The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
Wyoming launches app for coronavirus exposure
SHERIDAN (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon recently announced that Wyoming has launched Care19 Alert, an exposure notification app that will alert users if they have been in close contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19.
Wyoming is one of the first states in the country to launch a COVID-19 app using Bluetooth Low Energy technology developed by Apple and Google, which does not rely on personal information or location data. Users opt-in to download and utilize the free app.
“The Care19 Alert notification app provides Wyoming with another tool to fight COVID-19 while protecting your personal privacy,” Gordon said. “The more Wyomingites who choose to download and use this app, the more successful we can be in protecting lives and slowing the spread of the virus.”
The free app is available to download through the App Store and the Google Play Store.
Care19 Alert works by using random Bluetooth keys that change every 10 to 20 minutes. iOS and Android devices that have the app installed will anonymously share these random keys if they are within close proximity for at least 15 minutes. Each day, the device downloads a list of all random keys associated with positive COVID-19 results submitted by other app users and checks them against the list of random keys it has encountered in the last 14 days. If there is a match, Care19 Alert may notify the individual, taking into account the date and duration of exposure, and the Bluetooth signal strength which is used to estimate proximity.
Body of missing Casper boy found in Wind River Canyon
RIVERTON (WNE) — The body of a missing 14-year-old boy from Casper was found Friday in the Wind River Canyon.
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area Friday morning, having heard the boy went missing from a campground in the canyon.
He was later found deceased from what appears to have been accidental drowning.
The body was recovered on the west side of the canyon. “No evidence was located to suggest any foul play,” Fremont County undersheriff Mike Hutchison stated Friday afternoon.
The Wyoming State Parks Service rangers and the Fremont County Coroner’s Office are investigating the incident.
Fremont County Search and Rescue helped to recover the body.
“The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office would like to express our most sincere condolences to the family of the young man lost in this tragedy,” Hutchison wrote.
