Faced with a severe shortage of medical personnel due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and a dwindling blood supply, Idaho health officials have activated crisis care standards for the second time in less than a year. The Idaho Department of Public Health and Wellness on Monday promulgated crisis protocols for three southern public health […]
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BSU will maintain mask mandate, protocols as omicron spreads
Boise State University offers free COVID-19 vaccines outside Albertsons Stadium. Students and university staff will continue to follow the protocols that were in place last semester when they returned to class. Sarah A. Miller smiler@idahostatesman.com Boise State students and staff will still be required to wear masks and follow other COVID-19 mitigation protocols when they […]
Telehealth opens doors for treatment in northern Idaho
Angela Jepson has tried several drug treatment programs over the years, but recently she has found something that works. She receives treatment from Ideal Option, a provider with clinics throughout northern Idaho. She has been going there for about a year, regularly for the past six months, and has been able to obtain treatment by […]
Cities and counties in Idaho sign national opioid colonies
December 28, 2021 6:35 am Posted: December 28, 2021 6:35 am Update: December 28, 2021 10:06 AM BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Each of Idaho’s 44 counties and 24 eligible cities will participate in national opioid regulations, potentially bringing in $ 119 million to the state, the Republican attorney general said on Monday. Idaho, Lawrence Wasden. […]
Idaho Cities and Counties Sign National Opioid Regulations | Idaho News
By KEITH RIDLER, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Each of Idaho’s 44 counties and 24 eligible cities will participate in national opioid regulations, potentially bringing in $ 119 million to the state, the Republican attorney general said on Monday. Idaho, Lawrence Wasden. He said counties and cities had agreed to sign the $ 26 […]
Idaho farms flourished as the United States sought to pay immigrant workers less. What happened next | Southern Idaho Agriculture News
BY RACHEL SPACEK AND MELISSA MONTALVO Statesman of Idaho Thousands of Idaho immigrant workers who are part of a work visa program will get small pay increases in 2022 after the Trump-era wage freeze is lifted. The US Department of Agriculture released its annual Farm Workforce Survey last month, which is used to determine the […]
Idaho Expands COVID-19 Wastewater Testing
IDAHO – As the omicron variant of COVID-19 emerges in states across the United States, Idaho is investing in a way to test for COVID-19 in wastewater. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is using federal money to fund labs to analyze sewage samples statewide. This is something the town of Boise has been […]
Idaho Cities Reflect On What To Do With COVID Vaccines For Staff
The number of positive COVID-19 cases has risen sharply in Idaho in recent weeks. As of Monday, Idaho’s seven-day moving average of new cases stood at 358.9 per day, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Despite the laughe, some cities in Ada and Canyon counties have said they will not require COVID-19 […]
These Idaho Cities Had the Fastest U.S. Growth Rate Between 2019-2020
About 70.5% of Idaho’s people lived in cities in 2020, up from 61.2% in 1980, according to the Idaho Department of Labor. BOISE, Idaho – Idaho continues to grow statewide, with the fastest growing population in the country between 2019-2020. Much of this growth, however, has occurred in urban areas of Idaho. About 70.5% of […]
Two Idaho Cities Top New York Times List of Worst COVID-19 Outbreaks | Local
Nicole Blanchard Statesman of Idaho BOISE – Two cities in Idaho topped the New York Times list for the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the past two weeks, showing dozens of people per 100,000 residents infected with the virus every day. According to the New York Times COVID-19 interactive dashboard, which tracks city-level deaths and case […]
Idaho Cities Continue Strong Population Growth in 2019 – Dailyfly.com Lewis-Clark Valley Community
Press release | Idaho Department of Labor Twin Falls’s population increase from 2018 to 2019 has reached a milestone, making it the eighth city in Idaho to have more than 50,000 residents, according to recently released data from the US Census Bureau. The cities of Idaho continue to be magnets attracting people from out-of-state and […]