COVID-19

Here we go again? The plot thickened Tuesday when Boise Mayor, Lauren McLean, announced new COVID-19 policies for events this fall, and it felt a little like 2020 might be happening all over again. But this is why it won't.

You may have to replan your shopping trip to Walmart this week.

Idaho hospitals reaching crisis standards of care among factors leading to the decision.

The crisis standards of care will remain in effect until there are sufficient resources to provide the usual standard of care to all patients.

This is something no parent wants to hear. Idaho is seeing a surge in COVID cases in babies and toddlers, and the most likely cause is the delta variant. There is one thing parents are being asked to do to protect them.

Will the mask requirement hurt attendance at home games?

The new Delta Variant regarding COVID-19 continues to grow and that brings up questions about the booster shot. Who can get one and when? Some hospitals taking appointments now.

Hotel rooms under a hundred bucks per night are almost impossible to find in Boise right now, and, in fact, two hundred seems a little more like it. People who visit the Treasure Valley really want to be here.

If you see a shopper at Albertson's wearing a certain color of wristband, that person is sending a post-pandemic signal that they would be cool with it if you got really excited about bananas and wanted to offer a fist bump. Oh, trends.

2020 was one of the largest fireworks years in the history of people who sold them. This year could be the same, but without a lot of fireworks. The shortage is coming.