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The Latest: Mask mandate lifted in Idaho area hit by virus

| October 22, 2020 7:03 PM

BOISE, Idaho — A regional health board in northern Idaho has voted narrowly to repeal a local mask mandate, acting moments after hearing how the region's hospital has been overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and is looking at sending people as far away as Seattle for care.

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