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Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin backs choice.

The FitOne Race is a multi distance race that people can sign up to do and all the proceeds go to St Luke's Children's Hospital. This year the race will be done virtually due to the rise in COVID-19 cases.

St. Luke's has made the announcement that they will be temporarily pausing certain elective or non emergency procedures that require an overnight hospital stay due to COVID 19.

On Thursday evening crowds gathered on the north side of the St. Luke's hospital in Twin Falls to participate in a rally of support for local hospital heroes.

On Thursday July 22nd a rally has been planned near St. Luke's Hospital in Twin Falls due to the requirement for the COVID 19 vaccine to remain employed there. We have information from those who are setting up the rally and from St. Luke's organization as well.

What we put into our bodies is also our choice.

St. Luke's staff, nurses, doctors and more have started sharing their stories about their experience on the front lines of battling COVID 19. If you are interested in what they have to say, check it out.

Warm Art Tattoo and Body Piercing is offering a "Tattoos 4 Cancer" special for the month of October. For $50 you can get a breast cancer awareness tattoo the size of a business card and all proceeds will go to the St. Luke's Tumor Institute.

Idaho has had it's first child with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MISC-C) which is associated with complications from COVID 19.

I wrote last week about the paranoia I've had (at 33) about my heart giving out, I've been having a pinching feeling occasionally and I finally broke down and made a doctor's appointment, though it's going to be a bit different than they were pre-pandemic.

St. Luke's health system has begun in-house testing for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with extended drive-up testing hours at several locations in Idaho.

Be smart about your interaction with others as the virus spreads and you can be one of the reasons it stops.