Coronavirus Coverage Archives

SIPH COVID-19 Hotline closed Monday

October 8, 2020 10:29 AM News Team

The Southeastern Idaho Public Health COVID-19 Hotline will be closed on Monday, October 12 to observe the Columbus Day holiday.…

A thrift store is doing its part to help the community

October 7, 2020 7:36 PM Adrian Luevano

First Street Thrift in Idaho Falls is open and serving the community during the pandemic. “If it wasn’t for the community, we couldn’t exist, and the…

671 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths

October 7, 2020 5:25 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 671 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths on…

White House Task Force report says Idaho remains in coronavirus ‘red zone’ with 8th highest rate in country

October 7, 2020 10:33 AM News Team

The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report obtained by ABC News shows Idaho is still in the red zone for new confirmed cases.…

158 new COVID-19 cases in the area

October 7, 2020 3:46 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 158 new COVID-19 cases on…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

October 7, 2020 5:48 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…

Wyoming COVID-19 hospitalizations tracks surge in cases

October 7, 2020 5:20 PM Associated Press

Wyoming coronavirus hospitalizations reached a new high Wednesday as a fall surge in infections continued unabated, raising concern that small…

SIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

October 7, 2020 3:43 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two deaths associated with…

Jackson “Trick-Or-Treat on Town Square” canceled

October 7, 2020 3:31 PM News Team

The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce has officially called off the traditional Trick-or-Treat on Town…

Little: Pandemic changing forever how residents live, work

October 7, 2020 1:05 PM Associated Press

The way Idaho’s residents live and work is being changed forever by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Brad Little said…

#5 QB Zach Park talks with Head Coach David Spillet during game against Idaho Falls on Sept. 25

COVID-19 impact leads to football cancelations

October 7, 2020 10:30 AM Cole Sams

Local sporting events in eastern Idaho are being disrupted due to COVID-19.…

660 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

October 6, 2020 5:33 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 660 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…

203 new COVID-19 cases in the area, 2 new deaths

October 6, 2020 4:00 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 203 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths in the area…

2 more deaths due to COVID-19 confirmed

October 6, 2020 5:44 PM News Team

Local health officials reported two more deaths due to COVID-19…

Idaho seeks dismissal of lawsuit over virus rescue money

October 6, 2020 3:54 PM Associated Press

A lawsuit filed by an Idaho county against Republican Gov. Brad Little and other state officials that could upend plans for distributing $1.25…

Federal judge: IRS can’t keep coronavirus money from inmates

October 6, 2020 10:49 AM Associated Press

A federal judge says the IRS can’t keep withholding coronavirus relief payments from incarcerated people, potentially clearing the way for at least…

LDS Church leader Gerrit W. Gong and wife diagnosed with COVID-19

October 6, 2020 9:31 AM News Team

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday Elder Gerrit W. Gong and his wife have tested positive with…

458 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

October 5, 2020 5:16 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 458 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…

219 new COVID-19 cases in the area

October 5, 2020 3:52 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 219 new COVID-19 cases in the area…

SIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

October 5, 2020 2:46 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19 in southeast Idaho.…

Idaho football game ended after Bundy refuses to wear mask

October 5, 2020 11:22 AM Associated Press

An Idaho high school football game was canceled after anti-government activist Ammon Bundy refused to wear a mask or leave school…

D93 transportation suspended for secondary schools until Oct. 13

October 4, 2020 7:44 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme announced Sunday the district does not have enough bus drivers to drive all the bus…

262 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths

October 4, 2020 6:45 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 262 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…

Driggs Elementary School to reopen Monday

September 29, 2020 11:28 AM News Team

Driggs Elementary will welcome its students back to school on Monday, Oct. 5, as planned. The school had been closed on Wednesday and Thursday of…

Utah records 3rd day in a row of over 1,000 new virus cases

October 3, 2020 6:00 PM Associated Press

An increase in Utah COVID-19 cases continued Saturday with another 1,068 reported infections – making it the eighth day case numbers have jumped…

464 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths

October 3, 2020 5:53 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 464 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths on…

141 new COVID-19 cases in the area

October 3, 2020 3:56 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 141 new COVID-19 cases on…

677 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths

October 2, 2020 5:13 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 677 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…

242 new COVID-19 cases in the area Friday

October 2, 2020 2:21 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 242 new COVID-19 cases in the area on…

Idaho State University campus COVID-19 cases nearly double this week

October 2, 2020 2:59 PM Linda Larsen

Idaho State University campus health officials are reporting 42 new COVID-19 cases this…

Governor’s Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee directs another $6 million to higher education

October 2, 2020 1:27 PM News Team

The Governor’s Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee (CFAC) voted Friday to direct another $6 million in federal relief funds to higher…

Superintendent explains District 91 board decision

October 2, 2020 11:56 AM Chelsea Briar

In District 91, 126 students are currently self-isolating under parental guidance and 290 and have been ordered to self-quarantine by the school…

EIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

October 2, 2020 9:53 AM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19.…

513 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths

October 1, 2020 5:37 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 513 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths on…

Idaho virus restrictions remain; schools get rapid testing

October 1, 2020 9:00 AM News Team, Associated Press

Idaho will remain in the fourth and final stage of reopening the economy during the coronavirus pandemic for at least another two weeks, Gov. Brad…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

October 1, 2020 5:49 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

131 new COVID-19 cases in the area

October 1, 2020 3:46 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 131 new COVID-19 cases in the area…

16 Yellowstone employees test positive for COVID-19 in September

October 1, 2020 4:37 PM News Team

Since the first week of September, 16 of the park’s estimated 2,000 employees have tested positive for…

SIPH confirmed another death due to COVID-19

October 1, 2020 3:23 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…

Health board moves 3 more counties to moderate COVID-19 risk

October 1, 2020 11:48 AM News Team

The East Idaho Public Health Board has moved Teton, Custer, and Lemhi Counties into a moderate risk category calling for face masks and gathering…

University of Wyoming wrestling reports 6 COVID-19 cases

October 1, 2020 12:03 PM Associated Press

The University of Wyoming has announced that its wrestling program halted activities after the team confirmed six cases of…

District 91 high schools to move to hybrid schedule

October 1, 2020 8:22 AM News Team

Idaho Falls, Skyline, and Compass Academy schools will move into a Stage 3/Yellow hybrid schedule beginning October…

614 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

September 30, 2020 5:19 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 614 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…

Audit: COVID tests costlier under Utah contract with startup

September 30, 2020 6:19 PM Associated Press

A multimillion-dollar coronavirus-testing contract the state of Utah signed with a startup company ended up costing significantly more per test…

166 new COVID-19 cases in the area

September 30, 2020 4:14 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 166 new COVID-19 cases in the area…

511 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths

September 29, 2020 5:23 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 511 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths on…

White House Task Force report says Idaho remains in coronavirus ‘red zone’

September 29, 2020 11:09 AM News Team

The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report obtained by ABC News shows Idaho is still in the red zone for new confirmed cases.…

EIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19

September 29, 2020 5:20 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19.…

196 new COVID-19 cases in the area

September 29, 2020 2:47 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 196 new COVID-19 cases on…

SIPH confirmed another death due to COVID-19

September 29, 2020 1:24 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…

Pocatello taxpayers to see one-time tax relief on December 2020 tax notice

September 29, 2020 12:33 PM Cole Sams

Taxpayers in Pocatello will be seeing a one-time tax relief on their December 2020 tax notice.…

422 new Idaho COVID-19 cases

September 28, 2020 5:22 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 422 new COVID-19 cases on Monday as some health experts are warning the state is entering its third wave of new…

132 new COVID-19 cases in the area

September 28, 2020 3:59 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 132 new cases in the area…

Idaho is entering 3rd coronavirus wave, health experts say

September 28, 2020 3:11 PM Associated Press

Idaho now has more than 40,500 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, and some health experts are warning that the state is entering its third wave…

205 new Idaho COVID-19 cases

September 27, 2020 6:08 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 205 new COVID-19 cases on…

539 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths

September 26, 2020 7:50 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 539 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…

49 new COVID-19 cases in Southeastern Idaho

September 26, 2020 3:57 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 49 new confirmed cases of…

COVID-19 cases pressure upper valley hospitals

September 26, 2020 9:33 AM News Team

Regional hospitals reported to the East Idaho Public Health Board this week they are being heavily impacted by COVID-19 infections.…

523 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

September 25, 2020 5:11 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 523 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death on…

BYU-Idaho warns of campus closure if COVID-19 cases increase

September 25, 2020 5:24 PM News Team

Brigham Young University Idaho has issued a warning of a potential campus closure if COVID-19 cases continue to…

ISU COVID-19 cases jump

September 25, 2020 4:48 PM Linda Larsen

Idaho State University saw a big jump in COVID-19 cases this week, almost doubling the numbers from last…

PCSD 25 to release COVID-19 weekly case status report

September 25, 2020 4:12 PM News Team

Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 has introduced a weekly COVID-19 case status report on its website.…

69 new COVID-19 cases in Southeastern Idaho

September 25, 2020 3:11 PM News Team

Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 69 new confirmed cases of…

COVID-19 hits Teton school district hard

September 25, 2020 2:39 PM News Team

The Teton School District #401 is reporting that 77 of its students and staff are currently in quarantine due to…

New equipment could shrink turn around time for COVID-19 tests in Eastern Idaho

September 25, 2020 11:57 AM Cole Sams

Waiting a long time for COVID-19 test results may be a thing of the past.…

491 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths

September 24, 2020 5:16 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 491 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths on…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

September 24, 2020 5:22 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19

September 24, 2020 4:44 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…

138 new COVID-19 cases in the area

September 24, 2020 3:48 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 138 new COVID-19 cases in the area…

Utah State Prison locked down after possible virus exposure

September 24, 2020 11:25 AM Associated Press

The Utah State Prison in Draper and the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison have been placed under a 24-hour lockdown after authorities…

3 arrested at Idaho church singing event to flout mask order

September 24, 2020 11:21 AM Associated Press

Three people have been arrested after an Idaho church held a maskless psalm singing event in a city hall parking lot in violation of the town’s mask…

396 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths

September 23, 2020 5:32 PM News Team

Idaho officials reported 396 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths on…

145 new COVID-19 cases in the area

September 23, 2020 3:49 PM News Team

Local health officials reported 145 new COVID-19 cases on…

Parents debate Halloween celebrations

September 23, 2020 6:12 PM Chelsea Briar

In years past, the start of fall is typically the start of Halloween planning. Children begin picking out costumes, parents start loading up on…

K-12 enrollment in Utah drops by 2K students amid pandemic

September 23, 2020 11:21 AM Associated Press

Enrollment at public schools in Utah has declined as the coronavirus pandemic pushes some parents to homeschool their children and make other…

Utah county implements face mask mandate after rise in cases

September 23, 2020 11:07 AM Associated Press

A county in Utah has implemented a face mask mandate as COVID-19 cases surge in the…

Jefferson School District revises Back-To-School plan

September 23, 2020 9:54 AM News Team

Jefferson School District 251 Superintendent Chad Martin announced the board of trustees revised the district’s Back-To-School plan at an emergency…

10 students and 2 staff quarantine at Ft. Hall

September 23, 2020 8:57 AM News Team

The Shoshone Bannock Tribes say ten students and two staff of the Shoshone-Bannock Junior/Senior High School have been asked to self-quarantine until…