TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) - Six of the eight counties in the South Central Public Health District are now in the regarding COVID-19 cases.Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls counties are all listed in the critical risk level, with Camas County in the high risk level. Blaine County not included, as it uses different metrics.During a Thursday afternoon press release Melody Bowyer, SCPHD director, said the agency has been working educate people to keep the hospitals from be coming overwhelmed.“At this point, I am making a plea, help us do your part, wear a mask,...…TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) - Six of the eight counties in the South Central Public Health District are now in the regarding COVID-19 cases.Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls counties are all listed in the critical risk level, with Camas County in the high risk level. Blaine County not included, as it uses different metrics.During a Thursday afternoon press release Melody Bowyer, SCPHD director, said the agency has been working educate people to keep the hospitals from be coming overwhelmed.“At this point, I am making a plea, help us do your part, wear a mask,...WW…

BOISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) - Gov. Brad Little signed a Monday afternoon moving Idaho back into a modified Stage 3 of the as healthcare facilities throughout the state face alarming demand and capacity constraints due to increasing COVID-19 spread.“Hospitals throughout the state are quickly filling up or are already full with COVID-19 patients and other patients, and way too many healthcare workers are out sick with COVID-19,” Governor Little said.Little talks about Idaho hospitals being inundated with COVID-19 cases and specifically the impact on military veterans.Idaho Gov. Brad Little is...…BOISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) - Gov. Brad Little signed a Monday afternoon moving Idaho back into a modified Stage 3 of the as healthcare facilities throughout the state face alarming demand and capacity constraints due to increasing COVID-19 spread.“Hospitals throughout the state are quickly filling up or are already full with COVID-19 patients and other patients, and way too many healthcare workers are out sick with COVID-19,” Governor Little said.Little talks about Idaho hospitals being inundated with COVID-19 cases and specifically the impact on military veterans.Idaho Gov. Brad Little is...WW…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Governor Brad Little announced Idaho will continue to stay in stage 4, for now the 5th time Thursday.Little says we are in a better place economically than we were in March, as more people go back to work, however, as of Wednesday, about 11.1% Of people tested are found positive for coronavirus. The state’s goal was to get that rate below 5 percent.He also says the statewide metrics are looking better, saying there is a “sufficient number of health care workers, PPE, ventilators and ICU beds.”“We’re meeting the demands for testing our health care workers, we’re seeing...…BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Governor Brad Little announced Idaho will continue to stay in stage 4, for now the 5th time Thursday.Little says we are in a better place economically than we were in March, as more people go back to work, however, as of Wednesday, about 11.1% Of people tested are found positive for coronavirus. The state’s goal was to get that rate below 5 percent.He also says the statewide metrics are looking better, saying there is a “sufficient number of health care workers, PPE, ventilators and ICU beds.”“We’re meeting the demands for testing our health care workers, we’re seeing...WW…

JEROME, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) - Idaho State Police is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Thursday morning between Wendell and Bliss on Interstate 84.An unidentified driver was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-84 around 1:30 a.m. The unidentified driver struck two eastbound semi-trucks. All three vehicles were engulfed in flames.Eastbound lanes were blocked for nearly 10 hours. Idaho Transportation Department put in place a detour. The westbound lanes were blocked for approximately an hour to allow traffic that was stuck behind the crash was turned around.Eastbound I-84 was...…JEROME, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) - Idaho State Police is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Thursday morning between Wendell and Bliss on Interstate 84.An unidentified driver was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-84 around 1:30 a.m. The unidentified driver struck two eastbound semi-trucks. All three vehicles were engulfed in flames.Eastbound lanes were blocked for nearly 10 hours. Idaho Transportation Department put in place a detour. The westbound lanes were blocked for approximately an hour to allow traffic that was stuck behind the crash was turned around.Eastbound I-84 was...WW…