The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there has been one new case of COVID-19 and no new recoveries, increasing the number of active cases by one to ten. One of the ten active cases is hospitalized. There are four more county residents in mandatory quarantine today than there were yesterday, but the number in precautionary quarantine remains … {Read more...}

The town supervisor briefed the public on the election sign thefts and the investigation into the incidents. Councilman Paterson, speaking also as the Republican Party committee chair, strongly condemned the actions and supported all Gallatin residents' rights to display support for their political candidates. This was echoed by the Democratic committee chair in the audience. Councilwoman Pat … {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 no new recoveries, increasing the number of active cases by one to five. As was the case yesterday, one person is hospitalized with the virus. The number of county residents in mandatory quarantine is one fewer today than yesterday, but the number in … {Read more...}

As of September 21, 2020, Gallatin has a 48.1% response rate for the 2020 US Census, and the system will stop collecting data on September 30, 2020. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by completing the US Census.  The benefits of an accurate population count for our town, county, school and fire districts include: Increased share of Federal and State tax revenues, including … {Read more...}

CHAIRMAN’S PRESS RELEASE TESTING NUMBERS REMAIN STABLE On Monday, Columbia County Department of Health Director Jack Mabb reported that 30,960 county residents have been tested for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in March. Of that number, 13,397 are nonduplicate tests. “One way of looking at these numbers is that one in five county residents have been tested,” noted Director … {Read more...}