In a Thursday meeting marked by desperate hospital capacity reports, a leading eastern Idaho doctor told regional health officials that the state is "getting very close to initiating" an extreme resource-conservation plan meant to divvy up care to patients based on who is likely to survive.
BOISE — Gov. Brad Little said Wednesday that Idaho stands “at a precipice,” with the state’s “phenomenal” economic gains all at risk because of the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic.
Each day Kenneth Krell is working at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center’s intensive care unit, he and a respiratory therapist will check on the patients who are on high-flow oxygen.
More and more eastern Idahoans are being infected with the novel coronavirus. But, when, where and how should you get tested?
A push for people to become pen pals of long-term care residents is expanding across the state.
On Black Friday, eastern Idaho surpassed 100 deaths from COVID-19.
Two of three major hospitals in eastern Idaho are offering a new treatment meant to prevent severe complications from COVID-19.
BOISE — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin on Tuesday touted a proposal she’s crafted to funnel millions of the state’s CARES Act funds to a Nevada company for technology including “walk-through disinfectant cubes” to be installed at the state Capitol.
If you'll be at the dinner table with people you don't live with this week, research from the University of Idaho can help you gauge how likely you are to bump into someone who has COVID-19.
Jason Steinke's six-foot-something frame was slouched as he sat across the table from his wife’s brushed metal urn.
Not long after the world learned that President Donald Trump had lost his reelection bid, states began issuing a new round of crackdowns and emergency declarations against the surging coronavirus.
Good news: Vaccines are on the horizon.
In an interview with the Post Register on Thursday, White House staffer John Fleming endorsed a COVID-19 control strategy of issuing few state restrictions, having local governments handle the bulk of mandates and using a light touch on enforcement — all similar to the approach Idaho Gov. Br…
The day before Halloween, Jose Favela settled into his routine.
While Bonneville nears the critical-risk level for coronavirus spread, the Idaho Falls Fire Chief issued a somber, straightforward call to action to regional health officials on Thursday.
BOULDER, Colo. — Brady Bowman, a 19-year-old student at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and two friends strolled down 11th Street, all sporting matching neck gaiters branded with the Thomas’ English Muffins logo. He had received an entire box of the promotional gaiters.
By Wednesday night, Eastern Idaho Public Health had already reported 15 new COVID-19 deaths, the most ever reported in a single week, according to the Post Register’s tracking of public health data. That news comes as the region’s rate of new cases is at a record high.
With six more COVID-19 deaths reported on Tuesday, eastern Idaho health officials have reported a total of 10 new COVID-19 deaths this week.
Eastern Idaho Public Health reported for COVID-19 deaths on Monday. In total, 77 eastern Idahoans have died from the virus, according to the health district.
Eastern Idaho Public Health will begin offering free, rapid COVID-19 testing for students and school district employees throughout the region.
BOISE — A rising tide of COVID-19 cases is straining health care facilities across the United States. In Treasure Valley hospitals, a major spike in COVID-19 cases means shortages of nurses, physicians and certified nursing assistants, a trend that is already cutting what kind of health care…
Last Saturday, the first question this column posed was “Did the (region’s) spike slow?”
BOISE — Gov. Brad Little announced Friday he’s moving Idaho back to Stage 2 of reopening as COVID-19 cases swell across the state, and mobilizing the Idaho National Guard to aid in the state’s response.
Bingham Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit in Blackfoot was full last Friday, southeastern Idaho health officials learned Thursday. It had four regular patients and one COVID-19 patient at that time.
A second county in eastern Idaho has reached the critical-risk level, the highest of four risk levels that Eastern Idaho Public Health uses to evaluate the rate at which coronavirus is spreading in different areas.
Health officials are preparing to distribute a batch of rapid coronavirus tests to staff and residents of corrections facilities and county jails who show symptoms of COVID-19.
More eastern Idaho counties are seeing COVID-19 cases rise rapidly as the steep surge worsens, yet again, eroding gains from slight declines late last month.
Utah’s governor went on statewide TV on Sunday night and announced a new emergency order as COVID-19 cases swell in his state, including a statewide mask mandate, a halt to all informal social gatherings and extracurricular school activities, and weekly testing of asymptomatic college studen…
The spike of new coronavirus cases in Madison County that's been driven by young people, between 18 and 29 years old — which elevated eastern Idaho's unprecedented surge status last month, and made the Rexburg area a state hotspot and national hotspot — hasn't strained health care capacity a…
Bonneville Joint School District 93 has modified its coronavirus plan to set clear internal benchmarks for when students would stop attending in-person classes four days a week.
Eastern Idaho Public Health’s board on Thursday moved rural Lemhi County into the critical-risk level — the highest, but largely symbolic, risk level in the health board’s four-tier coronavirus response plan — after its cases ballooned in recent weeks and stressed its local hospital with mor…
However you look at it, October was a bad month for COVID-19 in eastern Idaho.
People with COVID-19 can still vote on election day, it’ll just be different, said Brenda Prudent, Bonneville County Elections Supervisor.
REXBURG — For months, off and on, Loretta Byington hasn’t been able to see five of her seven adult children who live just miles away from her.
In a Thursday visit to Idaho Falls, White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx told public officials that testing and mask use must become more widespread in eastern Idaho, according to Eastern Idaho Public Health Director Geri Rackow.
White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx visited Idaho Falls on Thursday, Idaho Gov. Brad Little's press office confirmed Friday morning.
As of Thursday, eastern Idaho has already broken a single-week record number of reported COVID-19 deaths, eclipsing the mark set last week.
Eastern Idaho Public Health reported five more Bonneville County residents have died from COVID-19, pushing the county’s pandemic death toll to 35 and the region’s to 48 since the pandemic started.
Eastern Idaho Public Health on Tuesday reported two more Bonneville County residents have died from COVID-19, one of whom was a man in his 30s.
Debates about whether to buck or abide by public health guidelines for coronavirus isolation policies have mirrored other feuds about pandemic-related restrictions.
Gov. Brad Little’s decision Monday to move Idaho back to a stricter stage of COVID-19 protections provoked a mix of reactions from other political leaders, with one Democratic senator saying he hadn’t done enough while some Republicans criticized Little from the right, accusing him of overre…
BOISE — Gov. Brad Little announced Monday that Idaho will move back to Stage 3 of its reopening, after remaining in Stage 4 since June, due to coronavirus spread and “alarming” capacity questions at Idaho hospitals. The governor stopped short of issuing a statewide mask mandate, though healt…
BOISE — Gov. Brad Little announced today that Idaho will move back to Stage 3 of its reopening, after remaining in Stage 4 since June, due to coronavirus spread and “alarming” capacity questions at Idaho hospitals. The governor stopped short of issuing a statewide mask mandate, though health…
On the heels of eastern Idaho health officials’ move away from more coronavirus-related restrictions, the region had the deadliest week yet.
While a virus surge infects more eastern Idahoans, sends more to the hospital, and kills more, regional health officials are trying to get more people to voluntarily comply with public health guidelines and mandates.
BOISE — The Idaho Education Association has created a hotline for teachers to anonymously report situations or activities that might risk the health of students and staff.
Modeling from the University of Idaho estimates about one in 30 eastern Idahoans have COVID-19 and are actively spreading the virus, a figure that displays the magnitude of the region’s mounting caseload.
Public officials are urging people to accept "personal responsibility" to adhere to health guidelines as new coronavirus cases in Idaho see a resurgence unlike ever before.
It’s happened before.
Metrics continue to be assessed every two weeks
As your state representative, I have effectively advanced the conservative, family-centered platform you elected me to carry out. Bills I sponsored and passed during recent legislative sessions include: a bill to allow local school boards to hire retired law enforcement officers to provide s…
BLACKFOOT – On Aug. 19, 1930, Joan Mansor Blessinger was born to Leo and Nellie Mansor at the home of her grandparents, Harry and Minnie Trego, in Groveland. She was raised in Blackfoot with her brother Don.
