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Two Cases of COVID-19 reported in Jefferson County; brings total cases in Eastern Idaho Public Health's Region to 6
(SE Idaho) — Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) (which serves Bonneville, Clark, Custer, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, and Teton counties), is confirming two cases of COVID-19 in Jefferson County. This brings…
6 myths about the new coronavirus
While the new coronavirus took time to make its way to Idaho, its presence in the state has dominated media coverage and casual conversation in the last week. It has led Boise Mayor Lauren McLean to order all bars …
Journal starts free daily bulletin board to provide community and business updates in wake of coronavirus outbreak
In an effort to keep the Southeast Idaho community updated on the latest coronavirus news, the Idaho State Journal has started a bulletin board that will be printed in the paper daily as well as be provided online …
House pets
I am reading in different sources that some people are taking their house pets to the animal shelter because they are afraid they will catch the norovirus from them. Simply put, these people are bleeping idiots. NO…
$2.5M for 'fast-tracked' COVID-19 heart and brain research
A $2.5 million research grant aiming to turn around results in a year or less will focus on how COVID-19 affects the heart and brain.
After heart attack, 51-year-old began singing a new tune
As the birthplace of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, the Seattle area became the epicenter of the grunge music scene throughout the 1990s. Laura Vanderpool was right in the thick of things, playing guitar and singing with s…
MVAHC asks Magic Valley residents to sew cloth face masks for home use during the COVID-19 pandemic
RUPERT — The Magic Valley Area Humanitarian Center has asked residents to step up and sew cloth face masks for home use — using supplies they already have — in response to the COVID-19 spread in the state.
Social distancing during the coronavirus? Try banking online
If the coronavirus has you self-isolating, you’re likely more concerned about staying in touch with loved ones and carefully planning your grocery excursions t…
Espalier: how to train plants for the tracery of branches
Espalier is a way of training and pruning plants so their branches lie in an orderly and ornamental two-dimensional form. The beauty comes from the tracery of …
Block, Smith are Times-News boys basketball small school co-players of the year
TWIN FALLS — Lighthouse Christian’s Casper Block and Camas County’s Trey Smith are different types of players. Block is a post player who controls the lane, and Smith dominates the perimeter.
Malloy: Fulcher: This is no time for fear or panic
The deteriorating economy, and hysteria over the coronavirus pandemic, is not what a sitting president should like to see in an election year.
Jerome landscaping ordinance moves back to discussion phase
JEROME — It’s been almost five years since the last time Jerome tried to pass a landscape ordinance requiring all new businesses to follow a streamlined protocol. That proposal never moved on because of concerns of…
Senators Who Led Pharma-Friendly Patent Reform Also Prime Targets For Pharma Cash
Early last year, as lawmakers vowed to curb rising drug prices, Sen. Thom Tillis was named chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on intellectual property rights, a committee that had not met sin…
Does Everyone Over 60 Need To Take The Same Coronavirus Precautions?
She knew it wasn’t a good idea and her daughter would disapprove. Nonetheless, Barbara Figge Fox, 79, recently went to four stores in Princeton, New Jersey, to shop for canned goods, paper towels, fresh fruit, yogu…
Idaho prep sports now shuttered 4 more weeks
High school athletes throughout the state of Idaho received another punch to the gut Monday, as the Idaho State Board of Education, in consultation with the health department and Gov. Brad Little’s office, mandated…