Additional reporting

Health

Hospitals in Idaho are rationing care because of COVID-19 surge (NPR)

Rural Idaho hospitals are feeling the pressure as coronavirus cases fill up beds (NPR)

Data analysis: COVID-19 is filling up hospitals in small cities (NPR)

Idaho has one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates. Why? (NPR)

Health care workers say they have to fight both the coronavirus and disinformation (NPR)

Medical students push for more LGBT health training to address disparities (NPR)

Crowdfunding drives funds and attention toward questionable medical treatments (NPR)

Environment

Five years after water rights agreement, Idaho's largest aquifer is improving (BSPR)

What the West could learn from Idaho's replenished aquifer (BSPR)

Water ordered off for some farmers in the Wood River Valley (BSPR)

Drought brings less than a month of water for Magic Reservoir farmers (BSPR)

Idaho news

Idaho has the highest female incarceration rate in the country (BSPR)

Closing Ketchum restaurant owners back city's workforce housing plan (BSPR)

Two Latinas are some of the first to hold public office in Blaine County (BSPR)

Affordable housing is a top issue in Wood River Valley elections (BSPR)

Forced out: one Wood River Valley woman's housing story (BSPR)

Non-narrated

An ICU nurse's view of crisis standards of care in Idaho (BSPR)

'He was the heart and soul of the family' — remembering Idahoans lost to COVID-19 (BSPR)

She gave him her kidney. Together, they wrote an album about it. (BSPR)

Two-way

"Woman of Light" author explores the American West through her characters, family history (BSPR)

Immigration expert says Idaho could show 'path to unity' in new book (BSPR)

Podcast

Tape sync and field recording for an episode of “No Compromise,” a Pulitzer-Prize-winning podcast by NPR

North Country: The Big Nansen (“Word of Mouth” by NHPR)

Magazine

Going Analog: What does it mean when digital natives begin to embrace a seemingly bygone technology? (Middlebury Magazine)

Afghanistan’s First Pro Rider (Vermont Sports Magazine)

 

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