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NNU tweaks fall semester schedule, announces Sept. 6 commencement
Face-to-face classes will begin Aug. 31. The fall semester will end a week early and Northwest Nazarene University will allow students who leave the Nampa campus for Thanksgiving break to complete fall classes online.
Ada County mask mandate will apply to schools
The Central District Health order will extend to public schools, including the West Ada and Boise districts, Boise State University and the College of Western Idaho’s Ada County campus.
Video: Talking school reopening, and more …
Kevin Richert joins Scott Leadingham of Northwest Public Broadcasting in Spokane, Wash., to talk about the hot Idaho education topics of the summer.
Luna sees Boise’s ‘socialist agenda’ as rallying point for Idaho GOP
“If we don’t stop this trend in Ada County, Boise is going to become the next Seattle and Ada is going to become the next King County,” the new state Republican Party chairman told Nicole Foy of the Idaho Statesman.
This week’s coronavirus trendline (7.24.20 edition)
Idaho reported its deadliest week in the coronavirus outbreak, but the state’s rapid increase in new cases showed some signs of leveling.
Ruling on transgender athletics law expected by August
Chief U.S. District Judge David Nye said he will expedite a ruling on the transgender athletics ban before fall sports tryouts begin, Nathan Brown of the Idaho Falls Post Register reported Wednesday.
Idaho reports another one-day peak in coronavirus deaths
The state reported nine COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, bringing the statewide death toll to 135.
Health officials sound alarm about coronavirus test rates
With roughly 15 percent of coronavirus tests coming back positive, a Treasure Valley health official is warning against reopening school this fall.
Reclaim Idaho: Court delays would leave K-12 initiative ‘dead in the water’
“The (federal) court simply gave Reclaim Idaho an opportunity — far from a sure thing — to meet Idaho’s rigorous standards to qualify its initiative for the fall ballot,” Reclaim Idaho attorneys wrote Tuesday.
Little, NCAA executive discuss Idaho’s transgender athletics ban
The NCAA will take up the first-in-the-nation transgender athletics ban in August. Critics are urging the NCAA to pull collegiate sporting events out of Idaho in protest.