Saturday, January 25, 2025

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Community getting creative in helping struggling people, businesses

POCATELLO — Local architect Ted Booth plans to place a large lunch order from Tom's Gyros on Wednesday and will deliver the food to the staff at Physicians Immediate Health Care.
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Local schools forge ahead with remote instruction

POCATELLO — Schools throughout Eastern Idaho are now making the transition to remote learning, which has become their new normal for operating amid the coronavirus pandemic
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Local food pantries flooded with record demand

The First Baptist Church's food pantry had its busiest day ever on Thursday, as residents coping with recent unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic came out en masse seeking help.
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Health Department contacting businesses ignoring closure order

POCATELLO — Southeastern Idaho Public Health has been flooded lately with tips about local businesses that aren't following Gov. Brad Little's Wednesday afternoon order to shut down during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Idaho Department of Labor works to process 1,200 percent jump in unemployment claims

The Idaho Department of Labor faces a herculean task in processing a 1,200 percent surge in unemployment benefit claims filed during the week of March 15 to 21, compared with the prior week.
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PMC doctor says social distancing already having impact

POCATELLO — The region's emphasis on social distancing to curb the spread of COVID-19 has already caused a sharp decline in visits by patients with unrelated respiratory ailments at Portneuf Medical Center's emergency room.
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Local crafters doing their part amid pandemic

POCATELLO — Emily Housley sets up her sewing machine at the kitchen table to contribute toward protecting the public from a coronavirus pandemic.
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Senior center resumes meal service for delivery, carry-out

Despite having to shut its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Pocatello Senior Activity Center resumed a meal service Tuesday that provides critical nutrition to many elderly local residents.
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The Pocatello Greenhouse opens for business

POCATELLO — John Nelson finds himself in an unusual position for a businessman preparing for a grand opening: He's devising policies to keep big crowds away from The Pocatello Greenhouse.
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Reel theater curbside popcorn sale achieves blockbuster success

POCATELLO — Customers waited for up to two hours Saturday to buy to-go bags of popcorn from a family-owned movie theater seeking to generate revenue while its doors are closed because of coronavirus.
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DOCTOR TO THE HOMELESS: New Pocatello Free Clinic medical director helps to keep homeless shelter coronavirus free

POCATELLO — Doctor Georgia Milan has assumed the mantle of being the personal physician to the city's vulnerable homeless population amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Area potato farm gives away truckload of spuds at Pocatello City Hall

POCATELLO — An agronomist who works for a regional potato farm found a higher purpose for a truckload of seed potatoes that couldn't be delivered to a customer.
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Businesses at table in SE Idaho coronavirus command center

Matt Hunter spent much of Thursday working on a homework assignment he received earlier that morning, during a meeting of officials charged with orchestrating the region's coronavirus response.
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