The Lewiston City Council approved a face mask advisory order Monday night to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, but stopped short of ma…
Lewiston Tribune coronavirus archive
An archive of stories -- available outside our normal paywall -- on the threat of coronavirus in our region and beyond.
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Prepared statements from Washington State’s athletic director and football coach in recent days suggest a clear policy in regard to access to …
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MOSCOW — A small campus protest was staged Tuesday to oppose the University of Idaho’s plan to hold in-person classes this fall as UI Presiden…
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The Clarkston School District’s modified fall schedule will provide a blended approach to education once classes begin later this month.
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Consumers’ coronavirus-driven purchasing patterns are still bolstering the bottom line for Clearwater Paper, one of Lewiston’s largest employers.
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MOSCOW — The director of the soccer tournament that Moscow Mayor Bill Lambert shut down Sunday over COVID-19 concerns apologized to Lambert an…
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There were four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the north central Idaho on Tuesday, a sharp decline over Monday’s 15 cases.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Quarterback Gardner Minshew was ready for Jacksonville’s “first day of school.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At least 25 campers and staff members at a camp east of Portland, Oregon have tested positive for COVID-19.
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MALTBY, Wash. (AP) — The owner of a plant nursery in Washington state has been fined $4,200 for failing to ensure a safe workplace and potenti…
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BOSTON (AP) — Big house parties and weddings, summer camps, concerts, crowded bars and restaurants, shopping trips without masks — Americans' …
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Nine cases of COVID-19 have emerged among 125 University of Idaho student-athletes tested during the past month, the school confirmed Monday.
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High school students who plan to attend postsecondary institutions in Idaho during the 2021-22 academic year will not be required to take a co…
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Public Health – Idaho North Central District posted its largest single increase in COVID-19 cases Monday with 15 new infections reported since…
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The Lewiston School Board reviewed an action plan at its Monday meeting that is designed to address racism within its schools through district…
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MOSCOW — One woman said it is time to stop being afraid, and a high school student asked how long this nonsense is going to go on. Other resid…
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The Whitman County commissioners are using nearly a third of their federal coronavirus relief funds to provide financial help for small busine…
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Two youth sports tournaments that drew large crowds from across the region to Moscow during the weekend were shut down suddenly by the city’s …
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Employment Security Department Commissioner Suzi LeVine said Monday that an initial backlog of claims of people who had …
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In threatening a boycott of the football season Sunday, a group of Pac-12 players characterized their demands in sweeping terms.
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BOISE — When she gave birth to triplets seven years ago, Tami Hanson quit her middle-school teaching job in the West Ada School District. When…
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Whitman County received five new positive COVID-19 tests Sunday, bringing the county’s total to 95.
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Who gets to be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to rat…
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COLFAX — Whitman County received two new positive COVID-19 results on Saturday, bringing the county’s total to 90.
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SEATTLE — Washington’s embattled psychiatric hospital has seen a spike of more than 20 new COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks.
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There is an online petition and a protest planned for Tuesday by a group of Moscow and Palouse region community members who prefer the Univers…
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Seven new cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday in the five-county region served by Public Health – Idaho North Central District.
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Criminal jury trials, which were planned to restart in Idaho on Monday, have again been put on hold because of the continuing increase in COVI…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A judge ruled Wednesday that a petition to remove a Washington state county sheriff from office can move forward after h…
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy suffered its sharpest downturn since at least the 1940s in the second quarter, highlighting how the pandemic has…
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A joint legislative working group voted 16-2 Thursday to recommend that Idaho Gov. Brad Little call a special session to address liability con…
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The Idaho Democratic Party has canceled next month’s in-person platform convention in Boise, citing the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the…
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Several traditional events that are usually held the first weekend of August have been called off this year — and the coronavirus isn’t the on…
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials reported on Thursday the state's first decline in weekly coronavirus cases since early May.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A working group of Idaho lawmakers approved proposed legislation Thursday creating a liability shield for protection again…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — As a $600 weekly bonus to those seeking unemployment benefits in Washington expired, the state saw a slight dip in new w…
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NEW YORK (AP) — While deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. are mounting rapidly, public health experts are seeing a flicker of good news: T…
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MOSCOW — After a successful practice run of its new in-house COVID-19 testing capabilities Wednesday morning, University of Idaho leaders say …
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There will be no fall sports for Pullman, Clarkston and the other Greater Spokane League teams, District 8 administrators decided in a meeting…
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Zayden Simmons, 5, of Uniontown, plays in the Snake River with his brother, Zander, 3, on a hot Wednesday afternoon at Hells Gate State Park in Lewiston. The temperature topped out at 97 degrees in the valley Wednesday. Today’s forecast calls for a high of 110.
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The Lewiston School Board approved a three-phased reopening plan for schools this fall during a special meeting Wednesday.
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BOISE — The Idaho Department of Correction “with great sadness” Wednesday reported the death of an incarcerated man hospitalized in Boise wit…
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As the world races to find a vaccine and a treatment for COVID-19, there is seemingly no antidote in sight to the burg…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Many local government employees around the Puget Sound region will work from home until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemi…
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The Council of Presidents for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics decided Tuesday to move most fall sports championships in …
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Idaho public school officials say greater legal protection is needed to shield districts from coronavirus-related lawsuits.
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OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday that the statewide pause for counties looking to advance from their current stage of COVID-19 econ…
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A Republican proposal to slash the $600 weekly benefit boost for those left jobless because of the coronavirus shutdown could result in weeks …
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Organizations that advocate for schools, counties, county sheriffs and businesses said Tuesday they want lawmakers called …
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The baseball season descended deeper into crisis Tuesday, states such as Mississippi and South Carolina cast about for m…
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Global air travel is recovering more slowly than expected and it will take until until 2024 to return to pre-pandemi…
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
The biggest test yet of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine got underway Monday with the first of about 30,000 Americans rolling up their sleeves…
ASOTIN — Asotin County officials expressed frustration over Gov. Jay Inslee’s “one-size-fits-all” COVID-19 restrictions Monday during an updat…
The Clarkston School Board passed a resolution Monday night on the district’s reopening plan this fall, but specifics detailing how the school…
For a day or two, it seemed like it might actually work. Baseball was back and, even if some of the familiar sights of summer were missing, th…
Monday, July 27, 2020
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Everyone attending the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee next month will have to wear a face mask, consent to d…
The biggest test yet of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine got underway Monday with the first of some 30,000 Americans rolling up their sleeves …
The hot, dangerous and sometimes tedious job of fighting wildfires is being made more challenging this summer by the need for the men and wome…
Sunday, July 26, 2020
School districts in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley are working to flesh out plans for reopening as the start of the school year quickly approaches.
COLFAX — Whitman County received four new positive COVID-19 test results Saturday, bringing the county’s total to 80.
Saturday, July 25, 2020
The statistics on his own campus give Washington State athletic director Pat Chun reason to be optimistic about the prospects of a fall sports…
People associated with two long-term care centers and students at a youth education program in north central Idaho have been diagnosed with CO…
The Lewiston City Council is reverting to an online-only meeting format Monday after a crush of testimony last week over a face mask advisory …
Friday, July 24, 2020
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, citing safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, abruptly canceled the “big crowded” portion of the R…
The Washington State football team began mandatory workouts this week in the face of the coronavirus pandemic as the Pac-12 reportedly worked …
PULLMAN — Washington State University’s Pullman campus announced Thursday it will not offer face-to-face classes in the fall.
Cases of COVID-19 have been surging throughout the states that comprise Pac-12 schools. However, the numbers of athletes who test positive don…
Thursday, July 23, 2020
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday he is tightening restrictions throughout the state in restaurants and bars, for weddin…
DALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will provide at-home coronavirus tests for some employees and Southwest Airlines will tighten its rule on face m…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. Brad Little said Thursday that there are too many coronavirus infections, and Idaho will remain in the fourth and fin…
Moscow’s wastewater may be bearing witness to a larger number of COVID-19 infections in the community, according to an ongoing study by Biobot…
SPOKANE — As COVID-19 continues to rapidly spread in northern Idaho, elected leaders say they strongly encourage local residents to wear a mas…
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s school district superintendent has decided against having students return to the classroom in the new year school, sa…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday that she is expanding the state's current COVID-19 mask order to also apply to c…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The global tally of people infected with the coronavirus neared 15 million Wednesday, while in the worst-hit pandemic hot …
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association on Tuesday decided to split its schedule, creating a unique but tentative format by movi…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the “nasty horrible’” coronavirus will get worse in the U.S. before it gets better, bu…
Idaho is on track to surpass 16,000 coronavirus cases today, after 556 new confirmed and probable cases were reported Tuesday.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
New research suggests that antibodies the immune system makes to fight the new coronavirus may only last a few months in people with mild illn…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major airlines are urging the U.S. and the European Union to quickly restore transatlantic air travel by deploying a…
BURTON, Mich. (AP) — Crystal and Chris Martin put off some payments on their home in this blue-collar town near Flint and are pinching pennies…
LONDON — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective im…
Commercial passenger airlines are gradually restoring service in the region after a dramatic reduction in the spring when much of the country …
Beginning today, Albertsons and Petco joined the ranks of Costco, Walmart and other retail businesses that are now requiring customers to wear…
Monday, July 20, 2020
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers concerned that Republican Gov. Brad Little has too much power following his emergency declaration because of the…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington judge Friday upheld coronavirus-related housing rules for farmworkers, rejecting claims by a union that the…
Nearly $6 million in federal grants have been approved for five Washington tribes to pay for programs to combat the spread of the novel corona…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — School districts that plan to reopen classrooms in the fall are wrestling with whether to require teachers and student…
Some of us have come to terms that we are experiencing a pandemic, while others are fighting that idea and the public health prescriptions for…
The same pandemic-related questions that have bedeviled professional and college sports are front and center for high school administrators ac…
Another six cases of coronavirus were reported in Whitman County on Sunday bringing that jurisdiction’s total to 66.
NEW YORK — Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet — not for work, but a recent hobby: figuring out how many of Amazon’s 40…
BOISE — Idaho reported slightly fewer new coronavirus infections on Sunday than it has in recent days, though the number of new cases jumped i…
YAKIMA — Yakima County’s running tally of COVID-19 cases increased by 114 Sunday, bringing the total to 9,545, according to the Yakima Health …
Sunday, July 19, 2020
A fast-rising tide of new coronavirus cases is flooding emergency rooms in parts of the United States, with some patients moved into hallways …
Whitman County had two new cases of coronavirus Saturday, bringing its total to 60.
SPOKANE — Spokane County set a daily record with 134 new COVID-19 cases reported Friday, about as many cases as the total reported in all of March.
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Lewis-Clark State College has waited for the better part of two years to transition from the Frontier Conference to the Cascade Conference in …
Four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday by Public Health – Idaho North Central District, bringing the five-county total to 1…
