BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little says he will veto two bills intended to curb his power to respond to emergencies like the coronavir…
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The United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 was the dominant strain in Moscow’s wastewater, according to test results received last month.
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MOSCOW — University of Idaho President Scott Green highlighted the university’s response to COVID-19 as well as the school’s efforts to correc…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have started their waiting game to see whether Republican Gov. Brad Little vetoes any of the more than 30 …
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The Biden administration’s call to lift patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help poor parts of the world get more doses has drawn prais…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation that curbs Republican Gov. Brad Little's authority during declared emergencies such as the coronavirus pandemi…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington health officials say they are seeing signs of hope in the COVID-19 case and hospitalization data and also now expect…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Public Health – Seattle & King County has suspended the license of a restaurant in Seattle after it says management defied …
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Health officials in Idaho are trying new methods to encourage people to get vaccinated as interest in COVID-19 shots …
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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…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three pieces of legislation intended to curb the authority of an Idaho governor during declared emergencies passed the Hou…
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Carey Alexander Washington, 80, a practicing clinical psychologist, called his daughter in January as soon as he received his first dose of th…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said all of the state's counties will remain in their current phase of the state's…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — In-person visits will soon resume at Washington state correctional facilities, the state Department of Corrections annou…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — In an announcement sure to be welcomed by travelers worldwide, EU officials on Monday proposed easing restrictions on visiting…
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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…
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Garfield County reported its first new COVID-19 case in more than a month Friday, bringing the county’s pandemic total to 122.
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Idaho has now administered more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, which sounds like a lot.
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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…
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Washington State University will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination by the start of the fall semester for all students planning to particip…
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PHILADELPHIA — The reason severe COVID-19 is so deadly is that it unleashes a condition called sepsis.
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Despite some early mixed messages, health officials have repeatedly told Americans that wearing a face mask — both indoors and outdoors — is e…
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In the eyes of U.S. health officials, there are two groups of people: those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who are not. And the…
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NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinat…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vac…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho government offices and services could start shutting down in June if the part-time Legislature refuses to adjourn an…
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One night in March 2020, Joy Wu felt like her heart was going to explode. She tried to get up and fell down. She didn’t recognize friends’ nam…
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Public Health – Idaho North Central District reported the third-highest daily total of new COVID-19 infections in the past two months.
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RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state judge has blocked some coronavirus-related restrictions on farms and orchards meant to protect farmworkers.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers had no shortage of weighty topics they tackled this session while having to conduct their work amid…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation approved by lawmakers in the House prohibiting mask mandates by government entities in Idaho won't get a heari…
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If Priscila Medina had gotten COVID-19 a year ago, she would have had no treatments proven safe and effective to try. But when the 30-year-old…
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With the resumption of global travel on the horizon, some people are discovering that their choice of vaccine could determine where they’re al…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers on a House panel introduced legislation Friday to allow the Idaho Legislature to go into recess without fully sh…
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COVID-19 vaccine appointments have decreased recently at Public Health – Idaho North Central District, even though the percentage of the popul…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged more than 70% since the start of the year, and deaths among the…
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NEW YORK (AP) — How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last?
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LOS ANGELES — More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, a return to normalcy seems tantalizingly close. But even as restaurants reop…
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LOS ANGELES — Shelby Bernstein can’t wait for life to get back to normal.
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A slight uptick in COVID-19 cases continued in Asotin County on Tuesday, with 10 new cases reported by health officials.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Voters will get the chance to decide whether lawmakers in the part-time Idaho Legislature will be able to call special ses…
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Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new…
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LONDON (AP) — The number of workers on U.K. corporate payrolls dropped by 0.2% in March as young people were hardest hit by coronavirus restri…
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Sixty-one new COVID-19 cases were reported around the eight-county region of north central Idaho and southeastern Washington since Saturday, b…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Republican-dominated Senate on Monday failed to override GOP Gov. Brad Little’s veto of a measure seeking to curb a go…
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Half of all U.S. adults have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, the federal government announced Sunday.
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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…
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…
Friday, April 16, 2021
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Health benefit plans would have to reimburse health care providers a set amount for personal protective equipment for th…
Gritman Medical Center in Moscow will administer its 10,000 COVID-19 vaccination dose today, marking a milestone in the fight against the pand…
Thursday, April 15, 2021
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The House on Thursday approved Senate changes to a bill trimming an Idaho governor’s powers during declared emergencies wh…
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla predicted Thursday that people who have received the company’s COVID-19 vaccine will “likely” need a third booster sh…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A House panel on Thursday approved a proposed constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call it…
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Those who keep active and work a basic amount of exercise into their daily routine face fewer COVID-19 risks and symptoms than those who are g…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Legislature’s budget committee on Wednesday approved a proposed law requiring that about $2.2 billion coming to Idaho …
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The House on Wednesday approved legislation prohibiting mask mandates by government entities in Idaho, voting 47-22 with n…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — State health officials said Wednesday that 115 more cases of fully vaccinated people testing positive for COVID-19 have …
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
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The COVID-19 pandemic was even deadlier for working-age Latino immigrants than previously known, according to a recent Un…
A rare, rogue immune response is the main suspect as authorities investigate highly unusual blood clots following use of two similar COVID-19 …
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…
Thursday, April 08, 2021
A woman in her 50s died of COVID-19, according to figures posted on the Public Health – Idaho North Central District website Wednesday.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued an executive order Wednesday banning state government from requiring or issuing so-called COVID-19 “vaccine passports.”
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
Nine new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday by the Public Health – Idaho North Central District, which covers five counties in the region, a…
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest evangelical denomination, posted a photo on Facebook last week of him gett…
Two COVID-19 deaths were reported by the Public Health – Idaho North Central District on Monday, bringing the five-county area’s pandemic deat…
Saturday, April 03, 2021
Even though COVID-19 cases are down from their peak levels from a few months ago and vaccinations are becoming widespread, the top infectious …
Whitman County’s recent surge in COVID-19 cases prompted the Whitman County Department of Public Health to issue an emergency order Friday cla…
NEW YORK — Add travel to the activities vaccinated Americans can safely enjoy again, according to new U.S. guidance issued Friday.
Friday, April 02, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic hit small community colleges in rural areas particularly hard but some of the ways in which they adapted are likely to b…
BOISE — A federal judge should require an 87-year-old Idaho man to reveal whether he’s received the COVID-19 vaccine following his January law…
Thursday, April 01, 2021
OLYMPIA — Washington state is opening up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all residents age 16 and older starting April 15, Gov. Jay Inslee ann…
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed total U.S. deaths last year beyond 3.3 million, the nation’s highest annual death toll, the government reported W…
SEATTLE — As many college students return to campus for their spring term, some Washington schools are reporting another surge in COVID-19 cas…
The Nez Perce Tribe is advancing to COVID-19 protocols consistent with Stage 4 of Idaho’s reopening plan starting today, one phase ahead of th…
The 36th annual Art Under the Elms event at Lewis-Clark State College has been canceled, because of a limited response from vendors willing to…
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The 36th annual Art Under the Elms event at Lewis-Clark State College has been canceled because of the limited response from vendors willing t…
Washington Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, joined 22 of her House and Senate colleagues this week in urging a quick end to Gov. Jay Inslee’s coronav…
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
In-person classes will resume full time five days a week for kindergarten through 12th grade students in the Clarkston School District on Apri…
Daily COVID-19 tallies around the region continue to decline everywhere except Whitman County, which noted an increase with 73 new positive ca…
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Whitman County reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bumping its two-week total to 185 and prompting health officials to warn residents…
MOSCOW — The 2021 Moscow Renaissance Fair at East City Park has been canceled, marking the second straight year the fair will not take place b…
Friday, March 26, 2021
No new coronavirus deaths were reported in the region Thursday, and the number of new cases in most area counties was in the single digits.
Thursday, March 25, 2021
MOSCOW — The three Moscow residents arrested for not wearing masks and not social distancing last fall at a church singing event in the Moscow…
Anyone 16 or older is now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination in north central Idaho.
MOSCOW — With students having just started their first week of four-day in-person instruction since the start of the pandemic, the Moscow Scho…
SALEM, Ore. — State auditors say Oregon health officials’ failure to adequately prepare for COVID-19 likely contributed to some senior care ho…
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Public health officials in the region announced two more COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, one each in Lewis and Garfield counties.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Following passionate discussion Monday night about whether a Lewiston city mandate requiring face masks to prevent COVID-19 should be continue…
ASOTIN — Asotin County moved into Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan Monday, and county officials are encouraging residents to continue fol…
MOSCOW — After a heavily modified Moscow Farmers Market last year, the market, which starts May 1, is expected to look closer to normal this year.
There were only slight gains in COVID-19 cases around the region Monday and no deaths were reported.
