SEATTLE — Washington state health authorities say a woman in her late 30s has died from a rare blood-clotting syndrome after receiving the Joh…
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There were 34 new COVID-19 cases reported Monday by Public Health – Idaho North Central District and no new deaths.
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Asotin County Public Health reported its 59th death from COVID-19 on Thursday as the pandemic nears the two-year mark.
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Two deaths from COVID-19 — one in Nez Perce County and one in Asotin County — were reported by health officials Wednesday.
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Idaho health officials confirmed Tuesday that the state is on the downward slide of daily COVID-19 infections.
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Four more COVID-19 deaths were reported in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington on Friday, bringing the toll for the week to 14.
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Idaho reached record levels of COVID-19 testing positivity at 38.8% last week, said state epidemiologist Christine Hahn at a news briefing Tuesday.
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Public Health – Idaho North Central District reported 234 new COVID-19 infections Thursday, including the death of one man in his 50s in Idaho…
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Nez Perce County saw its biggest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases Wednesday, with health officials reporting 166 new cases.
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Three COVID-19 deaths in the region were reported Tuesday following a three-day weekend. And Public Health – Idaho North Central District coun…
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North central Idaho and southeastern Washington saw one of its biggest spikes in COVID-19 numbers this week, and local health authorities say …
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The Lewiston School District has noted a significant uptick in the number of positive COVID-19 infections among students and staff since the s…
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The rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks is posing a serious shortage of health care workers in Idaho that could push the st…
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Public Health – Idaho North Central District added the highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases Monday since Sept. 7.
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CHICAGO — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at…
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An Asotin County woman between the ages of 70 and 90 died of COVID-19, county health officials reported Wednesday.
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Health officials said Tuesday that at-home, rapid-result tests for COVID-19 can be difficult to find but testing remains available at health c…
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A Nez Perce County woman in her 70s died of COVID-19, according to updated statistics posted Monday on the Public Health – Idaho North Central…
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Three deaths caused by COVID-19 were reported Wednesday by the Public Health – Idaho North Central District, according to statistics posted on…
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A Nez Perce County man in his 70s has died of COVID-19, according to figures posted Tuesday on the Public Health – Idaho North Central Distric…
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The crisis standards of care that allowed hospitals running at or above capacity to prioritize patient care was officially deactivated Monday …
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A Nez Perce County woman in her 90s has died of COVID-19, according to figures posted on the Public Health – Idaho North Central District website.
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BOISE — Public health officials on Friday reported Idaho's first case of the omicron variant of coronavirus on Friday in an adult who recently…
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While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant that is popping up around the country, the delta form of the coronavirus i…
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Health officials in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington reported a total of 56 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths Thursday.
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Health officials in Idaho believe it’s only a matter of time — possibly even a few weeks — before the omicron variant of the coronavirus is de…
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LONDON — The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday, just days af…
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Three deaths caused by COVID-19 were reported Tuesday on the Public Health – Idaho North Central District website.
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced Monday the deactivation of crisis standards of care for the state with the exception of t…
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St. Joseph Regional Medical Center will require its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by early January to comply with federal …
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One death from COVID-19 was reported Tuesday on the Public Health – Idaho North Central District website.
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Three deaths from COVID-19 were reported Friday along with 98 new infections in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington.
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The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and Gritman Medical Center has continued to decline ov…
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Two deaths from COVID-19 were reported Wednesday on the Public Health – Idaho North Central District website.
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Public Health – Idaho North Central District reported 71 new COVID-19 infections over the weekend and two new deaths.
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Two deaths from COVID-19 were reported Thursday by health officials in north central Idaho, though the number of deaths and new cases in the r…
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Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in Pullman is planning two COVID-19 Pfizer vaccination clinics for Whitman County children ages 5 to 11 ne…
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An Idaho County woman in her 70s was the latest victim of COVID-19, according to Public Health – Idaho North Central District’s daily pandemic…
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Seven more deaths from COVID-19 were reported over the weekend for a regionwide total of 334 since the beginning of the pandemic.
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SPOKANE — A federal judge in eastern Washington on Monday denied a bid by firefighters, state troopers and others to halt Washington’s COVID-1…
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Moderna said Monday that a low dose of its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds, as the manufacturer joins its r…
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Three deaths from COVID-19 were reported by health officials in the region Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — Children ages 5-11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician’s office, local pharmacy and potentially even t…
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A Nez Perce County man in his 30s was one of five people whose deaths from COVID-19 were reported by health officials in the region Wednesday.
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Five deaths from COVID-19 were reported by health officials in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington on Friday, bringing the region’…
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Six deaths from COVID-19 were reported by health officials in the region on Tuesday, bringing the area’s October total to 22.
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Three COVID-19 deaths were reported in the region Monday, bringing the area’s pandemic death toll to 305.
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COEUR D’ALENE — The northern Idaho hospital that was the first in the state to institute health care rationing because of surging COVID-19 cas…
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Washington’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate doesn’t appear to be taking a heavy toll on staffing at the local level, but the pandemic is still p…
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Health officials reported seven more COVID-19 deaths Wednesday in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington.
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COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are coming down again, hospitalizations are dropping, and new cases per day are about to dip below 100,000 for the…
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
Tuesday, October 05, 2021
Two more deaths caused by COVID-19 were reported in the region over the weekend, bringing the total number since the beginning of the pandemic…
Saturday, October 02, 2021
WASHINGTON — In a potential leap forward in the global fight against the pandemic, drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental pill for …
Friday, October 01, 2021
Health officials in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington reported three more COVID-19 deaths Thursday, bringing a close to the dead…
BOISE — Add oxygen to the list of resources Idaho health care providers must manage closely as COVID-19 continues to surge through the state.
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Parkway Elementary School in Clarkston will take a pause from in-person learning starting today in response to a rise of COVID-19 cases at the…
BOISE — Idaho’s unchecked spread of the highly contagious delta variant is sending more kids and babies to hospitals with complications from C…
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Despite staff shortages and patient loads two to three times the normal rate, Pullman-area physicians said they are doing everything they can …
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
The Lewiston City Council declined to reinstate a mask mandate at its meeting Monday night to help stem the drastic rise in COVID-19 infection…
Hospitals and nursing homes around the U.S. are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get…
Ten more COVID-19 deaths were reported by health officials in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington since last week.
SEATTLE — Authorities in Washington state said Monday that COVID-19 hospital admission rates “look better” but hospitalizations still remain high.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
MOSCOW — Moscow’s face mask order has been terminated.
Friday, May 14, 2021
WASHINGTON — In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance…
It’s National Bike Month and there’s no better advocate for the outdoor activity than Eric Justis, of Clarkston.
There was an almost perfect alignment on the political right this week of two seemingly disconnected issues, and where things head with both w…
Helping more young adults is one of the ways the Willow Center in Lewiston wants to expand after a recent move.
The Public Health – Idaho North Central District announced Thursday that it will start taking COVID-19 vaccination appointments for all people…
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Local government officials were still scratching their heads after Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a sweeping new property tax bill into law Wed…
A $5.7 million expansion of a fiber optic line in north central Idaho is the biggest item in the Port of Lewiston’s proposed budget for the fi…
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
PULLMAN — Without enough time to plan the National Lentil Festival this year, the Pullman Chamber of Commerce may instead try to organize a sm…
MOSCOW — Programming at the University of Idaho will not be significantly affected by a $500,000 budget cut passed down by the legislature, th…
BOISE — Idaho is moving into a new stage of Gov. Brad Little’s coronavirus reopening plans and lifting restrictions on the size of gatherings.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Lewiston city councilors gave initial approval Monday to a second set of proposed changes to city code regarding parades and public assemblies…
Saturday, May 08, 2021
The United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 was the dominant strain in Moscow’s wastewater, according to test results received last month.
Friday, May 07, 2021
MOSCOW — University of Idaho President Scott Green highlighted the university’s response to COVID-19 as well as the school’s efforts to correc…
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said all of the state’s counties will remain in their current phase of the state’s economic reopening pl…
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by next wee…
Whitman County’s health director is anticipating the county will remain in Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 phased reopening plan as it a…
One new COVID-19-related death was reported Monday in Whitman County, which now has a total of 48 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Sunday, May 02, 2021
REPUBLIC, Wash. — About 10 percent of the population of this small city in north-central Washington, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an ou…
Saturday, May 01, 2021
Garfield County reported its first new COVID-19 case in more than a month Friday, bringing the county’s pandemic total to 122.
Friday, April 30, 2021
Idaho has now administered more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, which sounds like a lot.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Asotin County will likely remain in Phase 3 of Washington’s reopening plan when Gov. Jay Inslee updates statuses around the state early next w…
Washington State University will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination by the start of the fall semester for all students planning to particip…
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinat…
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Public Health – Idaho North Central District reported the third-highest daily total of new COVID-19 infections in the past two months.
Friday, April 23, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine appointments have decreased recently at Public Health – Idaho North Central District, even though the percentage of the popul…
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
A slight uptick in COVID-19 cases continued in Asotin County on Tuesday, with 10 new cases reported by health officials.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Sixty-one new COVID-19 cases were reported around the eight-county region of north central Idaho and southeastern Washington since Saturday, b…
Sunday, April 18, 2021
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kevin and Sunshine Brotherton worried that the loss of his job at a Clarkston boat-building plant was j…
Friday, April 16, 2021
Gritman Medical Center administered its 10,000th dose of COVID-19 vaccine in a small ceremony Friday morning at a makeshift clinic set up in t…
Gritman Medical Center in Moscow will administer its 10,000 COVID-19 vaccination dose today, marking a milestone in the fight against the pand…
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
After planning a special Lewiston School Board meeting Thursday to change COVID-19 protocols, Superintendent Bob Donaldson instead used his au…
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
With just eight weeks left until summer break, the Lewiston School Board agreed Monday evening to modify its districtwide COVID-19 protocols a…
Whitman County will be among three counties that will move back to more strict coronavirus restrictions at the end of the week because of risi…
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Three more COVID-19 deaths were reported by public health officials in the region Friday, with one death apiece in Nez Perce, Latah and Whitma…
MCCALL — Eric Pingrey has been selected as the new superintendent of the McCall-Donnelly School District.
Pingrey turned down an offer to become superintendent of the Idaho Falls School District in order to accept the M-D job.
MCCALL — Eric Pingrey has been selected as the new superintendent of the McCall-Donnelly School District.
MCCALL — Eric Pingrey has been selected as the new superintendent of the McCall-Donnelly School District.
Pingrey turned down an offer to become superintendent of the Idaho Falls School District in order to accept the M-D job.
Friday, April 09, 2021
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee will announce Monday whether some counties in Washington will have to roll back to Phase 2 of the state’s COVID-19 r…
With pandemic pressures and volatile school scheduling causing more students to fall behind on their classwork than in a normal year, Moscow a…
