By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Idaho launched a new website for people hoping to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, in an effort to offer a one-stop-shop to connect patients with those providing the shots. The...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Messages surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic in Idaho are becoming increasingly more optimistic, with Gov. Brad Little taking a tone of near-victory in a March 2 statement announcing a...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Hosted by the Panhandle Health District, Gov. Brad Little on Jan. 29 toured a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Bonner County Fairgrounds, where residents were queued up to receive...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In an updated timeline for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Idaho released Jan. 12, health officials are now prioritizing first responders, correctional facility staff and K-12 teachers and staff to...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Who has the authority to take the reins during a deadly pandemic? Elected officials — and citizens — across the state have wrestled with this question throughout the COVID-19...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Idaho’s “curve” of COVID-19 cases continues ever upward, with another 1,693 confirmed and probable cases logged Nov. 11 by state health care trackers, bringing the total to 77,121 since...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Aggressive community transmission and rapidly rising active case counts continue to plague Idaho as it navigates the novel coronavirus pandemic with an emphasis on local enactment and enforcement of...
By Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District, which oversees the five northernmost counties of Idaho, shared a public service announcement Oct. 28 urging its constituents to seek out the flu vaccine. “As if 2020...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Statewide cases of COVID-19, the illness resulting from the novel coronavirus, have continued to exceed previous levels of positivity since the global pandemic began in earnest in mid-spring 2020,...
By Reader Staff Bonner County experienced a notable upswing in COVID-19 cases through September, adding more than 120 cases from Sept. 1 to Sept. 30 for a total of 350 confirmed and probable cases...
