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A Lewiston woman was transported to a hospital in Spokane after sustaining life-threatening injuries around her neck and chest from a three-car collision that occurred 10 a.m. April 10, eight miles south of Pullman on State Route 195. The woman’s current condition is unknown, Whitman County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Michael Jordan said. Two other people...
Mike Berney, Palouse River Counseling executive director, spoke to the Pullman Police Advisory Committee on March 8 about the mental health impacts of COVID-19. Washington is in the bottom third in the country of available psychiatric beds per 100,000 people, Berney said. PRC has been paying attention to this because having available care is a necessity. The behavioral health system, in general, has been significantly underfunded for quite a while, which also has a significant impact on police officers, he said. There are various challenges that come with being in a rural community, Berney ...
SPR's Doug Nadvornick reports. Many people are eager to get their Covid vaccine shots. Others are in no hurry. Still others say there’s no way they’ll be vaccinated. Leaders at Pullman’s hospital say they’ve had some success in convincing some of their vaccine hesitant employees to take the needle. Jeannie Eylar says Pullman Regional Hospital began vaccinating its more than 500 employees around Christmas. Eylar is the hospital’s chief nursing officer. By mid-January, she says about 50% had received their shots. She and her colleagues set a goal of inoculating 75% by March 1. “I w...
KXLY March 8, 2021 7:30 PM Alex Crescenti Updated: SPOKANE, Wash. — COVID-19 cases in the United States have been higher than most places in the world. However, there is some welcome news. This week, cases have dropped 12.5% and our seven-day daily average is less than 60,000 for the first time since October. Officials from the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) say it won’t be until sometime in May or June that we’ll have more vaccine doses than are in demand. In the meantime, they stress we gradually lift restrictions and keep the masks on. “Lifti...
Time and time again, we have been reminded of how difficult the pandemic has been on us all. Whether it came in the form of job security, health concerns, the effect of isolation or even the loss of a family member or friend, we have all been through it in some way. Nearly one year later, after more than 500,000 lives have been lost to this pandemic, we have finally reached a point where we can begin to walk toward normalcy. This begins with vaccination and keeping the safety guidelines meant to keep us healthy, for at least a while longer. This has been difficult on every person, but contr...