March 12, 2021
As Idaho Falls enters its ninth decade of professional baseball in the Pioneer League, 2021 will be its second year as an independent team the first coming in 1985 between Major League Baseball affiliations with the Oakland A’s and Atlanta Braves.
Hospital board hears COVID-19 updates
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)-Regional hospitals report the number of new COVID-19 cases is improving slightly, despite fears of a surge of disease after the holidays.
Eastern Idaho Public Health officials speculate there may be several possible reasons for the improvement. First, they suspect the general public recognized the threat of the virus on hospitals and did their best to avoid spread of the disease. Officials also point out that at least 10% of the local population has already been exposed, lowering new case numbers. And, they suspect the holiday school break may have helped slow spread of the virus.
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Gravestone of Buck Anthony Garner (1991-2011)
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) - During the holiday season, there may be a big void in the time we spend with our loved ones.
For Idaho Falls resident Jacob Garner, Christmas Day is a tragic reminder of what he has lost. It is the nine year anniversary of his brother, Buck Anthony Garner s tragic murder.
The 20-year old was stabbed in a fight early Christmas morning in 2011.
Doctors pronounced him dead at the Idaho Regional Medical Center.
Jacob says this time of year brings about a level of stress for him and his family.
Updated: 8:57 PM MST December 23, 2020
REXBURG, Idaho An Idaho couple that had been married for over 48 years died from the coronavirus within five days of each other earlier this month.
Debbie Morgan died on Dec. 15 while her husband, Craig Morgan, passed away on Dec. 20.
Doctors had diagnosed Craig Morgan with the coronavirus on Dec. 11 and admitted him to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on the same day his wife died.
Debbie Morgan had spent the last two years residing at an assisted living center while being treated for multiple sclerosis. She had contracted the coronavirus in November.
Craig and Debbie had met at the formerly-named Ricks College in 1971 and married the following year.
Another 4,000 doses of two newly approved COVID-19 vaccines are expected to come to eastern Idaho this week, a health district spokeswoman told the Post Register on Tuesday.
Mimi Taylor with Eastern Idaho Public Health said the largely rural eight-county part of the state is expecting 975 doses of Pfizerâs vaccine and 3,000 doses of Modernaâs vaccine. Last week, the district expected 975 doses of Pfizerâs vaccine. Thatâs among the 28,000 Moderna doses that Gov. Brad Little said the state expects to receive by weekâs end.
The allocation is much higher than last week, when health care workers were first inoculated with the very limited initial doses of Pfizer/BioNTechâs vaccine outside of a medical trial. Week twoâs allocation includes Modernaâs new COVID-19 vaccine, which the FDA approved for emergency use on Friday, but reduced allocations of Pfizerâs vaccine have slowed a lengthy distribution process that has prioritized health care wor