917 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 21 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 917 new COVID-19 cases and 21 new deaths on…
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COVID-19 UPDATES: 195 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 195 new COVID-19 cases in the area Monday.…
Continue Reading 891 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 891 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 851 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 851 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: SIPH reports 115 new COVID-19 cases
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 115 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in southeast Idaho.…
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‘Mad scramble’: Unlikely places stocked Idaho virus supplies
Idaho government officials spent $162,500 at a women’s clothing store called Fantazia Apparel in Los Angeles last spring. Another $8,500 went to…
Continue Reading 1,340 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 16 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,340 new COVID-19 cases and 16 new deaths on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 155 new COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths in the area
Local health officials reported 155 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths in the area Friday.…
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ISU COVID-19 cases drop
There seems to be a reversal on the Idaho State University campus in…
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ISU delivers COVID-19 vaccine freezers statewide
“Bengals helping Bengals” is how Idaho State University got involved in a plan to share freezers cold enough to store the COVID-19 vaccine with…
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Idaho vaccine dose reduction has ‘significant implications’
An unexpected cut in the number of coronavirus vaccine doses Idaho will receive next week will disrupt distribution plans, a state immunization…
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Governor Little speaks on vaccines, upcoming Legislative Session and election
Governor Little paid a visit to Southeast Idaho today to “make the point for people to choose to do the right thing” in relation to the…
Continue Reading 1,426 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 28 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,426 new COVID-19 cases and 28 new deaths on…
Continue Reading Some states say Pfizer vaccine allotments cut for next week
Several states including Idaho say they have been told to expect far fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 220 new COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths in the area
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 4 new deaths 107 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in southeast Idaho.…
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Portneuf Medical Center administers first COVID-19 vaccine to frontline members
Portneuf Medical Center (PMC) began administering COVID-19 vaccinations to front line team members Thursday. PMC expects to administer over 450…
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Idaho remains in red zone with 2nd highest test positivity rate in the country
The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report obtained by ABC News shows Idaho is in the red zone for test positivity, indicating a rate at or…
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Long-haul trucking during the pandemic
While many of us are experiencing the pandemic through a local lens, Idaho Falls truck drivers have been exposed to restrictions, reactions, and…
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Some Wyoming bars defy virus health order limiting hours
Some bars in northwestern Wyoming are defying a statewide public health order to close earlier than usual to discourage spread of the…
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Medical hope rises as virus vaccine arrives
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, regional hospitals report their staffs are feeling both optimistic and…
Continue Reading 1,433 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 17 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,433 new COVID-19 cases and 17 new deaths on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 278 new COVID-19 cases,7 new deaths in the area
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 4 new deaths and 133 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in southeast Idaho.…
Continue Reading First COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Oregon
Oregon hospitals administered the first coronavirus vaccines in the state Wednesday to nurses, respiratory therapists, housekeeping workers and other…
Continue Reading 1,802 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 20 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,802 new COVID-19 cases and 20 new deaths on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 341 new COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths in the area
Local health officials reported 341 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths in the area…
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Idaho governor will wait turn to get coronavirus vaccination
Idaho Gov. Brad Little will wait his turn in line to get a coronavirus vaccination, a spokeswoman for the 66-year-old Republican governor said…
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Idaho health board rejects regional mask, distancing order
A proposed public health order that would have included a mask mandate for Idaho’s most populated region was voted down on Tuesday as hundreds of…
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Utah hospitals begin administering first COVID-19 vaccines
An intensive care nurse in Salt Lake City became the first person in Utah to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday morning as hospitals began…
Continue Reading Public health nurse gets 1st COVID-19 vaccination in Wyoming
A registered nurse who does coronavirus testing and contact tracing got Wyoming’s first COVID-19 vaccination…
Continue Reading Vaccination plans outlined
Eastern Idaho Public Health issued Idaho’s first COVID-19 vaccinations Monday, but more are coming to eastern Idaho soon.…
Continue Reading 1,038 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 19 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,038 new COVID-19 cases and 19 new deaths on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 213 new COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths in the area
Local health officials reported 213 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
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Rexburg health workers first to get COVID-19 vaccine
Eastern Idaho Public Health District was the only district in Idaho to receive COVID-19 in its first round of distribution…
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Local community reacts to approval of Pfizer vaccine
The first round of COVID-19 vaccines will be dedicated to front line workers and long-term care facility patients, but that does not mean it is too…
Continue Reading 547 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 547 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths on…
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SIPH prepares for Pfizer vaccine after FDA approval
On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. The vaccine is authorized…
Continue Reading 1,022 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 17 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,022 new COVID-19 cases and 17 new deaths on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 195 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 195 new COVID-19 cases in the area Saturday.…
Continue Reading Snake River Valley residents have access to new outpatient COVID-19 treatment
Patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 have a new treatment option that could reduce their chances of needing to be hospitalized because of…
Continue Reading 1,582 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 16 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,582 new COVID-19 cases and 16 new deaths on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 5 new deaths, 339 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 339 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths in the area…
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Gov. Little increases Idaho National Guard response to battle COVID-19
Governor Brad Little authorized an increase in Idaho National Guard support from 100 to up to 250 personnel serving on active duty in an effort to…
Continue Reading ISU sees increase in COVID-19 cases
Idaho State University saw a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases this week despite the fact that students did not return to in person class after…
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University of Wyoming close to reinstating spring break
A new proposal by the University of Wyoming’s administration would reinstate a spring break that was previously…
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Idaho store closes after group of mask-less customers enter
An outdoors store in northern Idaho temporarily closed after 25 to 30 customers entered and refused to put on masks when asked by the store’s…
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Fort Hall Business Council approves mask mandate
The Fort Hall Business Council has approved a face mask mandate for the Fort Hall Reservation. It is effective…
Continue Reading 1,825 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 33 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,825 new COVID-19 cases and 33 new deaths on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 301 new COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths in the area
Local health officials reported 301 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths Thursday.…
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Idaho remains in Stage 2
Governor Brad Little announced Thursday Idaho will remain under the Stage 2 statewide public health order.…
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COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in Idaho
The Department of Health and Welfare has announced COVID-19 is the leading cause of death in Idaho for November, based on preliminary data collected…
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District 91 high schools to move to 4-day schedule
The Idaho Falls School Board has voted to move the district’s high schools back to the “Blue Stage” with a four-day-a-week schedule after the…
Continue Reading Record 2,298 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 29 new deaths
Idaho officials reported a record 2,298 new COVID-19 cases and 29 new deaths on…
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First kid in SIPH District diagnosed with MIS-C, sent to Primary Children’s
A 12-year-old boy from Montpelier tested positive for the coronavirus on Oct. 26. A month later, after returning to school feeling fine, his organs…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 574 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 574 new COVID-19 cases in the area Wednesday. See the health district breakdown…
Continue Reading Idaho remains in red zone with highest test positivity rate in the country
The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report obtained by ABC News shows Idaho continues to be in the red zone for test positivity, indicating…
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Wyoming official quits after calling COVID-19 communist plot
A Wyoming Department of Health official who falsely described the coronavirus and development of vaccines against it as a communist plot has…
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Idaho health board meeting halted after ‘intense protests’
Idaho public health officials abruptly ended a meeting Tuesday after the Boise mayor and chief of police said intense protests outside the health…
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A look inside the Portneuf Medical Center’s Covid-19 unit
As Covid-19 hospitalizations in Idaho tick up and up, the Portneuf Medical Center staff are feeling the…
Continue Reading Record 2,012 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 19 new deaths
Idaho officials reported a record 2,012 new COVID-19 cases and 19 new deaths on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 468 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 468 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
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Idaho health departments behind on contact tracing
Public health officials in Idaho have reported delays in contact tracing, and have not been able to accurately report the number of confirmed…
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Governor outlines COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
Governor Brad Little is setting his plan for distributing the expected…
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Gov. Little holds town hall Tuesday
You can participate in an hour long statewide telephone town hall with Governor Brad Little Tuesday at noon (MDT).…
Continue Reading 1,383 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 20 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,383 new COVID-19 cases and 20 new deaths on…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 287 new COVID-19 cases in the area, 9 new deaths
5:12 p.m. Eastern Idaho Public Health confirmed six deaths due to…
Continue Reading Wyoming Governor orders statewide facemask requirements
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon is taking a new approach to COVID-19 he hopes will protect the public and keep businesses and schools open, including a…
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805 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 805 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 1,399 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 1,399 new COVID-19 cases on…
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315 new COVID-19 cases in Southeastern Idaho
Local health officials reported 315 new COVID-19 cases…
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Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care
Soldiers triaging patients in parking lots in a capital city is normally the stuff of science…
Continue Reading 1,911 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 18 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,911 new COVID-19 cases and 18 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 447 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 447 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue Reading Health workers, nursing homes at front of Idaho vaccine line
Health care workers and nursing home residents will be first in line to get the coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available in Idaho in the next…
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Chubbuck purchases new media system
The City of Chubbuck has recently put some COVID-19 funding to good…
Continue Reading EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death due to COVID-19.…
Continue Reading Wyoming health official: ‘so-called pandemic’ communist plot
A Wyoming Department of Health official involved in the state’s response to the coronavirus questioned the legitimacy of the pandemic and described a…
Continue Reading SIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two deaths due to COVID-19.…
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Idaho lieutenant governor got pandemic loans for business
A high-ranking Idaho elected official who has spoken out against using federal money to help people through the economic pain caused by the pandemic…
Continue Reading 1,721 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 23 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,721 new COVID-19 cases and 23 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 412 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 412 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue Reading EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death due to COVID-19.…
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D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week
Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…
Continue Reading SIPH confirms 3 more deaths due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed three deaths due to COVID-19.…
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Wyoming First Lady Jennie Gordon positive for COVID-19
The wife of Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has tested positive for the coronavirus and has mild symptoms of…
Continue Reading 1,429 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 31 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,429 new COVID-19 cases and 31 new deaths on…
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Idaho Falls Community Hospital celebrates one-year anniversary during Pandemic
fter only being open for three months, Idaho Falls Community Hospital was faced with the COVID-19…
Continue Reading 417 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 417 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue Reading Idaho in red zone with highest test positivity rate in the country
The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report obtained by ABC News shows Idaho is in the red zone for test positivity, indicating a rate at or…
Continue Reading EIPH confirms 5 more deaths due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed five deaths due to COVID-19.…
Continue Reading SIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two deaths due to COVID-19.…
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New deep-temp freezer ready to store COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine in East Idaho
Eastern Idaho Public Health has a new unique low-temperature freezer capable of storing the Pfizer COVID-19…
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TSD 401 students return to in-person learning
Until further notice, Teton School District 401 students will be back in school, in-person full time…
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Wyoming governor: GOP COVID-19 resolution ‘unfortunate’
Wyoming’s governor says he disagrees with a state Republican Party resolution calling on him to rescind a state of emergency in place since the onset…
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Fire fighter groups call for EMTs to get priority access to Covid-19 vaccine
As states start to role out plans for their Covid-19 vaccine distribution, there are pleas for who should be first…
Continue Reading 1,607 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 31 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,607 new COVID-19 cases and 31 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 382 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 382 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue Reading EIPH confirms 3 more deaths due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed three deaths associated with COVID-19.…
Continue Reading SIPH confirms 4 more deaths due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed four deaths associated with COVID-19.…
Continue Reading 1,214 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 9 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 1,214 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 303 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 303 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
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