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• Senator backs paying foster parents more

  January 15, 2013 in Health, Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Conservative North Idaho Sen. Steve Vick has only been on the Legislature’s joint committee for a week, but on Monday he said he saw a budget request that … 1

• Flu on rise in area after East hit hard

  January 12, 2013 in City on Page A1 As influenza sweeps the nation, local health officials are bracing for the season’s peak to hit the Inland Northwest. While most of the nation is seeing elevated flu activity, the …

• Nurse program expands to Idaho

  September 1, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 A program proven to improve the lives of low-income, first-time mothers and their babies will be offered in Kootenai and Shoshone counties within the coming year, thanks to a cross-state … 1

• Idaho Medicaid biller to fix glitches

  August 11, 2010 in City on Page A6 LEWISTON – Idaho Department of Health and Welfare officials say the state’s new contractor for Medicaid billing has agreed to fix glitches that have left Idaho providers unpaid, but they …

• Judge orders restitution in Medicare provider fraud

  July 28, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 A Bonners Ferry, Idaho, woman was sentenced on Monday for Medicaid provider fraud after pleading guilty in Idaho 1st District Court to billing the government for patients who were not …

• State cutting some cash assistance

  May 3, 2010 in Idaho The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is reducing or eliminating payments to about 1,250 residents receiving cash assistance under the Aid for the Aged, Blind and Disabled program. Agency … 5

• Idaho agency enacting layoffs, closures

  April 7, 2010 in City on Page A6 In a move that’s expected to save $7 million, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare will lay off 126 employees and close nine of its 29 offices. “Hopefully things …

• Idaho Health and Welfare offices to close

  March 1, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says starting this Friday it will close its offices every other Friday through at least June 11 to save money.

• Volunteers help support relatives who raise kids

  October 6, 2009 in City on Page A13 When Glenda Weaver heard through the grapevine about a couple in their 80s raising their great-great-grandchildren, she went to their home near St. Maries and knocked on the door. The …

• Second case of swine flu confirmed in Idaho

  May 11, 2009 in Idaho The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says an 13-year-old Ada County girl has the state’s second confirmed case of swine flu.