FCSAR Demolition Derby fundraiser canceled
Fremont County Search and Rescue (FCSAR) has canceled its annual Demolition Derby fundraiser for 2020 because of COVID-19 concerns.…
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Eastern Idaho Public Health releases regional COVID-19 plan
Eastern Idaho Public Health is looking for public comment on the regional response to the Coronavirus pandemic.…
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459 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 459 new COVID-19 cases on…
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Idaho to remain in Idaho Rebounds Stage 4
Governor Brad Little announced Idaho did not meet the criteria over the past two weeks to advance past the final stage of the Idaho Rebounds…
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Idaho schools get OK to open to students this fall
Idaho’s 300,000 schoolkids in grades K-12 can return to schools this fall but with flexible learning strategies to protect them and their communities…
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Protestors and some businesses oppose possible mask ordinance
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The debate of mask mandates got several protestors outside the Idaho Falls City Annex building. The Idaho Falls City…
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9 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has nine new confirmed cases of…
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Wyoming to test all inmates for coronavirus
Wyoming corrections officials plan to test all inmates and employees for the…
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Utah to require masks in schools, not statewide, amid surge
Utah will require masks in schools as they reopen in the fall, but Republican Gov. Gary Herbert stopped short of a statewide mandate Thursday.…
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The Great Race for Education officially canceled
The Great Race for Education scheduled for Friday, July 17 is officially canceled for…
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Victor requires face coverings in public
The Victor City Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance Wednesday to require face coverings in any indoor or outdoor public place when a…
Continue Reading As Idaho COVID-19 cases spike, 430 new cases Wednesday
A new spike of COVID-19 has prompted some concern in Idaho.…
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Pay It Forward: God’s Home of Compassion
A small local food pantry helps people meet the challenges of the COVID-19…
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EIPH regional response plan to be unveiled soon
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – With more deaths, the Eastern Idaho Public Health Department is discussing different risk tiers in dealing with the…
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Idaho Falls and Pocatello consider face mask orders
City officials in Idaho Falls and Pocatello are considering the possibility of issuing masking orders, requiring the use of face masks in…
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Beauty industry adapts to COVID-19 challenges
When businesses and schools shut down due to the coronavirus, Paul Mitchell school in Rexburg fell into a gray…
Continue Reading 16 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 16 new confirmed cases of…
Continue Reading Utah governor meets with lawmakers to discuss mask mandate
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is considering issuing a statewide mask mandate after discussing the issue with state legislators this…
Continue Reading Coronavirus Task Force Briefing
Vice President Mike Pence leads a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing. This briefing is not at the White House, and President Trump is not…
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How to treat ‘Maskne’
Brower is referring to what is being commonly referred to as ‘Maskne’, acne from wearing a mask. It’s a condition affecting people across the…
Continue Reading Idaho COVID-19 cases spike after businesses reopen, record 487 cases Tuesday
A new spike of COVID-19, however, has prompted some concern in the mostly rural state.…
Continue Reading 18 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 18 new confirmed cases of…
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District 91 asks for reopening plan feedback
Idaho Falls School District Superintendent George Boland is asking parents and staff to review the district’s reopening plan and provide feedback by…
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Pocatello to consider public health emergency ordinance requiring masks in public places
Pocatello City Council members will consider a public health emergency ordinance requiring masks to be worn in all public places or when six feet of…
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People waiting up to a week for COVID-19 test results as supplies dwindle
This slowdown of results makes it difficult for public health offices to control the…
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Join Gov. Little’s COVID-19 Town Hall Tuesday
You can join another telephone town hall Tuesday with Idaho Governor Brad Little and Dr. Christine Hahn, the State Epidemiologist at the Idaho…
Continue Reading 319 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 1 new death reported
Idaho officials reported 319 new COVID-19 cases on…
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Tracy Byrd concert postponed
Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel has announced the postponement of the Tracy Byrd…
Continue Reading 23 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 23 new confirmed cases of…
Continue Reading Jefferson School District announces back to school plan
Jefferson School District 251 has released its back to school plan for the…
Continue Reading 363 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 363 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading Holiday update shows 376 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 376 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading Record 401 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported a record 401 new COVID-19 cases on Friday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading Health officials warn of possible COVID-19 exposure at Pocatello bars
Customers of Pub New Harmony, 134 Warren Ave., and Hooligans, 122 N. 3rd Ave., in Pocatello, may have been exposed to COVID-19.…
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11 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 11 new confirmed cases of…
Continue Reading 223 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 223 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading Blackfoot assisted living facility resident dies from COVID-19
A Blackfoot-based assisted living facility resident has died due to COVID-19-related illness.…
Continue Reading 10 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 10 new confirmed cases of…
Continue Reading Wyoming base reinstates health measures as virus cases rise
A resurgence of coronavirus has prompted a U.S. Air Force base in Wyoming to reinstate health protection measures and limit access to watch a Fourth…
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Boise Mayor signs public health order mandating face masks
Today, due to a significant increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ada County, and with robust support from the health and business communities,…
Continue Reading Driggs Mayor issues emergency public health order requiring masks
Driggs Mayor Hyrum Johnson has issued an emergency public health order effective at midnight Thursday requiring the use of masks in all publicly…
Continue Reading SIPH COVID-19 testing site, hotline closed Friday
The COVID-19 testing site sponsored by Southeastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH), Idaho State University and
Express Labs will be closed on Friday,…
Coronavirus cases are rising in 40 of 50 US states
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed to an all-time high of more than 50,000 per day on Thursday, with the infection curve…
Continue Reading 253 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 253 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to 6370 as Idaho cities are making face…
Continue Reading Cities require face coverings as virus cases surge in Idaho
Two Idaho cities are making face coverings mandatory as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases keeps…
Continue Reading 11 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 11 new confirmed cases of…
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Officials: Oregon could reach 900 new COVID-19 cases a day
Oregon had a record 281 new confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday, but officials predict that the increase may become much steeper during the next…
Continue Reading Wyoming tourist county pursues COVID-19 indoor mask order
Health officials in a northwestern Wyoming county busy with visitors to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks want to require people to wear…
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County fair making plans to move forward
The Bonneville County Fair will serve as one of the first opportunities the public has had to see the new fairgrounds in Idaho Falls. The event may…
Continue Reading Record 365 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported a record 365 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
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Local registered respiratory therapist went to New York to treat patients with COVID-19
“The way we treated COVID over there, it’s, it’s not like any other virus you are used to treating,” Craythorn said.…
Continue Reading 190 Yellowstone employees test negative for COVID-19
In the fourth round of surveillance testing on Yellowstone employees, all tests came back negative.…
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Blackfoot football staff member tests positive for COVID-19
A Blackfoot High School football staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Principal Roger Thomas sent a message to athletes and parents on…
Continue Reading 4 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has four new confirmed cases of…
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NY adds Idaho, other states to quarantine list
New York is urging travelers from eight additional states to self-quarantine for 14 days as it awaits a decision on the reopening of indoor dining in…
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Masks now required on all airlines serving Idaho Falls Regional Airport
All air carriers serving the Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) are now requiring the usage of face coverings for air…
Continue Reading 209 new Idaho COVID-19 cases Monday, 224 Sunday
Idaho officials reported 209 new COVID-19 cases on Monday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading 15 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho, first cases in Bear Lake, Oneida
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 15 new confirmed cases of…
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Blackfoot Mayor will block Eastern Idaho State Fair without a health plan
Blackfoot Mayor Marc Carroll says he will not allow the Eastern Idaho State Fair to proceed until he sees an acceptable health plan. …
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Wyoming health orders extended
Governor Mark Gordon says Wyoming’s current public health orders will be extended through July 15 because the number of COVID-19 cases in the state…
Continue Reading Jackson to require face coverings in public
After a special public meeting Monday morning, the Jackson Town Council has unanimously adopted a resolution requiring individuals to wear a face…
Continue Reading New Utah virus cases top weekly record as infections surge
Utah health officials have reported the most coronavirus cases in one week since the pandemic began as a surge in infections continues across the…
Continue Reading 171 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 171 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading Record 283 reported Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported a record 283 new COVID-19 cases on Friday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading Health experts anticipate influx of older virus patients
Hospitals are preparing for a potential influx of older patients after a recent spike in coronavirus infections among young people visiting bars who…
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EISF going ahead as scheduled amid COVID-19 concerns
The East Idaho State Fair is continuing plans to host the fair this year after the fair board voted to proceed in a four to two decision Thursday…
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4 new COVID-19 cases in 24-hours on Fort Hall Reservation
The Fort Hall Tribal Emergency Management Office (TOEM) has been notified as of June 26, of four new COVID-19 positive cases of residents who live on…
Continue Reading 10 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 10 new confirmed cases of…
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Montana and Wyoming step up prevention efforts
Idaho’s neighbors, Montana and Wyoming, have seen relatively mild impacts from COVID-19 so far, but officials in both states say that is changing.…
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Teton County to use app for contact tracing
The Teton County, Wyoming Health Department has announced plans to use a telephone mobile app to help it track and trace COVID-19 cases. …
Continue Reading New COVID-19 case on Fort Hall Reservation
The Fort Hall Tribal Emergency Management Office (TOEM) has been notified of a new positive
case of COVID-19 case on the Fort Hall Reservation.…
Crush the Curve braces for COVID-19 surge
Crush the Curve Idaho is preparing for what it expects to be a surge of Coronavirus cases over the next few…
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EISF board to move forward with the fair
The Eastern Idaho State Fair votes to move forward with the…
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Idaho restrictions to remain as virus infections spread
Gov. Brad Little says there are too many coronavirus infections for him to lift additional restrictions, and the state will remain in the fourth and…
Continue Reading 220 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 220 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading Utah records 2nd-most COVID-19 cases as surge continues
Utah reported its second-highest daily number of new coronavirus cases Thursday as the state deals with a troubling surge that has already led the…
Continue Reading Highland High School athletic staff member tests positive for COVID-19
Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 has confirmed a Highland High School athletic staff member who was participating in the summer high school…
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Face masks required in Utah state buildings, largest county
Utah Gov. Gary Hebert said Wednesday he will require face masks at state-run buildings that include liquor stores and higher education offices and…
Continue Reading Idaho inmate tests positive for COVID-19
Governor Brad Little announced Wednesday an Idaho State Correctional Center inmate has tested positive for…
Continue Reading Record increase of daily Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 243 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading 3 new COVID-19 cases in Caribou County
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Caribou County.…
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COVID-19 in Cheyenne hits animal shelter, five restaurants
An animal shelter halted pet adoptions and five restaurants sanitized facilities Wednesday amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Wyoming’s capital…
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US inmates got virus relief checks, and IRS wants them back
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people behind bars across the United States, and the IRS wants the…
Continue Reading 148 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 148 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to…
Continue Reading 5 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has five new confirmed cases.…
Continue Reading Cheyenne health officials: Event could worsen COVID-19 spike
Health officials worry an event in Wyoming’s capital city last weekend could worsen a spike in coronavirus…
Continue Reading Utah governor: No economic shut down despite virus spread
Gov. Gary Herbert says he has no plans to shut down the economy even though he shares some of the concerns of the state’s epidemiologist.…
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FDA warns pet owners to keep your dog socially distanced
Local Veterinarian Adam Peterson says you don’t need to take it to that extreme.…
Continue Reading 248 new Idaho COVID-19 cases since last update
Idaho is experiencing a sharp increase in confirmed coronavirus cases, with 544 new cases reported in a five-day…
Continue Reading 11 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 11 new confirmed…
Continue Reading Wyoming COVID-19 new-case count ties early-May previous high
The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Wyoming grew by the fastest rate since early May in numbers released…
Continue Reading Ada County ordered to return to Stage 3 operations
Central District Health and Board of Health has issued an order for Ada County to return to Idaho Rebounds State 3…
Continue Reading Idaho COVID-19 cases pass 4,000, 135 new cases Saturday
Idaho officials reported 135 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday bringing the total confirmed and probable cases to 4,006.…
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128 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 128 new COVID-19 cases on Friday.…
Continue Reading 8 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has eight new confirmed…
Continue Reading COVID-19 claims 2 more lives in Wyoming
Two more residents of a Washakie County, Wyoming long-term care facility have died of COVID-19. …
Continue Reading Former Utah first lady tests positive for coronavirus
Former Utah first lady Mary Kaye Huntsman, wife of current Republican candidate for governor Jon Huntsman Jr., said Thursday she has tested positive…
Continue Reading 111 new Idaho COVID-19 cases
Idaho officials reported 111 new COVID-19 cases on…
Continue Reading 12 new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Idaho
Southeastern Idaho Public Health has 12 new confirmed…
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Fort Hall reports 2 new COVID-19 cases
The Shoshone-Bannock Office of Emergency Management reports two additional cases of COVID-19 on the Fort Hall Indian…
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