CHAIRMAN’S PRESS RELEASE MIGRANT WORKER OUTBREAK CONTACT TRACING COMPLETE Columbia County Department of Health Director Jack Mabb said Monday that the DOH has completed contact tracing necessitated by last week’s migrant workers’ COVID-19 outbreak. “Additional testing of individuals who reside at the farm have come back negative, so it appears the outbreak is limited,” he added. “It gets … {Read more...}

Public Notice: Gallatin Fire District Budget Meeting A PUBLIC HEARING will be held at 5:45PM at the Gallatin Town Hall,  667 County Route 7, Gallatin, NY, in the Town of Gallatin,  State of New York on the 20th day of October, 2020.  Pursuant to Town law §181.3 (a), the Board of Fire Commissioners must hold apublic hearing on the budget, make the proposed budget available tothe public prior to … {Read more...}

Sunday, October 4, 202o COVID Testing in Hudson The Columbia County Department of Health has announced three COVID-19 testing clinics for the month of October at the former John L. Edwards School at Fourth and State streets. The clinics are limited to 100 tests. Pre-registration is not required. A form of photo identification is needed, and masks are required for entry. The clinics will … {Read more...}

COVID-19 Update October is beginning much better than September ended. The Columbia County Department of Health is reporting that, since yesterday, there have been no new cases of COVID-19 and six recoveries, reducing the number of active cases to four. One person is hospitalized with the virus, and one is in the ICU. There are three fewer county residents in mandatory quarantine today than … {Read more...}

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there has been one new case of COVID-19, and there have been two recoveries, reducing the number of active cases by one to nine. One of the active cases remains hospitalized. There are eight fewer county residents in mandatory quarantine today than yesterday, but the number in precautionary quarantine … {Read more...}