Tagged: idaho

Reader Quick Hits: May 19, 2020

Idaho counted 21 more confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 on May 19, pushing the state total to 2,476 since reporting began in mid-March. Follow the state coronavirus updates here. No new cases have...

Reader Quick Hits: May 1, 2020

Idaho added a combined 20 confirmed and probable cases of the coronavirus May 1, bringing the statewide total to 2,035 since March 12 when reporting began. A total of 63 Idahoans have died from...

Reader Quick Hits: Friday, April 24

Bonner County has held its number of lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 to four, with 59 cases in Kootenai County, according to the Panhandle Health District. Meanwhile, cases statewide have been on a steady upward trend...

Reader Quick Hits: Friday, April 17

Panhandle Health District reported April 17 that the number of lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Bonner County remains four. No deaths have been reported in the district and, according to state monitoring, social...

Is the coronavirus a ‘hoax’?

By Gabrielle Duebendorfer Reader Contributor I recently read “The Contagion of Fear” by Chuck Baldwin on Idaho District 1 Rep. Heather Scott’s face book page. The article claims coronavirus is a hoax creating panic...

Idaho Supreme court preserves grocery tax

By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Idaho’s 6-percent grocery tax will remain in effect following an Idaho Supreme Court decision. A battle between the Idaho legislative and executive branches ended in Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s...