As enthusiastic support for health-care workers subsides, a small gesture has big meaning
Cathy Free, The Washington Post
Jan. 28, 2021
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The women who started Hug in a Cup to give a boost to health-care workers. From left, Candace Jones, Jenna Johnson, Courtney Adams and Melanie Powell in Idaho Falls.Kaeli Stevens.
When the pandemic first hit, Sarah Holt worked nonstop, running on adrenaline and buoyed by the cheers, songs and free coffee and pizza for health-care workers at Utah s Intermountain Medical Center, where she s a registered nurse.
Several months in, she learned firsthand what it s like to battle covid-19 - she and her husband contracted the coronavirus, isolating for three weeks in the fall. Like countless other health-care workers, she went back to the grind of treating patients once she tested negative and felt better.
Search & Rescue Had a Busy Saturday
Snowmobilers kept the Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue busy with several calls southwest of West Yellowstone this weekend.
The first call on Saturday came in from the Two Top trail system about 12 miles southwest of West Yellowstone at 11:16 a.m. when a 64-year-old woman crashed her snowmobile. She was stopped when another rider crashed into the back of her. This sent her and her snowmobile down an eight-foot embankment and launched her over the handlebars.
She was placed on a backboard and into a special snow ambulance before being transported by helicopter to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. The woman required a medical helicopter to respond because of the severe injuries she sustained to her ribs, back, femur, and wrist.
Juvenile Killed in Interstate Rollover in Idaho Falls
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KLIX)-A car carrying several people on Interstate 15 rolled Wednesday morning killing a juvenile and sending others to the hospital in Idaho Falls.
According to Idaho State Police, the crash happened several minutes before 6 a.m. on northbound I-15 when the driver lost control and rolled in the median. The people in the car were ejected, one juvenile died at the scene, the others were taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Part of the interstate was blocked for more than five hours.
ISP said in a statement the investigation is ongoing.
Police investigate fatality crash
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Idaho State Police are looking for individuals who witnessed a single-vehicle fatality crash on Interstate 15 at milepost 118, in Idaho Falls at approximately 5:50 a.m. Wednesday.
ISP reports a 2004 Toyota Camry was traveling northbound on Interstate 15. The driver lost control of the vehicle and rolled into the median. Occupants were ejected from the vehicle.
A juvenile succumbed to their injuries, and next of kin has been notified.
All occupants were transported by ground ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
The northbound left lane was blocked for approximately five hours and twenty-five minutes. The investigation is ongoing.