Stories from Wednesday, November 1, 2023

The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office collaborated with the Life Flight Network and hosted Landing Zone Training. This training covers how to properly establish a landing zone during a critical incident, what obstacles and dangers to look out for, and what to communicate to the life flight crew while guiding the helicopter to the ground...

Tips to stay healthy ahead of respiratory illness season Boise, ID - During the fall and winter seasons, the spread of respiratory viruses increases, including flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Last year in Idaho, COVID-19, flu and RSV activity peaked in November, December and January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

A recent Gallup study showed that American’s confidence in the national mass media has reached a near record low. While that’s disturbing, it’s not unexpected. The digital age has brought a barrage of national news sources that are focused on sound bites, opinions, partisan views and a race to push out breaking news, even if it hasn’t been properly fact-checked or vetted. The problem has been exasperated by social media channels that allow disinformation to be distributed virtually unchecked...

On Sunday, September 17, my son arrived at my house fro Boise, where he had been staying, to visit us and do laundry. After a shorty visit he left clean and sober and happy that he was getting back into drug treatment program in Boise starting the next day, Monday...