A group of Idaho businesses on Tuesday announced their collaborative efforts to improve access to as many as 1,000 COVID-19 tests daily for Idaho’s essential workers.
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A group of Idaho businesses on Tuesday announced their collaborative efforts to improve access to as many as 1,000 COVID-19 tests daily for Idaho’s essential workers.
The Idaho Press partnered with local cities and organizations to produce Safe@Home, a community resource to help residents find information and help during the coronavirus outbreak. The guide ran in the Sunday, April 5, edition. Read it online here.
The Idaho Press partnered with local cities and organizations to produce Safe@Home, a community resource to help residents find information and help during the coronavirus outbreak. The guide ran in the Sunday, April 5, edition. Read it online here.
The Idaho Press partnered with local cities and organizations to produce Safe@Home, a community resource to help residents find information and help during the coronavirus outbreak. The guide ran in the Sunday, April 5, edition. Read it online here.
The Idaho Press partnered with local cities and organizations to produce Safe@Home, a community resource to help residents find information and help during the coronavirus outbreak. The guide ran in the Sunday, April 5, edition. Read it online here.
The Idaho Press partnered with local cities and organizations to produce Safe@Home, a community resource to help residents find information and help during the coronavirus outbreak. The guide ran in the Sunday, April 5, edition. Read it online here.
The Idaho Press partnered with local cities and organizations to produce Safe@Home, a community resource to help residents find information and help during the coronavirus outbreak. The guide ran in the Sunday, April 5, edition. Read it online here.
The Idaho Press partnered with local cities and organizations to produce Safe@Home, a community resource to help residents find information and help during the coronavirus outbreak. The guide ran in the Sunday, April 5, edition. Read it online here.
BOISE — Gov. Brad Little signed an executive order Tuesday forming the Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee.
BOISE — Being stuck at home is bringing out a lot of green thumbs.
Some local residents are organizing gatherings in protest of Idaho's stay-home order, putting to the test law enforcement's approach to enforce it.
The majority of Idahoans who have tested positive for COVID-19 so far are under age 50, with more than 600 people aged 18-49 testing positive. The second-largest group is Idahoans 50 and older, at more than 500 cases; but there also have been 15 cases in people under 18. “I think a lot of young people are maybe not aware...
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BOISE — Boise State assistant football coach Zac Alley said Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 last week, but is now symptom free and feeling much better.
BOISE — Ada County commissioners on Tuesday authorized up to $250,000 for the county's coronavirus response, largely for technology, and another $30,000 for Jesse Tree of Idaho to provide rental assistance to residents.
The Idaho Press partnered with local cities and organizations to produce Safe@Home, a community resource to help residents find information and help during the coronavirus outbreak. The guide ran in the Sunday, April 5, edition. Read it online here.
The Idaho Press partnered with local cities and organizations to produce Safe@Home, a community resource to help residents find information and help during the coronavirus outbreak. The guide ran in the Sunday, April 5, edition. Read it online here.
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IDAHO FALLS — One Idaho Falls group had coronavirus on their radar long before others in the area realized how serious it was. The Idaho Falls Chinese Community, or IFCC, is a group of locals who hold close ties to both Idaho Falls and China. They often gather to celebrate together during Ch…
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WASHINGTON — After the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies…
In a special board meeting held online via Zoom this afternoon and streamed live on Facebook, Idaho’s state Board of Education voted to extend its “soft closure” of K-12 schools in the state from April 20 to the end of the school year – unless a time comes when local and state social distanc…
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NAMPA — Once per week Kim Gates' siblings visited him in his Boise nursing home. That was before the spread of novel coronavirus led the facility, Overland Court Senior Living, to prohibit visitors.
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Editor’s note: Residents are not advised to contact local hospitals with questions about face masks or where to obtain one. Please review the following resources instead.The Idaho Press, in partnership with Blue Cross of Idaho, is offering free online access to all of our local coronavirus s…
Editor’s note: The Idaho Press, in partnership with Blue Cross of Idaho, is offering free online access to all of our local coronavirus stories. Our ongoing coverage of the Treasure Valley relies on support from our readers. To strengthen local journalism, please consider subscribing at ipto…
Editor’s note: The Idaho Press, in partnership with Blue Cross of Idaho, is offering free online access to all of our local coronavirus stories. Our ongoing coverage of the Treasure Valley relies on support from our readers. To strengthen local journalism, please consider subscribing at ipto…
IDAHO FALLS — The Centers for Disease Control is expected to make a wider recommendation for the general public to wear masks to help prevent people who are unknowingly infected with the virus from spreading it.
The Coeur d’Alene church that resisted Gov. Brad Little’s stay-home order by continuing to hold in-person services said that won’t be the case this Sunday.
Editor’s note: The Idaho Press, in partnership with Blue Cross of Idaho, is offering free online access to all of our local coronavirus stories. Our ongoing coverage of the Treasure Valley relies on support from our readers. To strengthen local journalism, please consider subscribing at ipto…
Editor’s note: The Idaho Press, in partnership with Blue Cross of Idaho, is offering free online access to all of our local coronavirus stories. Our ongoing coverage of the Treasure Valley relies on support from our readers. To strengthen local journalism, please consider subscribing at ipto…
BOISE — Evictions for non-payment of rent were halted until April 15 by a recent order from the Idaho Supreme Court, but this does not mean the process has been completely stopped statewide.
Starting Monday, Boise School District will deliver meals to the following school areas between approximately 11 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday.
For Idaho educators, as for all Idahoans, this rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic has been a time of quick study and rapid response, with unprecedented challenges from all directions.
IDAHO FALLS — Behind every confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in eastern Idaho is a team of public health investigators looking to contain it.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare briefly posted online Wednesday a form where people could complain about businesses violating the statewide stay-home order, then quickly took it down after complaints from several Republican lawmakers.
MIDDLETON — As an essential service amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, the United States Postal Service is required to have employees providing mail services to the public. Even so, the USPS has implemented several strategies to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in its offices.
MERIDIAN — Blue Cross of Idaho has waived all member cost-sharing for testing and treatment of COVID-19, the company announced Thursday. The decision applies to individual, fully insured and Medicare Advantage members.
Saint Alphonsus Health System on Wednesday evening told its workforce some employees will face temporary furloughs due to the financial impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
BOISE — Gov. Brad Little announced Thursday the suspension of an additional 18 state regulations to respond to Idaho's coronavirus emergency, adding to the 125 regulations he suspended in March.
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BOISE (AP) — Nearly 33,000 Idaho residents filed for unemployment benefits last week as the Idaho economy continues shedding jobs at a record rate because of the coronavirus, state officials said Thursday.
The Nampa School District on Thursday expanded its meal service times and locations for students and the community. Starting Monday, the district’s meals will also include breakfast for the following day.
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BOISE — Stephanie Hammock spent three years working with patients in urgent care and a clinic, but for the past two she’s worked from home as a utilization review nurse — she reviews information to make sure inpatient stays and testing are medically necessary. It’s a good job — 9 to 5, Monda…
BOISE — Wednesday was Census Day, a reference day for the 2020 census. Wherever a person is living on April 1, is where they should be counted on the census.
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A key resource for understanding and managing the growth of the COVID-19 pandemic is testing. But according to physicians on the frontlines, current testing in Idaho, as throughout the nation, is sorely inadequate, suggesting the infection is much more widespread than indicated by official s…
CALDWELL — Reyco Systems normally supports the food industry exclusively, but now hospitals across Idaho have asked the Caldwell-based company for help in the fight against the new coronavirus.
Editor's note: This story was updated with additional testing sites as of April 1.
MERIDIAN — Meridian city meetings have gone virtual amid the spread of the coronavirus.
