Beppe Amodio, a 25-year-old ski technician at Nomad Sports, tends to ride the START bus to and from work.
But this winter the pandemic, and the changes to public transit that have resulted, have thrown a wrench in his rhythm.
When he finished his shift around 2 p.m. Thursday he grabbed his ski gear and took a few laps. When he tried to catch a bus afterward he ran into an obstacle. Many obstacles.
âI went to go get on the bus back to Stilson, and there were like over 200 people out there waiting,â he said. âI didnât want to go be in a crowd that big because of COVID.â
Elko man dies in slide
An Elko, Nevada, man snowmobiling in the Salt River Range died Friday after being buried in avalanche for about 15 minutes.
Brandon Jones, 41, was snowmobiling away from his group late on Dec. 18 on a slope of what locals call âSuicide Mountainâ when he triggered a medium-size avalanche with a 2-foot crown. He was able to deploy an airbag, which kept him near the snow surface, but his upper body was buried with only his leg sticking out. When his snowmobiling partners did find and uncover him, he lacked a pulse, was blue in the face, wasnât breathing and had foam at the mouth.
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âThey are absolutely critical. Thereâs no other replacement for the work that they do.â
That is how Jackson Town Councilor Arne Jorgensen characterizes the work done by local nonprofits to bridge the gap in services â from rent assistance to feeding those experiencing food insecurity, along with so many other human and social services â during ânormalâ times, but especially during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
âThere is no way to overstate what these partners do for this community,â Jorgensen added without hesitation.
Many Jackson Hole families and individual residents have been hit hard by the fallout from the pandemic, some finding themselves without work for the first time and struggling to pay even the most essential bills like rent or groceries.
Rest easy, Jacksonites who live in alleys, your path shall be clear this winter, as it has been in the past.
So assured Assistant Public Works Director Johnny Ziem in a memo Monday morning to the Jackson Town Council and then again Monday evening at their regularly scheduled council meeting.
The council also took the added step of trying to ensure there will be no lapses or even decreases in snow-plowing services by voting to approve the hire of an additional part-time plow-driver at a salary of $21,000.
The assurances come on the heels of some public outcry after it became known at a recent meeting that the Public Works Department planned to not plow the townâs alleyways Thursday through Sunday and parking lots on Mondays and Tuesdays, except when conditions became extreme.