Tagged: covid idaho

September 1, 2021

Little reactivates Idaho National Guard, urges vaccine

By Reader Staff

Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced Aug. 31 that he would once again mobilize the Idaho National Guard to assist in the COVID-19 crisis — this time to …

Cornavirus / COVID-19 / Featured / News

December 22, 2020

Idaho officials ponder vaccination queue

By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff

Now that vaccines for COVID-19 have made their way to Idaho, health and government officials are working on how to most fairly and effectively distribute …

Cornavirus / COVID-19 / News in Brief

November 25, 2020

COVID-19 cases continue to rise, along with tensions over mask orders

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

The Panhandle Health District, covering the five northernmost counties in Idaho, reported 248 new cases of COVID-19 on Nov. 24, bringing the regional total to …

Cornavirus / COVID-19 / Featured / News

November 25, 2020

Education, not enforcement

By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

When the Panhandle Health District voted in favor of a mask mandate for the five northern Idaho counties on Nov. 19, the …

Cornavirus / COVID-19 / Health / News

October 29, 2020

COVID-19 update

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

Idaho has made national headlines in the past week both for its dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases — part of a nationwide trend of increased …

Cornavirus / COVID-19 / News / News in Brief

July 16, 2020

PHD changes testing protocol as local COVID-19 cases climb

By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

Panhandle Health District announced that beginning July 14, people seeking tests for the novel coronavirus should use their primary care provider. Moving …

Cornavirus / COVID-19 / Featured / News / News in Brief

July 9, 2020

Budgets on local, state level shift to meet COVID-19 challenges

By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff

Nearly four months after the state of Idaho began responding in earnest to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sandpoint City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton …