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Coeur d’Alene-based Kootenai Health has converted a classroom to a COVID-19 care unit in preparation for crisis standards of care. (Courtesy of Kootenai Health)

30 Idaho health organizations: Our health care workers can do this, but we need your help.

Sadly, scientific modeling confirms very worrisome COVID-19 scenarios in Idaho’s near future, write members of the Idaho Medical Association.

The Idaho Capital Sun has interviewed more than a dozen Idaho health care workers about what they’ve seen during this fourth surge, on the front lines of the war with COVID-19. (Courtesy of Getty Images)

Dispatches from Idaho’s front lines: ‘This patient isn’t leaving the hospital alive’

Idaho’s health care workers describe what it’s like going to war against COVID-19

The National Elk Refuge offers hunting opportunities for both bison and elk.

Interior Expands Access To Hunting, Fishing On Refuges

The U.S. Interior Department is expanding access to hunting and fishing on about 2.1 million acres of Fish and Wildlife Service land. That’s nearly the size of Yellowstone National Park. While hunters and anglers applaud the efforts, other conservation groups believe that refuges shouldn’t have hunting or angling at all.

ISU Women's Volleyball: A Season Update

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise on March 21, 2021. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)

Today in Idaho hospitals and COVID-19 (updated 9/5): Patients, ERs, ICUs

Get daily updates on Idaho hospital capacity, pediatric and adult COVID-19 hospitalizations

Idaho forced to ration medical care as hospitals buckle under COVID-19

‘Crisis standards’ will apply to North Idaho

Colin and Dart working together. Pain is the name of the game.

Idaho State Cross Country: World Class Opposition and Big Dreams

An Interview with Head Coach - Nate Houle

Jackie Galligan, preschool teacher and assistant director at Giraffe Laugh 4 center in Boise, spends some time playing with kids (Jim Max, for the Idaho Capital Sun).

‘A broken system’: Idaho child care providers say they need more help to keep costs down

Idaho is 1 of 4 states in the U.S. that does not provide state funds for pre-K programs

Montana, Utah Governors Spread Mask Misinformation As Schools Open And Delta Variant Surges

As the COVID-19 delta variant drives case counts to their highest levels in months, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte amplifies misinformation about the effectiveness of masks in schools.

This is a map recording the prevalence of self-reported obesity among U.S. adults by state since 2011. The number of states with high obesity among residents has nearly doubled since 2018, according to new data Wednesday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Courtesy of the CDC)

Putting on pandemic pounds: State obesity rates hit all-time highs

As recently as 2012, no state had an adult obesity rate above 35 percent. Now 16 states do.

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