Idaho has fewer doctors per capita than every state in the nation except one.
A few years ago, the Idaho Board of Education, which oversees colleges and universities in the state, put together a list of priorities to increase the number of doctors in Idaho.
While nearly every state in the country is facing a shortage of doctors to a certain extent, there are fewer doctors per capita in Idaho than every state in the country except Mississippi.
At its April 2009 meeting, the board agreed to work on 10 things. Just four have been fully or partially implemented.
A view of the Thompson Creek mine near Challis, Idaho. Thompson Creek has been Custer County's largest employer.
The Thompson Creek molybdenum mine issued 105 layoff notices today according to the Idaho Business Review.Â
Molybdenum is a metal with a high melting point used in steel alloys, among other things.
The central Idaho mine is operated by a company based in Denver and Vancouver, B.C. The Business Review reports the company estimates it will save nearly $110 million in operating costs and expenditures through the job cuts.
The layoffs are effective Oct. 5.
Last year, CEO of Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. Kevin Loughrey, spoke with Bloomberg Television’s Pimm Fox when the price of molybdenum was $17 per pound.
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Science Hall in 1903, home of the University of North Dakota's original medical school. Science Hall was razed in 1999.
With about 680,000 people, North Dakota has less than half as many residents as Idaho. Yet North Dakota has something that Idaho does not: its own medical school.
North Dakota’s school got its start in 1905 as a two-year program, where students would have to leave the state to finish their education. Since 1976, the University of North Dakota has had a full-fledged, four-year medical school to educate doctors in-state. Continue Reading →
Nelson-Ricks Creamery will provide cheddar, mozzarella and other varieties.
“The brand is “Idaho Cheese,” says Idaho Preferred program manager Leah Clark. “When you look at it in the case, it’s got a big State of Idaho and “Idaho Cheese” and then the variety. It’s a big, white, plain, not pretty label.” Continue Reading →
The public will have a chance to weigh in on the state’s vacant governor’s mansion this afternoon at the State Capitol.
The mansion, which hasn’t been lived in since the Simplot family donated it in 2004, made headlines earlier this year after a Democratic lawmaker said the state shouldn’t continue to pay to maintain the home.
Data StateImpact obtained through a public records request show the hilltop mansion has been used 42 times in three years, while costing more than $100,000 per year in upkeep.
The hearing is at 4:30 p.m. MST at the State Capitol.
Dr. Jennifer Petrie, 40, knew she wanted to be a rural, family physician since she was in high school in Lewiston, Idaho. Her office at the Emmett Medical Center is cluttered with photos of her kids, their drawings, and stacks of patient charts.
Emmett, Idaho resident Rebecca Smither (left) talks with Dr. Jennifer Petrie (right). Petrie is a graduate of the WWAMI program and now practices in Emmett.
Dr. Petrie checks the progress of Rebecca Smither’s pregnancy.
Dr. Ted Epperly is the Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho.
Dr. Jennifer Petrie sees patients at the Emmett Medical Center four days a week.
Five-month-old Olivia Vandermate gets examined by Dr. Petrie during a recent check up. Petrie was Olivia’s delivery doctor and has taken care of her since.
Dr. Jennifer Petrie has known since she was a high school student in Lewiston, Idaho, that she wanted to be a rural family physician.
Petrie works at the Emmett Medical Center, less than an hour’s drive north of Boise. She sees patients four days a week in her small, sparse examining room here and also works the emergency room shift a couple times a month at the neighboring hospital.
Dr. Petrie is a generalist. She didn’t want to choose a high-paying specialty. For her, seeing all kinds of people was the most appealing thing about being a doctor. Continue Reading →
The laws known as Students Come First passed the Legislature in 2011 and are now on the November ballot for repeal.
Luna’s debate partner is Brian Cronin. Cronin is a current Democratic legislator, but isn’t seeking reelection. He is now a senior vice president with Seattle-based Strategies 360, a consulting firm helping the campaign to repeal the education laws.Â
The event is sold out, but StateImpact will be there live-blogging the hour-long debate. Plus, you’ll be able to hear a recording of City Club on Boise State Public Radio this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday, October 9, at 7:00 p.m.
The Idaho Department of Labor today approved training grants for three southern Idaho businesses.
The grants total more than $567,000 and are paid for by a tax on businesses.
The Labor Department says High Desert Milk in Burley can receive up to $144,000 to train 20 new employees for operations, lab work, safety and maintenance.
Amalgamated Sugar can receive up to $406,000 to train 78 new maintenance mechanics for its Paul and Twin Falls facilities.  Continue Reading →
Wind producers aren't the only ones pushing back against Idaho utilities over independent power production.
The federal law that helped 30 Idaho wind projects get underway over the last four years was initially championed by an entirely different breed of business: timber companies, canal companies, and Simplot. That adds a twist to a story that is, on its face, about a dispute between the renewable energy industry and utilities, primarily Idaho Power. Continue Reading →
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