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The Nation’s Weather for Tuesday, December 1, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY As a major storm pushes northward into eastern Canada, the…
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Wyoming governor still isolated with mild COVID-19 symptoms
Wyoming’s governor still had mild symptoms of COVID-19 five days after testing positive for the…
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Idaho reaches grim milestone: More than 100,000 virus cases
Idaho has reached an alarming milestone, with health officials reporting that more than 100,000 residents have been infected with the…
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The Nation’s Weather for Tuesday, December 1, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A major storm system will push across Lake Ontario tomorrow and…
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The Nation’s Weather for Monday, November 30, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A strengthening storm system will move into the Mid-Atlantic…
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The Nation’s Weather for Sunday, November 29, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Thunderstorms will continue tomorrow across coastal Louisiana and…
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The Nation’s Weather for Saturday, November 28, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Parts of New England and upstate New York will be dampened by…
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The Nation’s Weather for Friday, November 27, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A mild day is expected across the Northeast tomorrow with high…
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Wyoming Gov Mark Gordon tests positive for COVID-19
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has tested positive for COVID-19, but has only minor symptoms, he said…
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The Nation’s Weather for Thursday, November 26, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Rain is expected to dampen areas from coastal Maine southward to…
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Unique Idaho salmon numbers rise, but extinction looms
A unique population of salmon that for thousands of years has been reproducing in one of Idaho’s wildest places experienced a small increase in…
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Idaho Lt. Governor promotes ‘walk-thru disinfectant cubes’
Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin has proposed using millions of dollars in coronavirus relief aid to have a Nevada company install additional safety…
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Wyoming health official fired after mask mandate ordered
Officials in northern Wyoming have voted to remove Dr. Ed Zimmerman from his position as Washakie County health officer, a decision Zimmerman…
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The Nation’s Weather for Wednesday, November 25, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY As a storm system moves into the Great Lakes, rain will dampen…
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Wyoming lawmakers to hold 2 swearing-in ceremonies
Legislative leaders in Wyoming voted Tuesday to hold two swearing-in ceremonies for new lawmakers, one that will follow public health orders to…
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Election official: Barely a hint of voting fraud in Idaho
There was no evidence of widespread election fraud in Idaho during the Nov. 3 election, state election officials…
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Voter turnout in Utah breaks 1964 record
Utah had record high voter turnout this year, with a staggering 90% of active voters casting…
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Wyoming reports 26 more COVID deaths, a new daily record
Wyoming health officials said on Monday that 26 more people have died because of COVID-19, setting a new daily record for deaths for the disease in…
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Dixie State lacks testing capacity to enforce state order
A university in southern Utah said testing will be encouraged but not mandatory despite state health orders mandating college students get tested…
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The Nation’s Weather for Tuesday, November 24, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A potent storm system will begin to take shape across the center of…
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Wyoming reports increase in newly confirmed COVID-19 cases
Health officials in Wyoming have reported an increase of 742 confirmed COVID-19 cases from Saturday to Sunday, ahead of the Thanksgiving…
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The Nation’s Weather for Monday, November 23, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A storm system will bring sloppy weather to much of the northeastern…
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The Nation’s Weather for Sunday, November 22, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A storm system will strengthen and bring wet weather to much of the…
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The Nation’s Weather for Saturday, November 21, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Temperatures will continue to trend 5-10 degrees higher than…
Continue Reading Heading home for the holiday? Get a virus test, colleges say
As college students prepare to go home for the holidays, some schools are quickly ramping up COVID-19 testing to try to keep infections from…
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The Nation’s Weather for Friday, November 20, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A continued easterly flow from the Atlantic Ocean will cause rough…
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US judge rejects inmates’ lawsuit on Idaho execution plans
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit from two death row inmates seeking more information about Idaho’s execution…
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The Nation’s Weather for Thursday, November 19, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A flow off the Atlantic Ocean will bring some showers to the east…
Continue Reading 8 people apply for vacant House seat in Wyoming district
Eight people have submitted applications for a vacant House seat after Gillette Republican Rep. Roy Edwards died from COVID-19 on Nov. 2, the day…
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Wyoming Senate president tests positive for COVID-19
Wyoming Senate President Drew Perkins has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 after he was heard coughing on screen during a remote…
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The Nation’s Weather for Wednesday, November 18, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Chilly and breezy conditions will remain in place for much of the…
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The Nation’s Weather for Tuesday, November 17, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A low pressure system will drag a potent cold front into the…
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2 Oregon counties continue push to join Idaho
People in two counties in rural Oregon voted to push their lawmakers to consider moving their communities into Idaho, which they say is more…
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The Nation’s Weather for Monday, November 16, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A low pressure system will move off the northern East Coast tomorrow,…
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The Nation’s Weather for Sunday, November 15, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A powerful storm will create high winds from the Midwest to the…
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The Nation’s Weather for Saturday, November 14, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY The tail end of a cold front will generate a few showers in South…
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Idaho’s 2nd-largest school district goes online-only, again
The Boise School District board voted unanimously on Thursday to move students to online learning after the Thanksgiving break.…
Continue Reading Wyoming has rare 2-way race for House speaker position
Two Republican lawmakers will compete on Saturday to determine which one will become the next speaker of the Wyoming House of…
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Fauci suggests masks at Thanksgiving gatherings
Dr. Anthony Fauci is recommending masks at Thanksgiving gatherings if the coronavirus status of people is…
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Utah city passes ordinance limiting drinking establishments
An ordinance limiting the number of drinking establishments in downtown St. George was passed after the city received complaints, stopping other…
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Utah hospital network adds 200 nurses to combat virus surge
As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Utah continue to shatter records, one of the state’s largest hospital systems is adding nearly 200…
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The Nation’s Weather for Friday, November 13, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Showers will dampen the Outer Banks as Eta pushes into the Atlantic…
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Idaho’s coronavirus surge overwhelms primary care clinics
A health care executive says Idaho’s unchecked spread of the coronavirus has become so overwhelming in some areas that medical providers are…
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The Nation’s Weather for Thursday, November 12, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Tropical moisture and a cold front will bring rain along the…
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Utah teachers urged to call in sick, get coronavirus tests
A group of Utah teachers has organized an event to encourage educators across the state to call in sick and use the day off to get tested for the…
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Idaho governor pledges to explain COVID-19 vaccine safety
Idaho Gov. Brad Little pledged Tuesday to explain the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine to Idaho residents once it becomes…
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Ski resorts in Utah prepare reopening plans amid pandemic
Ski resorts in Utah have started to prepare reopening plans with additional safety precautions intended to keep guests safe during the coronavirus…
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Idaho judge drops virus order violation case over yard sale
An Idaho judge dismissed a case against a woman who was cited for holding a yard sale authorities said violated the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home…
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The Nation’s Weather for Wednesday, November 11, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A storm system poised to move into the East tomorrow will put an…
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The Nation’s Weather for Tuesday, November 10, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Another day of warm, dry weather will stretch from the Northeast…
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Utah sets new high in number of coronavirus hospitalizations
Utah health authorities on Sunday announced a new high in the number of coronavirus hospitalizations as well as 2,386 more COVID-19 cases as the…
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Utah governor issues statewide mask mandate amid virus surge
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has declared a state of emergency and ordered a statewide mask mandate in an attempt to stem the state’s surge in coronavirus…
Continue Reading Wyoming health officials report 646 new coronavirus cases
Wyoming health officials are reporting 646 new coronavirus cases Sunday, the second-highest single-day total of the pandemic in the…
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Idaho keeps breaking new coronavirus case records
Idaho has reported five consecutive days of more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases per day, including a record 1,403 new cases on Saturday as the…
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The Nation’s Weather for Monday, November 9, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY An east moving cold front will help to deliver some snow across the…
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Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dies at 80
“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek has died after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years.…
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Utah State moves on from Gary Andersen
LOGAN, Utah (AP) – Utah State and football coach Gary Andersen are parting ways after a 0-3 start to the season for the Aggies. Andersen was in Year…
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The Nation’s Weather for Sunday, November 8, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Blizzard conditions will develop across Montana tomorrow as a low…
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called Pennsylvania for Biden
The Associated Press declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner of his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST. …
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Harris becomes first Black woman, South Asian elected VP
WASHINGTON (AP) – Kamala Harris is making history as the first Black woman elected vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have…
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Utah voters pass big change to how education is funded
Utah voters have approved a major structural change to how schools are…
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Top Wyoming Republicans dodge question about Trump remarks
Wyoming’s new U.S. senator-elect, Cynthia Lummis, and top Wyoming elected officials refused to say Friday if they agreed with President Donald…
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Wyoming denies renewable energy company’s wind farm lease
Wyoming regulators have voted to deny a renewable energy company a lease to build a wind farm on state…
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The Nation’s Weather for Saturday, November 7, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A strengthening storm system in the West will bring strong winds,…
Continue Reading Utah teachers call for remote learning as virus cases surge
Utah’s largest teachers union called for the governor to move all public secondary schools in high coronavirus transmission areas to remote learning…
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Idaho Supreme Court eyes state’s public defender system
An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho is asking the Idaho Supreme Court to declare the state’s public defender system…
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Hot spring chicken: 3 cited for Yellowstone culinary caper
Cooking chickens in a Yellowstone hot spring landed three people in hot…
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Idaho sees record COVID-19 cases, full hospitals and now flu
A state panel of medical experts are asking Idaho’s governor for a statewide mask mandate, hospitals are running out of space for COVID-19 patients…
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Utah governor ‘frustrated’ with record-breaking virus cases
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said he is feeling “frustrated” with the state’s rising coronavirus numbers as new cases and hospitalizations continued a…
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The Nation’s Weather for Friday, November 6, 2020 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A storm in the West will spread colder air with rain and mountain snow…
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