By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department, in cooperation with local and state partners, is offering free drive-thru community COVID-19 testing without the need for an appointment or a doctor’s order in Oakland on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. The event will... see more

By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department received positive COVID-19 results for two additional persons, bringing the current county total positives to 60. The new positive COVID-19 cases include: A female in her 20s with symptoms, isolating at home A male... see more

By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department is updating the COVID-19 dashboard on their website, garretthealth.org, to better reflect the current status of the virus in Garrett County. Beginning at the time of this release, a box will be added to show the... see more

A child under the age of 10, with symptoms, isolating at home. A female in her 50s, staff at Dennett Road Manor Nursing Home, no symptoms, isolating at home. A female in her 20s, staff at Dennett Road Manor Nursing Home, no symptoms, isolating at home. A female in her 40s, staff at Dennett Road... see more

The Garrett County Complete Count Committee is happy to report that as of Monday, August 10, Garrett County surpassed its 2010 self-response rate of 49.1% for the U.S. Census. Despite unprecedented challenges faced by both the Census Bureau and the Complete Count Committee which required drastic... see more

By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team The Garrett County Health Department received positive COVID-19 results for three additional persons, bringing the current county total positives to 54. The new positive COVID-19 cases include: A male in his 20s who has symptoms and is isolating at... see more

The Board of Garrett County Commissioners will not conduct a Public Meeting on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 as previously announced. The next scheduled Public Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. see more

By Garrett County Joint Information Center Team Whether you have tested positive for COVID-19, or if you have been identified as a close contact of someone else who tested positive, the requirements are the same: Stay at home! Two different terms are used by public health, isolation and quarantine... see more

The Governor’s Appointments Office is working on opening more opportunities for residents of District 1 (Garrett, Allegany and Washington counties) to serve on Governor Hogan’s Boards and Commissions. It’s very important for Western Maryland to be better represented on these entities as only... see more

The Board of County Commissioners for Garrett County adopted a resolution in support of the Second Amendment. The Garrett County - Second Amendment Preservation County resolution is in response to citizen requests for the County Commissioners to support constitutional rights under the Second... see more