affected two groups that have previously been spared the brunt of the caseload: young and old people.
Jackson Hole's health and government officials will hold their monthly COVID-19 community update this afternoon.
Health officials are asking the public to step up COVID-19 precautions to protect the community’s most vulnerable people and keep businesses open after seeing cases rise rapidly recently.
Just as quickly as Teton County’s COVID-19 case numbers shot up, they’ve begun to come down, though St. John’s Health still has a high number of hospitalized patients.
Gov. Mark Gordon is calling in the troops.
The COVID-19 outbreak at St. John’s Health’s Living Center has spread, with eight residents and two staff members testing positive for the virus as of Monday.
St. John’s Health CEO Dr. Paul Beaupre has one word to describe the recent spike in COVID-19 cases that has included three Living Center residents and stretched his staff to its limits.
Teton County has officially set a new record for active coronavirus cases, according to the JHCovid.com dashboard.
As COVID-19 cases spike in Teton County, school trustees have canceled a Monday special meeting.
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