Idahoans value Medicaid; GOP should follow their lead
Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor With the holiday season upon us, I’m reminded of the ways in which we care for one another. One of the best ways we do this as Idahoans...
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Idaho’s infant, mother death rate is rising, new report finds
By Kyle Pfannenstiel Idaho Capital Sun A new report released Nov. 28 found children and mothers are dying in Idaho at an increasing rate. Reforming Medicaid coverage in the state could make a difference,...
Taking health to heart
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Those looking for healthy alternatives and ways to incorporate more self care into their lives in the new year are likely to find something to fit the bill at...
A grain of salt: The small things that keep us sane
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist The world may well be ending, and if assessments of common science are plausible, we’re headed along an expected trajectory where the only real debatable matter seems to be...
A Grain of Salt: Our love measured in six feet
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist I was heading to a friend’s house to go for a run – one of the few socially sanctioned outings we can still cling to without guilt. “Okay,” she...
A grain of salt: The detrimental danger of goal setting
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist There’s a sort of pass/fail culture happening in, well, pretty much everything we do these days. We set lofty intentions and label them as “goals,” then determine that anything...
A grain of salt: Seasonal affect for the resistant
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist When the sadness hits, I know it. It’s different from other kinds of sadness; it’s a kind of tender response to the humdrum of everyday life, when suddenly I...
A grain of salt: The happiness project
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist Every year, without fail, the new year arrives. With it’s slow, unstoppable force, like blackberry overgrowth, it creeps over us with suffocating thorny truths and optimistic expectations of fruit....
A grain of salt: Gifting yourself down-time
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist It’s that time of year again. We’re obliged to parties and gatherings and second helpings. We’ve got relatives to relate to, colleagues to Secret Santa with and everything tastes...
Trail Dispatches: Trails for Health
By Deb Ruehle Reader Contributor “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” — Henry David Thoreau ...
