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With measles increasing, experts offer tips on how to avoid it
March 12, 2025 1 a.m.

With measles increasing, experts offer tips on how to avoid it

Measles is a respiratory disease caused by one of the world's most contagious viruses. It spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It most commonly affects kids. The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

Researchers find hint at how to delay Alzheimer's symptoms
April 2, 2025 1 a.m.

Researchers find hint at how to delay Alzheimer's symptoms

An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age. Researchers reported Wednesday that people who had a sticky gunk named amyloid removed from their brains for an average of eight years saw their risk of developing Alzheimer's symptoms cut in half — at least for now. Washington University in St. Louis is continuing the study in hopes of finding proof. Participating families worry that needed funding is caught in delays at the National Institutes of Health.

Offering a cup of cold water to the thirsty
April 2, 2025 1 a.m.

Offering a cup of cold water to the thirsty

In my little meditation book “Abide, ” which I am reading during this Lenten season, I came across a section titled, “What's Enough?” The author veers from the fear many of us have of “having enough” materially, to another take on enough. She inserts words like, “Do I have enough compassion? Gratitude? Integrity? Joy? Trust? Contentment?

Bill seeking to pull 10 seats from WWAMI passes Idaho House
March 15, 2025 1 a.m.

Bill seeking to pull 10 seats from WWAMI passes Idaho House

A bill to reduce at least 10 seats from Idaho’s partnership with the University of Washington medical school and other Western states advanced out of the House Thursday.

Senate kills funding for high-needs students
March 30, 2025 1 a.m.

Senate kills funding for high-needs students

The Idaho Senate on Tuesday narrowly killed a bill that would have provided $3 million to fund services for high-needs students.

WBCSD debuts homeschool academy plan for upcoming school year
March 22, 2025 1 a.m.

WBCSD debuts homeschool academy plan for upcoming school year

“We have some good things we want to give to the community,” Spacek said. “Not just for kids in the school system, but every kid in the community, and every parent and family who wants to have support in educating their kids.”

March 27, 2025 1 a.m.

Trump's action could spell end of democracy

Trump and his minions, both in the White House and Republicans in Congress, are rapidly and nearly converting our democratic government into an authoritarian one or a dictatorship, as he said he would do on Day One.

March 11, 2025 1 a.m.

The price of eggs and supply and demand

I have never understood the law of supply and demand. Whenever there is a shortage, the item starts costing more? Today we have a short supply of eggs; $1.78 for dozen eggs is now $6 or more. Did chicken feed, and transportation suddenly increase by 300%? I don't think so.

Idaho Department of Fish and Game accepting applications for community challenge grants
March 27, 2025 1 a.m.

Idaho Department of Fish and Game accepting applications for community challenge grants

Officially recognized nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. A panel of Fish and Game Commission members and staff will evaluate the proposals and give preference to projects that target high-priority needs, have broad community support and have a high likelihood of achieving the stated objective.

March 18, 2025 1 a.m.

VA reductions will harm veterans and their care

Attention veterans — VFW, VVA, DAV, AL, MCL, MOPH, Iraq/Afghanistan, etc. — all veterans organizations need to stand up to Trump, Musk, Vance, etc., and fight against this major reduction of Veterans Administration employees.

Idaho GOP: Security was ‘clearly identified,’ ‘professional’
March 14, 2025 1 a.m.

Idaho GOP: Security was ‘clearly identified,’ ‘professional’

“Is this your deputy?” That was one of the many questions asked by an Idaho woman before she was forcibly grabbed, picked up, dragged and removed from a chaotic legislative town hall event in Coeur d’Alene on Feb. 22 by four unidentified men dressed in plain clothes.

Kohberger’s team: Autism should negate Idaho death penalty. Experts say it’s a stretch
April 4, 2025 1 a.m.

Kohberger’s team: Autism should negate Idaho death penalty. Experts say it’s a stretch

Attorneys for Moscow murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, in their latest attempt to avoid capital punishment for their client if he is convicted, have asked the judge to consider setting a new legal precedent in Idaho regarding how autism is classified in death penalty cases.

Montana researcher reflects on 30 years of wolves in Yellowstone
April 5, 2025 1 a.m.

Montana researcher reflects on 30 years of wolves in Yellowstone

Snow crunched underfoot as Mark Hebblewhite scanned the ridgelines of Canada’s Banff National Park. It was 1995, and the young biologist, fresh out of undergrad, was trailing one of the park’s most elusive wildlife species – the gray wolf.

March 16, 2025 1 a.m.

Idaho continues legacies of underfunding its schools

Idaho schools consistently rank last in the nation for public school funding per child. The Republican-controlled Legislature has been starving our schools for years, so much so that the Idaho Supreme Court told them they were not abiding by their constitutional duty to support public education.

Most Greenlanders identify as Inuit, Lutheran
March 7, 2025 1 a.m.

Most Greenlanders identify as Inuit, Lutheran

Most Greenlanders are proudly Inuit. And most are Lutheran. About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identity as Inuit and the vast majority of them belong to the Lutheran Church today. That is more than 300 years after a Danish missionary brought that branch of Christianity to the world's largest island. Greenland is huge — about three times the size of Texas and most of it is covered in ice. But parishes are still located across many settlements in the icy land and people endure the frigid Arctic climate to fill up church pews on Sundays.

A lonely existence
March 7, 2025 1 a.m.

A lonely existence

Bonner County pastors share messages of faith and hope.

March is Trisomy Awareness Month
March 19, 2025 1 a.m.

March is Trisomy Awareness Month

“I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with almond shaped eyes,” a woman named Sarah wrote on Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s website. “The doctors and nurses didn’t notice, but I did. After days of waiting and watching, we were given a diagnosis that we were expecting but were silently praying would be negative: our daughter had Down syndrome.”

April 3, 2025 1 a.m.

We need to protect the future and become self-sufficient

We have allowed our country to become almost totally dependent on the rest of the world to survive due to our apathy and ignorance of how the financial world works.

Quick eater? Experts say it's time to slow down
March 26, 2025 1 a.m.

Quick eater? Experts say it's time to slow down

Scientists say you're eating too fast if you typically finish a regular-sized meal in less than 20 minutes. That means you could have a higher risk of obesity, swallow more air that leads to bloating or have unchewed pieces of food lodged in your esophagus. Experts recommend slowing down by putting down your phone, turning off the TV and focusing on the meal itself.

Colorectal cancer rates rising for younger Americans
March 26, 2025 1 a.m.

Colorectal cancer rates rising for younger Americans

While the rate of colorectal cancer is declining in those over 65, the astonishing news is that the number of cases is increasing at an alarming rate for Generation Z, Millennials, and Generation X people. These are young adults in their mid-20s to late 50s. And researchers are perplexed as to why.