Jackson Hole COVID-19 Coverage and Resources
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The Latest
- Health officials stress that if you feel sick, please stay home and pick up the phone. Call your doctor or St. John’s Health: 307-739-4898 for a COVID-19 phone evaluation
- For those who are under or uninsured, call Teton County Health Department for a COVID-19 free test voucher: 307-733-6401
- To slow the spread of COVID-19, a face mask mandate is in effect for Teton County
- To sign up for COVID-19 Nixle updates for Teton County, text TC_COVID to 888777
Resources + What You Need to Know
Teton County Emergency Services, Teton County Health Department, St. John’s Health and the Town of Jackson launched a resource site with information on food, financial and business assistance; business closures; mental health services; and restaurants offering curbside and takeout options.
KHOL Tracks COVID-19
Wyoming Reports Four New COVID-Related Deaths
Four Northern Arapaho Tribal members died Monday due to COVID-19-related illness. That raises the number of deaths in Wyoming to six. “Two of the four...
COVID Antibody Testing: Cutting Through the Noise with Dr. Travis Riddell
Researchers are racing to develop antibody testing for the new coronavirus. So far, the FDA has approved three kinds. The tests do not diagnose COVID-19...
Teton County: Keep Staying Home, it’s Working
Teton County is ordering people to stay home through the month of April to slow the spread of COVID-19. “Modeling indicates we likely have not yet...
Editor’s Note: When the Absence of Journalistic Integrity Could be Fatal
Minimize harm. That tenet guides the work of trained journalists everywhere. It means weighing the public’s need for information against the potential...
Wyoming Confirms First Coronavirus Death
A Johnson County man infected with the coronavirus has died, according to the Wyoming Department of Health. It is Wyoming's first COVID-19 death. ...
Quarantined Regards: Life From a Distance
At the start of the pandemic, nurse and photographer Shivyon Mitchell began a photo series titled “Six Feet Away.”
In the Weeds to 86ed: Service Industry Reacts, Adapts to COVID Whiplash
As if in hibernation, Teton County’s circulatory system of commerce and tourism has slowed to bare essentials. The local workforce, disproportionately in...
COVID Impact in Teton County is ‘Greater Than Anywhere in Wyoming’
Is that trip to the grocery store imperative? Are you clocking in at your job when you could work from home? These are questions Teton County residents...
Condado Teton: Quédense en Casa
La pandemia por el coronavirus no da tregua, por el contrario, continua cobrando vidas al rededor del mundo, convirtiendo a Estados Unidos en uno de los...
Jackson Seniors Take a Steely Eye in Staring Down COVID
Amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeri Calabrese, 67, and her husband Mike, 70, are just “trying to live our lives as best we can.” That...
Teton County: Stay Home
All public and private gatherings are now banned in Teton County, as local officials took another aggressive move to mandate social distancing that will...
Jackson Town Council Enacts Stay-at-Home Measure
Many in Jackson have already slipped into quarantine mode, those who haven't must now stay home. Following two emergency sessions in as many days,...