West Nile discovered in panhandle mosquitoes

It is summer and West Nile virus is back for a visit.

Mosquitoes in the panhandle area have recently tested positive for the dangerous virus. Officials with the Panhandle Public Health District caught and tested mosquitoes in Dawes, Garden and Scotts Bluff counties.

Mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile were culled from Garden and Scotts Bluff.

“Finding the virus in mosquitoes gives public health officials an indication of the level of virus in the area and the risk to human beings of contracting the disease,” said Tabi Prochazka, Environmental Health Coordinator for PPHD in a public s...