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Help send Idaho Make-A-Wish kids on their dream trips

Help send Idaho Make-A-Wish kids on their dream trips

  Today is a big day at 670 KBOI and CBS 2 News as we partner with Make-A-Wish Idaho to help grant wishes for Idaho children battling life-threatening medical conditions. Our Wishes-in-Flight telethon is an annual event that helps raise money to send those children and their families on a dream trip of a lifetime!…

Mountain West Could Be Gearing Up To Play Football This Fall

Mountain West Could Be Gearing Up To Play Football This Fall

  Momentum appears to be building for Boise State and the Mountain West to possibly play football this fall after all. According to Stadium College Football reporter Brett McMurphy, the league is “aggresively exploring” the possibility of playing an eight-game fall season with a championship game on Dec. 19. The report came after a crazy…

Mountain West Could Be Gearing Up To Play Football This Fall

Mountain West Could Be Gearing Up To Play Football This Fall

  Momentum appears to be building for Boise State and the Mountain West to possibly play football this fall after all. According to Stadium College Football reporter Brett McMurphy, the league is “aggressively exploring” the possibility of playing an eight-game fall season with a championship game on Dec. 19. The report came after a crazy…

Wednesday 9/16/20 

Wednesday 9/16/20 

Wednesday 9/16/20   Tuesday 9/15/20 Idaho is reporting 35,532 total cases of #IdahoCovid19 (including 253 new today) and 419 deaths to date (4 new today). Monday 9/14/20   Friday 9/11/20     Thursday 9/10/20     Wednesday 9/9/20 Idaho is reporting 33,981 total cases of #IdahoCovid19 (including 240 new today) and 389 deaths to date (4 new today). Details…

Sheriff: 2-year-old boy missing in Eagle; dive team winding down search

Sheriff: 2-year-old boy missing in Eagle; dive team winding down search

  A 2-year-old boy has gone missing in Eagle. And now, the Ada County Sheriff’s Office says the dive team’s search for Rory Pope in the Legacy Neighborhood, is winding down due to darkness. CBS2 reports the search will be back on first thing Thursday morning. Police, fire, and folks in the community have been…

Excessive Heat Warning in Effect Through Tuesday

Excessive Heat Warning in Effect Through Tuesday

  A “dangerous” and long-duration heat wave is building across the West through much of this week. The heat will move into our region today with potentially record breaking heat for the Treasure Valley Monday. An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect through Tuesday evening at 9pm with dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to…

Kuna School District to postpone start of 2020 school year

Kuna School District to postpone start of 2020 school year

  Another school domino has fallen. Kuna School District leaders decided to postpone the start of the 2020 school year in a meeting Tuesday evening. CBS 2 News reports, School will now start Monday, August 31st. The district is implementing a hybrid in-person/online schedule that will consist of different groups of students going to school…

Idaho housing authorities receive $1.1 million in funding

Idaho housing authorities receive $1.1 million in funding

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Monday that Idaho housing authorities have received $1.1 million in funding to assist during the COVID-19 pandemic. HUD says the the funding will be used to help low income families using House Choice vouchers. CBS 2 News reports, the funding was made available via the CARES…

58% of Idaho’s COVID-19 deaths linked to long-term care facilities

58% of Idaho’s COVID-19 deaths linked to long-term care facilities

  State officials said during Tuesday’s AARP telephone conference that 58% of Idaho’s COVID-19 deaths have been linked to long-term care facilities. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says the state is working with long term care facilities on creating more robust infection control programs. Of the state’s 210 deaths related to the disease,…