RiverStone Health

No fans, physically distanced cheer squads, and emptying "spit valves" will be forbidden. Those are some of the restrictions that were outlined today in a plan for Yellowstone County High School and Middle School athletic events and activities.

RiverStone Health offers no-cost school immunizations every year. However, due to a backlog of COVID-19 case investigations, staff that normally would be handling school shots have been temporarily reassigned to help with COVID-19. The Immunization Clinic will resume Monday 7/27.

A total of 237 people were tested today. Because of staffing capacity, only 175 tests will be available each day at the testing site.

There are now seven Yellowstone County residents that have died from COVID-19, according to a press release from RiverStone Health.

Residents with, and without symptoms, can get a free COVID-19 test this Saturday beginning at 9am in the MetraPark upper parking lot. No doctor's order needed to participate.

Riverstone Health has issued some reminders to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 this 4th of July weekend.

RiverStone Health reports 435 out of 540 food establishments that offer dine-in service, have gotten their reopening plans approved by Environmental Health Services.

One resource is now available to find updated COVID-19 information, including positive cases in Yellowstone County, and capacity status of our two hospitals.

At a press conference on Friday afternoon (3/20) the Yellowstone County Health Department expanded and amended their rules for public establishments.

A new rule prohibiting smoking within 20 feet of public entryways, windows or ventilation systems will take effect in Yellowstone County on March 1. Q2 reports that Rule 7 was voted in by the RiverStone Board of Health in December. The rule will also ban the use of e-cigarettes and other vaping devices indoors, putting them under the same restrictions as traditional cigarettes...

About 11 months ago RiverStone Health broke ground on their new clinic.   The picture above is the current process. The cost is estimated at $11 Million  for the 34,000-square-foot clinic.  The new clinic will be called the Ballard Center, in honor of Bill and Marilyn Ballard...