The CEO of the Idaho Hospital Association said today that the pool of OB-GYN applicants at Idaho hospitals has fallen to nearly half of what it once was, if hospitals have any applicants at all.
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Don Henderson spent his time in a secluded cabin. He’d take his partner on walks that wind up being hikes up a mountain.

“He made life an adventure, and I’m not an adventurous type,” his partner said. Police said he was one of the men killed in North ID.
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An Idaho suicide prevention leader called the report “a damning indictment on the state of Idaho’s coroner and forensics system on many levels.”
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Like most out West, I believe deeply in the importance of public land. I also know that not everyone feels as welcome on it as I have my whole life. Join me on a hike with Big Gal Backpackers Boise, a group working to make more folks feel like they belong boisestatepublicradio.org/sports-recreat…

.Boise PD has made a webpage where reports — which previously weren't easily accessible — are released after a police shooting is investigated. This comes after the Idaho Statesman made repeated requests for such a system.

(local journalism for the win)
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Since 2021, almost half-a-dozen people suffering from a mental health crisis have been killed by police in Ada County.

Jeremy Banach was one of them.

So what happens & who responds when someone in crisis calls the police? My latest works to answer that:
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BREAKING: #Idaho 's execution of Thomas Creech was halted at 10:58 a.m. after prison officials were unable to establish an IV for his execution. Death warrant to expire. More coming. #deathpenalty

A theme in debates happening in #idleg this session: There is a huge deficit in the understanding of health and mortality data and documentation in Idaho, in the U.S., as held by private or government custodians, and the mechanics of how this information moves through the world.

More grizzlies in Idaho? Federal proposal could make it happen as Republicans push delisting idahostatesman.com/outdoors/artic…

You can snowshoe with a rental dog in Idaho. 🐶🦮❄️

Story by Nicole Blanchard

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For the 2nd time this month, McClatchy and the Idaho Statesman failed to pay their employees on time.

McClatchy has an obligation to bargain with its workers over changes in working conditions. It has failed to meet this basic legal requirement, and we will not stand for it.

Currently, the only crime punishable by death in Idaho is murder. The bill would include lewd conduct with a child younger than 12 as punishable by death.
It's worth note that hundreds of lewd conduct with a child charges are filed every year. blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2024/01/17/bil… #idleg

Law enforcement officers in Idaho shot and killed 13 people in 2023, making last year one of the deadliest for police shootings.

Nicole Blanchard and I looked through the numbers dating back to 2000 and updated our database. Here's what we found:
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I spoke with Ben Goldfarb about a beloved piece of Idaho history: the parachuting beavers. He offered some context on the experiment and how it may have impacted beaver numbers today
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I'm so proud of Idaho Statesman's latest collab with ProPublica, a project incorporating literally hundreds of voices all across Idaho.

The state hasn’t done an official assessment of school building conditions in 30 years. So we tried to fill the gap. idahostatesman.com/news/local/edu…

Breaking: Saint Alphonsus' big Boise hospital is no longer certified as a trauma center by its national accrediting organization.

For two days, the health system would not answer our questions about whether they had lost certification. Details here:
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If you’re tired of complaining about the state of the news industry and want to DO something, we could use your help Voces Internship of Idaho this #GivingTuesday

Almost 2 years in, and I firmly believe that helping even ONE journalism student in one lil state can change everything

Today marks one year since the deaths of the #Idaho4 , w/ Shaun Goodwin. Story includes an interactive timeline of the investigation and prosecution of #BryanKohberger by Nicole Blanchard.

(4/5) Here's a Canyon County guide written by me and Angela Palermo

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(2/5) So here's a voting guide to this November's Ada County election written by Ian M Stevenson, Rachel Spacek and Angela Palermo

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