The city of Clarkston is going to ease up on late fees for tardy sewer and garbage payments for the next six months in light of the economic punch anticipated from COVID-19 layoffs and closures.
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Hundreds of people have lost their jobs in north central Idaho since health officials began recommending people limit social contact to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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As people social distance themselves and choose to stay home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, social media makes it easy to keep in touch with others. But the communication platforms also spur the spread of misinformation.
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GRANGEVILLE — The Grangeville City Council joined a host of other local entities Thursday by declaring a local disaster emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BOISE — A day that featured minimal bill action, plenty of caucus meetings and multiple procedural delays was upended Thursday afternoon by yet another COVID-19 announcement.
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Potlatch joined other school districts in north central Idaho after administrators announced its schools would close today because of concerns over the coronavirus.
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The University of Idaho has canceled its spring commencement ceremonies for its Moscow, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Falls and Boise locations because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
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Potlatch joined other school districts in north central Idaho after administrators announced its schools would close today because of concerns over the coronavirus.
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Brian Taylor, a 2010 Lewiston High School graduate, recently was promoted to become the offensive coordinator for the College of Idaho football team. Taylor, who’d been a receivers coach for the Yotes the past three years, replaced Mike Cody, who had left to take an assistant’s job at UC Davis.
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The Lewiston and Lapwai school districts made the sudden decision Sunday to close schools today as a precautionary measure aimed at slowing local spread of the coronavirus.
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After a tumultuous 2012 season that occasioned the bitter departure of a star receiver, Washington State football players or former players have rarely expressed pointed criticism of Mike Leach’s unorthodox coaching methods.
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For decades, Lewiston High School has been a school for 10th- through 12th-graders, which meant freshmen could be Jenifer Burros or Sacajawea Braves in some sports — and Bengals in others.
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Dave Jeppesen, the director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, said he recommends keeping K-12 schools in the state open at this time despite concerns over the coronavirus.
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School superintendents in southeastern Washington scrambled Friday to scrape together emergency plans following the announcement from Gov. Jay Inslee that all public and private schools in the state will shut down by Tuesday and stay closed through April 24 in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
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As the nation grappled with the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, the local sports scene took some hits on the collegiate level Thursday, while high schools mostly remained status quo.
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As the nation grappled with the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, the local sports scene took some hits on the collegiate level Thursday, while high schools mostly remained status quo.
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Lewiston City Councilor John Bradbury tried to use the coronavirus outbreak to argue for his desire to make Lewiston a strong-mayor city Monday night, but the city’s fire chief said the local form of government has no bearing on regional preparations for the disease.
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LAPWAI — In the living room of Bob and Loretta Sobotta’s home, about a mile north of this small town on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, a framed black-and-white photograph evokes an aspect of Lapwai that no longer exists.
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After the Washington State women’s basketball team began the 2019-20 by winning its first four games, it might have been difficult to envision the season’s eventual conclusion — an eight-game losing streak and an 11-20 overall mark.
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YAKIMA — The Clarkston boys’ basketball team fought until the bitter end during Saturday’s Washington Class 2A state championship game against third-seeded North Kitsap. But as senior Alex Italia’s last-second 3-point attempt came careening off the iron as time expired, the seventh-seeded Bantams fell 56-53 in heartbreaking fashion at the …
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CALDWELL, Idaho — Whitepine League Division I stalwarts Lapwai and Potlatch — the state’s top two ranked teams for the past two months — seemed destined to close out their combative season series with a final, state-tournament showdown.
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A little more than a week after the federal government unvieled its massive draft environmental impact statement on the Columbia River Hydropower System and its effects on salmon and steelhead, some interest groups are asking for more time to formulate their public comments and questioning if public hearings should be …
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BOISE — Moscow — using its length all around, a staunch defense and proficient shooting — stormed back from a 10-point deficit and made Idaho Class 4A state tournament opponent Minico play the Bears’ style of basketball.
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CALDWELL, Idaho — James Bodily, North Gem’s 6-foot-2 standout guard, likes nothing more than a clean euro-step layup on a fast break. But in the Rocky Mountain Conference, teams were starting to get used to it.
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Larson Anderson took charge as coach for the Grangeville boys’ basketball team this season. Before that, he built the Bulldog girls into perennial state competitors for 21 years. Anderson helped the girls reach the state tournament eight times in the past 10 seasons.
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BOISE — State officials are asking for public cooperation in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, saying it’s just a matter of time before the disease reaches Idaho.
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Showing symptoms similar to those that present for the novel coronavirus doesn’t automatically result in health care officials testing for the disease in Washington and Idaho.
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