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5:03 Before the pandemic hit, not many people knew each county had a public health officer or what they did exactly. Natrona County Public Health Officer Dr. Mark Dowell has been in that position since the late 1990s. "I would oversee sexually transmitted disease clinics. I would do immigration physicals. We would look at reproductive planning, these kinds of things," Dowel described. But all of that changed when the pandemic hit. Public health employees all of the sudden were on the front line of the fight. "It was endless phone calls, endless hours, endless types of stress, and huge policy ...

Natrona School Board Narrowly Votes to Keep Masks in Schools Trustees Kyla Alvey, Rita Walsh, Kianna Smith and Debbie McCullar voted for the variance. Trustees Clark Jenson, Thomas Myler, Dave Applegate, Dana Howie and Board Chairman Raymond Catellier voted against. During the school board meeting, the results of a survey that asked parents and staff whether they wanted the mandate or not was shared. It showed that, among the 4,537 respondents, 80% of parents and 75% of staff wanted the mask mandate gone. Of the 19% of parents that wanted to keep the mandate, the survey asked if they would or...

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Wyoming adding new education requirements for local health officers under new law By Brendan LaChance on April 1, 2021 Dr. Mark Dowell, M.D., Dr. Ghazi Ghanem, M.D., both infectious disease experts at WMC, are joined by Anna Kinder with the Natrona County Health Department, and Dr. Ron Ivenson, M.D., during a press conference on coronavirus plans. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City) CASPER, Wyo. — New education requirements for local health officers in Wyoming will go into effect on July 1, 2021 after Governor Mark Gordon signed House Bill 109 into law on Thursday, April 1. Under the new law, county, ...

Gov. Mark Gordon announced last week that most statewide health restrictions would be lifted. He cited a drop in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths as