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.
If things don’t turn around, Wyoming could have more than 150 deaths from the coronavirus by February, according to a well-known model.
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.
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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.
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.
Some St. John’s Health Living Center residents, hospitalized for COVID-19, might be able to move home soon.
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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.
At Tuesday’s hospital board meeting, St. John’s Health CEO Dr. Paul Beaupre gave news he had so far avoided during the coronavirus pandemic.
News about the dozens of COVID-19 vaccine trials can seem removed from the coronavirus outbreak in Teton County, vague science experiments with no bearing on local life.
Wyoming bow hunters had two run-ins with grizzlies in recent days, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
The Teton County Face Covering Order – aka the mask ordinance – has been extended through Oct. 31, according to the Teton County Public Health Department.
“COVID fatigue” is in part why Teton County is seeing a spike in cases, according to public health coordinator Rachael Wheeler. On Saturday, the county tied its record for most cases in a single day, with 17.
Teton County had its highest single-day total of new coronavirus cases in nearly two months on Wednesday, with 13 new cases reported.
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COVID-19 has found its way into more Teton County schools.
Nationwide, public health experts have been touting flu shots as even more important than normal because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The number of Wyoming residents to die from coronavirus has grown to 50 with the death last week of a Big Horn County man, the Wyoming Department of Health reported Wednesday.
Teton County officials remain concerned about the rate at which COVID-19 is impacting the Latino population, which could be more at risk for complications from the disease.
Teton County's COVID-19 community updates are now just once a month.
Todd Smith started to have doubts.
Drive by the Teton County Fairgrounds and you might notice a pair of tents next to the green metal Exhibit Hall. The temporary set-up houses Teton County Health Department’s surveillance testing program for COVID-19.
UPDATE, 8 a.m. Sept. 15: The quarantine on students at Munger Mountain Elementary School has been lifted. Communications director Charlotte Reynolds said the person in the school who had been presumed to be COVID-19-positive tested negative for the coronavirus.
One group is taking the brunt of the coronavirus outbreak in Teton County, and it’s not young people.
As Teton County coronavirus statistics continue their downward trend, officials announced that regular COVID-19 community updates will now be held monthly, instead of every two weeks. The next update is set for 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18.
Local authorities have seen a need for an isolated, safe place for people to quarantine and, now, thanks to $25,000 from the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, they’ll be able to have one.
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The deaths of four more Wyoming residents have been attributed to the coronavirus, raising the state’s total death toll from the illness to 41.
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The Jackson/Teton County Housing Department received a $25,000 grant Tuesday to temporarily house community members seeking a place to quarantine or isolate because of COVID-19.
Wyoming's current public health orders aimed at tamping down the spread of COVID-19 have been extended through Sept. 15 with no changes.
Head to Town Square on a busy Saturday during the summer, and it can feel like there are 25,000 people roaming the streets of downtown, a density more akin to an urban center than a rural county.
Business owners, it’s not too late to sign workers up for surveillance testing.
Representatives from the Teton County Health Department, St. John’s Health, the Jackson Town Council, Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, Teton County School District and the county Board of Commissioners will hold a COVID-19 community update on Friday afternoon.
Reece Moorehouse recently graduated from Jackson Hole High School but he didn’t celebrate at graduation parties.
Posters? Check. Shower sandals? Check. Clothes bag? Check.
If you’re still planning on having a wedding in Wyoming this summer, you can now invite a few more guests.
In March 76 people at a wedding in northern Jordan contracted COVID-19. Public health officials believe the bride’s father brought the virus with him from Spain.
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Teton County kids won’t be back in the classroom this fall, at least not full time.
Coronavirus statistics for the state and for Teton County continued their downward trend over the past few days.
The idea of a “food truck row,” or a temporary area for already-permitted food trucks to provide additional dining options during the COVID-19 pandemic, is still on the table after the Jackson Town Council decided Monday to continue the issue to its next meeting.
The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming remained at 575 on Wednesday as the number of new cases and the number of recoveries balanced each other out.
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