Movie buffs got some good news on Thursday — theaters will be reopening sooner than expected. On May 28, Gov. Brad Little announced that Idaho would advance to Stage Three of the state’s economic reopening plan. Little also advanced the reopening of ...
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Steve Wilson, president and CEO of the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce from 2011 to 2019, has received the chamber’s 2020 Kyle M. Walker Champion of Tourism Award. Wilson took his first Coeur d’Alene tourism position in 1984 and has been a mainstay for the ...
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Tourists are welcome to come and keep their distance in Valley County. After the unfolding of Idaho’s ground zero for COVID-19 centered on Sun Valley, the tourist towns of Valley County issued a press release begging people to stay away. ...
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May marked the announcement of first-quarter earnings for many of the nation’s retailers, which has uncovered a lot of the damage done by shutting down non-essential commerce. Post-pandemic bankruptcy filings to date include a number of well-known brands: Hertz, J. ...
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Nordstrom announced the permanent closure of 16 stores during the first week of May, but so far its discount Nordstrom Rack brand has not been affected. The Nordstrom Rack store in Boise Towne Square reopened on May 21. There is no ...
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The most useful tool in the emergency-response tool box exists because California catches on fire every year. This tool is absolutely free and anyone can use it. From the Governor’s office down to the smallest volunteer ambulance corps, everyone is on ...
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Idaho’s largest water park is out to show that playing in the water can be safe from spreading COVID-19. Keeping its water cleaner than clean is part of its strategy. Because the number of COVID-19 cases has steadily declined, water ...
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A laboratory studying COVID-19 recently published research that incorporates thousands of antibody tests collected by the Crush the Curve Idaho organization in the Boise area. Why is this important? Because many tests for COVID-19 have been faulty, unreliable or inaccurate. ...
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COVID-19’s impacts are still rippling across many industries, and the self-employed, sole proprietors and independent contractors, who hustle for gigs in the best of times, are feeling the effects. Fortunately, a new third wave of small business grants will be ...
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Traffic on Idaho’s roads has been steadily increasing since its low point at the beginning of April, though it hasn’t recovered to the volumes measured before the COVID-19 pandemic. Average vehicle traffic on the state’s roads dropped 38% between the ...
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