RiverStone Health Foundation offers $50 incentive for COVID-19 shots
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and last updated 2021-05-10 17:26:58-04
(RiverStone Health Press Release)
BILLINGS - On Thursday, people getting COVID-19 shots will get paid cash.
RiverStone Health Foundation, the nonprofit partner of RiverStone Health, is offering $50 to the first 400 people who get vaccinations at the Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Ave.
âOur friend cares deeply about this community,â said Kristie Asay, executive director of the RiverStone Health Foundation. âThis wonderful supporter stepped up with a $20,000 gift to incentivize vaccinations in Yellowstone County.â
With this gift to the Foundation, $50 will be offered to each of the first 400 people who get a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Shrine. Thursday clinic hours are: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
BILLINGS - On Thursday, RiverStone Health Foundation, the nonprofit partner of RiverStone Health, is offering $50 to the first 400 people who get vaccinations at the Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Ave, thanks to a donation.
âOur friend cares deeply about this community,â Kristie Asay, executive director of the RiverStone Health Foundation, said. âThis wonderful supporter stepped up with a $20,000 gift to incentivize vaccinations in Yellowstone County.â
With this gift to the Foundation, $50 will be offered to each of the first 400 people who get a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Shrine, RiverStone Health said in a press release.
Thursday clinic hours are: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
COVID-19 vaccination clinics continue in Billings on May 12 and 13
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and last updated 2021-05-05 16:14:53-04
(RiverStone Health Press Release)
BILLINGS - Walk-ins are welcome at fast, free COVID-19 vaccination clinics on Wednesday, May 12, and Thursday, May 13, at the Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Ave.
First dose COVID-19 clinic hours are:
· Wednesday, May 12 8 a.m. till noon AND 1-5 p.m.
· Thursday, May 13 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. AND 3-7 p.m.
Second dose COVID-19 clinic hours are:
· Monday, May, 10 7 â 11 a.m. AND noon â 4 p.m.
· Tuesday, May, 11 7 â 11 a.m. AND noon â 4 p.m.
For those wanting to schedule an appointment, first dose COVID-19 appointments are available by phoning 406.651.6596 between 9 a.m. Thursday, May 6, and 5 p.m. Friday, May 7. Appointments arenât available online.
Federal computer system to blame for Billings alert blasted out to all Yellowstone County residents
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Yellowstone County Disaster and Emergency Services Director KC Williams explains the federal Integrated Public Alert and Warning System to MTN News Monday afternoon.
and last updated 2021-05-03 21:21:40-04
BILLINGS â A fault in a computer system was the reason why an emergency alert message planned to be broadcast to a one-block radius in the Billings Heights was instead sent to everyone in Yellowstone County Monday morning, said KC Williams, director of Yellowstone County Disaster and Emergency Services.
Law enforcement officers reached out to the county emergency services department to send a message telling residents in a one-block area to shelter in place due to a hostage situation happening on the 300 block of Stillwater Lane.
and last updated 2021-05-03 17:14:57-04
(RiverStone Health Press Release)
BILLINGS - Yellowstone County is reporting its first death of a resident in May due to COVID-19. The latest death brings the total number of residents that have passed away due to the pandemic to 265 since the first county resident died in April 2020.
A man in his 60s passed away on Saturday, May 1 at a Billings hospital.
âThis latest death of a Yellowstone County resident is a tragic reminder that COVID-19 continues to impact families in our community,â said John Felton Yellowstone County Health Officer, President and CEO of RiverStone Health. âI extend my sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased.â