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Treatment of EWM in Noxon sees success

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Road to Recovery

Superior High students perform murder mystery

SUPERIOR – On a stormy night in the 1980s, a series of murders occur at an old mansion in the English countryside.

MCH holds town hall meetings

SUPERIOR - Administrators from the Mineral Community Hospital and the Mineral Regional Health Center stopped by Superior Fountain and Drug April 30 to talk healthcare with the community.

Letter to the Editor: All about the tea party

Dear Mr. Haywood: I’d just like to address what it is that you don’t know, but think you know about the Tea Party.

Hospital works to solve new technology woes

SUPERIOR – The Mineral Community Hospital announced a series of glitches in a computer system that was implemented in March.

Letter to the Editor: Mr. Ringmaster

Editor:

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Road to Recovery

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Road to Recovery

Hospital board hears draft audit report

SUPERIOR - During its March 27th meeting, the Mineral Community Hospital Board received a draft audit report showing a $196,448 operating loss for last fiscal year. Tom Dingus, Spokane CPA who presented the report, noted the hospital had 28 days of cash at the end of last fiscal year compared to 66 days of cash for Critical Access Hospitals in the western U.S.

Letter to the Editor: Circus revisited

A recent issue of the Valley Press had an interesting letter by Carl Haywood: Circus back in Town. As a self-appointed circus Ringmaster, Haywood held forth on some things he obviously knows nothing about. While he did rightfully challenge one of two candidates for office for lack of knowledge of the Democratic Party platform, he neglected to note that many of the party faithful share that same lack.

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Pulmonary rehabilitation provides hope and perspective on health

PLAINS - Now that she doesn’t have to have her oxygen tank and cords at her side all hours of the day, Jo Moore, Thompson Falls resident, is excited to catch up on all the things she has been missing since she suffered a Pulmonary Embolism in 2013. Moore, one of four patients to be part of the first class offered through Clark Fork Valley Hospital’s (CFVH) newly launched Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, has gone from using her oxygen tank 24 hours a day to using it only while she sleeps after only four course sessions.

Dr. Seuss

Shaira Caldwell puts some finishing touches on the Grinch for the Dr. Seuss themed mural in the school library. 

Plains art students honor Dr. Seuss

PLAINS – It was dark in the little school library over the weekend save for a single spotlight shinning on a white wall. There a student, poised on the platform, stood tracing the projected image with her face an inch away from the canvas.

Sanders County students prepare for future

THOMPSON FALLS – According to recent statistics, 60 percent of college graduates fail to find jobs in their field of study. On average, college graduates find themselves $27,200 in debt to student loans and 70 percent of graduates end up living with mom, are unemployed or working a minimum wage job.

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Voice your opinions about healthcare in Sanders County

SANDERS COUNTY Community members in Sanders County may have received a Health Needs Assessment Survey in their mailbox last week. The survey was sent to a random sample of homes to help Clark Fork Valley Hospital (CFVH) identify essential health services needed in Sanders County. The information will be used for strategic planning, grant applications, new program development and by community groups interested in addressing rural health issues.