671 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 671 new COVID-19 cases and 8 new deaths on…
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White House Task Force report says Idaho remains in coronavirus ‘red zone’ with 8th highest rate in country
The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report obtained by ABC News shows Idaho is still in the red zone for new confirmed cases.…
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158 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 158 new COVID-19 cases on…
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EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…
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Wyoming COVID-19 hospitalizations tracks surge in cases
Wyoming coronavirus hospitalizations reached a new high Wednesday as a fall surge in infections continued unabated, raising concern that small…
Continue Reading SIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two deaths associated with…
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Jackson “Trick-Or-Treat on Town Square” canceled
The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce has officially called off the traditional Trick-or-Treat on Town…
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Little: Pandemic changing forever how residents live, work
The way Idaho’s residents live and work is being changed forever by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Brad Little said…
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COVID-19 impact leads to football cancelations
Local sporting events in eastern Idaho are being disrupted due to COVID-19.…
Continue Reading 660 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 660 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 203 new COVID-19 cases in the area, 2 new deaths
Local health officials reported 203 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths in the area…
Continue Reading 2 more deaths due to COVID-19 confirmed
Local health officials reported two more deaths due to COVID-19…
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Idaho seeks dismissal of lawsuit over virus rescue money
A lawsuit filed by an Idaho county against Republican Gov. Brad Little and other state officials that could upend plans for distributing $1.25…
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Federal judge: IRS can’t keep coronavirus money from inmates
A federal judge says the IRS can’t keep withholding coronavirus relief payments from incarcerated people, potentially clearing the way for at least…
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LDS Church leader Gerrit W. Gong and wife diagnosed with COVID-19
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday Elder Gerrit W. Gong and his wife have tested positive with…
Continue Reading 458 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 458 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 219 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 219 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue Reading SIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19 in southeast Idaho.…
Continue Reading Idaho football game ended after Bundy refuses to wear mask
An Idaho high school football game was canceled after anti-government activist Ammon Bundy refused to wear a mask or leave school…
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D93 transportation suspended for secondary schools until Oct. 13
Bonneville School District 93 Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme announced Sunday the district does not have enough bus drivers to drive all the bus…
Continue Reading 262 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 262 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…
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Driggs Elementary School to reopen Monday
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…
Continue Reading Utah records 3rd day in a row of over 1,000 new virus cases
An increase in Utah COVID-19 cases continued Saturday with another 1,068 reported infections – making it the eighth day case numbers have jumped…
Continue Reading 464 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 464 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 141 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 141 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue Reading 677 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 677 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 242 new COVID-19 cases in the area Friday
Local health officials reported 242 new COVID-19 cases in the area on…
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Idaho State University campus COVID-19 cases nearly double this week
Idaho State University campus health officials are reporting 42 new COVID-19 cases this…
Continue Reading Governor’s Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee directs another $6 million to higher education
The Governor’s Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee (CFAC) voted Friday to direct another $6 million in federal relief funds to higher…
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Superintendent explains District 91 board decision
In District 91, 126 students are currently self-isolating under parental guidance and 290 and have been ordered to self-quarantine by the school…
Continue Reading EIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19.…
Continue Reading 513 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 513 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths on…
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Idaho virus restrictions remain; schools get rapid testing
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…
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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 131 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 131 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
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16 Yellowstone employees test positive for COVID-19 in September
Since the first week of September, 16 of the park’s estimated 2,000 employees have tested positive for…
Continue Reading SIPH confirmed another death due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…
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Health board moves 3 more counties to moderate COVID-19 risk
The East Idaho Public Health Board has moved Teton, Custer, and Lemhi Counties into a moderate risk category calling for face masks and gathering…
Continue Reading University of Wyoming wrestling reports 6 COVID-19 cases
The University of Wyoming has announced that its wrestling program halted activities after the team confirmed six cases of…
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District 91 high schools to move to hybrid schedule
Idaho Falls, Skyline, and Compass Academy schools will move into a Stage 3/Yellow hybrid schedule beginning October…
Continue Reading 614 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 614 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…
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Audit: COVID tests costlier under Utah contract with startup
A multimillion-dollar coronavirus-testing contract the state of Utah signed with a startup company ended up costing significantly more per test…
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Local health officials reported 166 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue Reading 511 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 511 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths on…
Continue Reading White House Task Force report says Idaho remains in coronavirus ‘red zone’
The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report obtained by ABC News shows Idaho is still in the red zone for new confirmed cases.…
Continue Reading EIPH confirms 2 more deaths due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed two more deaths associated with COVID-19.…
Continue Reading 196 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 196 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue Reading SIPH confirmed another death due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has confirmed another death associated with…
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Pocatello taxpayers to see one-time tax relief on December 2020 tax notice
Taxpayers in Pocatello will be seeing a one-time tax relief on their December 2020 tax notice.…
Continue Reading 422 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
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…
Continue Reading 132 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 132 new cases in the area…
Continue Reading Idaho is entering 3rd coronavirus wave, health experts say
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…
Continue Reading 205 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 205 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue Reading 539 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 539 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 49 new COVID-19 cases in Southeastern Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 49 new confirmed cases of…
Continue Reading COVID-19 cases pressure upper valley hospitals
Regional hospitals reported to the East Idaho Public Health Board this week they are being heavily impacted by COVID-19 infections.…
Continue Reading 523 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
Idaho officials reported 523 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death on…
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BYU-Idaho warns of campus closure if COVID-19 cases increase
Brigham Young University Idaho has issued a warning of a potential campus closure if COVID-19 cases continue to…
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ISU COVID-19 cases jump
Idaho State University saw a big jump in COVID-19 cases this week, almost doubling the numbers from last…
Continue Reading PCSD 25 to release COVID-19 weekly case status report
Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 has introduced a weekly COVID-19 case status report on its website.…
Continue Reading 69 new COVID-19 cases in Southeastern Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 69 new confirmed cases of…
Continue Reading COVID-19 hits Teton school district hard
The Teton School District #401 is reporting that 77 of its students and staff are currently in quarantine due to…
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New equipment could shrink turn around time for COVID-19 tests in Eastern Idaho
Waiting a long time for COVID-19 test results may be a thing of the past.…
Continue Reading 491 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 491 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths on…
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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 EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…
Continue Reading 138 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 138 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
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Utah State Prison locked down after possible virus exposure
The Utah State Prison in Draper and the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison have been placed under a 24-hour lockdown after authorities…
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3 arrested at Idaho church singing event to flout mask order
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…
Continue Reading 396 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 396 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths on…
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Local health officials reported 145 new COVID-19 cases on…
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Parents debate Halloween celebrations
In years past, the start of fall is typically the start of Halloween planning. Children begin picking out costumes, parents start loading up on…
Continue Reading K-12 enrollment in Utah drops by 2K students amid pandemic
Enrollment at public schools in Utah has declined as the coronavirus pandemic pushes some parents to homeschool their children and make other…
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Utah county implements face mask mandate after rise in cases
A county in Utah has implemented a face mask mandate as COVID-19 cases surge in the…
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Jefferson School District revises Back-To-School plan
Jefferson School District 251 Superintendent Chad Martin announced the board of trustees revised the district’s Back-To-School plan at an emergency…
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10 students and 2 staff quarantine at Ft. Hall
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…
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Health officials warn Southeast Idaho hospitals nearing high capacity
The biggest threat Covid-19 poses to our healthcare system is the potential that hospitals will fill…
Continue Reading 126 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 126 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
Continue Reading 446 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 446 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths on…
Continue Reading EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…
Continue Reading Utah governor increases pandemic restrictions in 2 cities
Gov. Gary Herbert will increase pandemic restrictions in two Utah cities. But he stopped short of implementing any mask mandates as COVID-19 cases…
Continue Reading White House Task Force report says Idaho in coronavirus ‘red zone’
The latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report obtained by ABC News shows Idaho is in the red zone for new confirmed…
Continue Reading 410 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 410 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 31 new COVID-19 cases in Southeastern Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 31 new confirmed cases of…
Continue Reading EIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19
Eastern Idaho Public Health is reporting another death due to…
Continue Reading SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed the first death associated with COVID-19 in
Bear Lake County.…
University of Utah to halt in-person classes ahead of debate
The University of Utah will stop in-person classes for two weeks as the state deals with a coronavirus spike shortly before a planned U.S.…
Continue Reading Idaho school districts vary widely in COVID-19 transparency
Idaho school districts vary widely when it comes to letting the public know about coronavirus cases in…
Continue Reading 244 new Idaho COVID-19 cases Sunday, 2 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 244 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 288 new Idaho COVID-19 cases Saturday, 3 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 288 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths on…
Continue Reading SIPH confirms another death due to COVID-19
Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has confirmed another death associated with COVID-19 in Power County.…
Continue Reading 128 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 128 new COVID-19 cases…
Continue Reading 470 new Idaho COVID-19 cases Friday, 4 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 470 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths on…
Continue Reading 163 new COVID-19 cases in the area
Local health officials reported 163 new COVID-19 cases in the area…
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Governor Little announces Idaho to remain in Idaho Rebounds Stage 4
Governor Little said Friday Idaho will remain in Stage 4 of the Idaho Rebounds plan for another two…
Continue Reading Compass Academy student tests positive for COVID-19
A Compass Academy student has tested positive for…
Continue Reading 15 new COVID-19 cases reported at ISU
Idaho State University is reporting 15 new cases of COVID-19 this…
Continue Reading SIPH board increases COVID-19 risk levels in 3 counties
The Southeastern Idaho Public Health Board made the decision Thursday to increase COVID-19 risk levels to moderate in Bannock, Bingham and Franklin…
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Madison District 321 reports COVID-19 infections; extends harvest break
Eastern Idaho Public Health has reported three cases of COVID-19 within the Madison School…
Continue Reading 396 new Idaho COVID-19 cases Thursday, 5 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 396 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths on…
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