Thursday, January 01, 2026

All 44 Idaho counties had a COVID-19 case last week

TWIN FALLS — The number of weekly COVID-19 cases has held flat in Idaho for the last month.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic turns Magic Valley meat industry upside down

Spring is typically the slow season for Idaho custom meat processors like Don Scarrow
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Magic Valley rocked by earthquake: Stanley, near epicenter, appears to be OK

STANLEY — A large earthquake struck central Idaho Tuesday evening, with people across the state reporting shaking.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Funeral homes might face capacity challenges as COVID-19 spreads

TWIN FALLS — Idaho reported its first coronavirus deaths Thursday. The grim reality is that the pandemic might cause an uptick in deaths in the Magic Valley soon. That uptick could bring challenges for mortuaries.
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Old TF clinic building has new owners with big plans

TWIN FALLS — The old clinic and hospital on Shoshone Street has a new owner who plans on gutting the building and turning it into a charter school. The project will also include two apartment complexes, built next door on what are currently parking lots. Those apartment buildings will cost …
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COVID-19 closures hammer Blaine County tourism: Community works to aid workers

KETCHUM — Blaine County’s economy has come to a screeching halt. Many businesses in the tourism-reliant community have gone weeks with little to no revenue, and service industry workers — many of whom live paycheck-to-paycheck — don’t know where to turn.
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Nursing college will have to find a new Twin Falls home

TWIN FALLS — Nightingale College, a Utah-based online college with 56 students in the Magic Valley, will soon have to leave the county offices and find a new classroom.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO