by Alex Thompson | Mar 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Education, Health, News
“It’s different,” said Kayson Jones. Jones, walking down Deloney Street on Monday with a tippy armload of books, is a student at Jackson Hole High School. He woke up that morning and learned school was canceled. “Yeah, just planning on doing something for the next...
by Robyn Vincent | Mar 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Health, News
Officials have released additional information about the second case of COVID-19 confirmed Friday in Teton County. Notably, they do not believe it is linked to the first diagnosis. The patient is a health care worker at St. John’s Health who was likely exposed...
by Meg Daly | Mar 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Health, News
When Jeremy Weiss learned that his employer, Fine Dining Restaurant Group, was temporarily closing their restaurants in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he panicked. “I’ve dealt with anxiety and depression my whole life, but I had my first full blown panic attack...
by Robyn Vincent | Mar 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Health, News
Health officials have confirmed Teton County’s first case of COVID-19, according to a press release issued Wednesday evening by St. John’s Health and the Teton County Health Department. The Teton County resident is a man “over the age of 60.”...
by Robyn Vincent | Mar 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Health, News, Recreation
Health officials in southeastern Utah took bold actions this week to slow the spread of the coronavirus in a region with robust global visitation that was showing no sign of slowing. Now, their message to Jackson residents craving a desert thaw and recreationists...