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The Idaho state flag hangs in the State Capitol in Boise, Idaho, Jan. 9, 2023. The Idaho Senate is expected to take a final vote on Monday, March 18, 2024, on a bill that would prohibit transgender and nonbinary Idahoans enrolled in Medicaid, or state employees enrolled in the state's insurance plan, from obtaining gender-affirming care. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, File)

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Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care
By REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press
Sun,03/17/24-11:03PM , 53 Reads
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid.
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This image provided by the Idaho Department of Correction shows Thomas Eugene Creech on Jan. 9, 2009. Idaho on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S., after a medical team repeatedly failed to find a vein where they could establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection. (Idaho Department of Correction via AP, File)

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Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line
By REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press
Tue,02/27/24-11:10PM , 58 Reads
KUNA, Idaho (AP) — Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday after medical team members repeatedly failed to find a vein where they could establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection.
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Idaho is set to execute a death row inmate after nearly half a century behind bars
By REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press
Sat,02/24/24-11:01PM , 52 Reads
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For nearly 50 years, Idaho's prison staffers have been serving Thomas Eugene Creech three meals a day, checking on him during rounds and taking him to medical appointments.
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A bubonic plague warning sign is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Commerce City, Colo. Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got the disease from a sick pet cat. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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An Oregon resident was diagnosed with the plague. Here are a few things to know about the illness
By REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press
Tue,02/13/24-12:37PM , 49 Reads
Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got the disease from a sick pet cat.
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