The town of Jackson announced this week that a START Bus driver had tested positive for COVID-19. The town updated that notice Thursday to correct which routes were impacted.
START bus riders will likely have more company onboard going forward.
With an OK from Teton County health officials, and after the Wyoming attorney general said Jackson Holeâs public transit system was exempt from state health orders limiting bus capacity, the Jackson Town Council and Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to increase the number of people allowed to ride START buses at one time.
Teton County Director of Health Jodie Pond supports the increase but didnât say itâs safer â or more risky â than the previous situation.
In Pondâs view, operating buses under the state-mandated restrictions versus the town and countyâs new capacity limits, which allow 11 more people on Teton Village buses, and 12 more people on town shuttle vehicles, is âessentially the same thing.â
the story at JHNewsAndGuide.com.
Virus kills Former GTNP boss
A onetime Grand Teton National Park superintendent who rose to the top of the National Park Service has died after contracting COVID-19.
Gary Everhardt, 86, led Teton Park from 1972 to 1975, departing to become the ninth director of the National Park Service under presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Both Gary and his wife, Nancy, succumbed to complications from the novel coronavirus during the past week in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area, according to longtime friend and fellow Park Service retiree Phil Francis.
âThey both had COVID, and it was contracted through an assisted care facility,â Francis said Monday. âShe died Wednesday night, and Gary died last night.â
Some START bus riders may have been exposed to COVID-19
JACKSON, Wyo. (KIFI/KIDK)-The Teton County Health Department in Jackson is warning anyone who rode the START Bus to Teton Village last week that they may have been exposed to COVID-19.
Two persons rode to and from Teton Village during their infectious period before they tested positive for the virus.
START is not allowed to identify the individuals involved. So, instead, they are advising everyone who rode the Teton Village Express for more than 15 minutes between Miller Park and Teton Village December 7, 9, and 10 at 8 a.m. or 4 p.m., or the Teton Village Local from Willow/Snow King to Teton Village on December 12, to follow Health Department recommendations.