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Articles with the Tag: St. Luke Community Healthcare

Construction begins on housing for medical residents Construction begins on housing for medical residents

RONAN – Medical school graduates rotating through St. Luke Community Healthcare will soon have a permanent housing facility to call home during their residency. “Our biggest gap was in housing,” St. Luke CEO Steve Todd said adding that the gap is soon to close. Construction on a 2,000...

Birth announcements for Sept. 23, 2015 Birth announcements for Sept. 23, 2015

Aaliyah Marie Rose Pierre RONAN – Oriana Marie Brooks-Pierre is proud to announce that her little sister, Aaliyah Marie Rose Pierre was born Sept. 4 at St. Luke Community Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces. Parents are Isaac and Randi Pierre of Polson. Paternal grandparents are Sheila Pierre...

St. Luke doctor to lead state physicians’ organization St. Luke doctor to lead state physicians’ organization

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare RONAN — The Montana Academy of Family Physicians, the state chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians (one of the largest national medical organizations in the United States, with more than 115,900 members), will announce John D. Williams, M.D. as i...

Bullock touts Medicaid plan in Ronan Bullock touts Medicaid plan in Ronan

A bipartisan coalition is much more likely to pass some form of Medicaid expansion to provide health coverage for approximately 70,000 uninsured Montanans in the ongoing legislative session than last session, Governor Steve Bullock said after a tour of St. Luke Community Hospital on Feb. 18.  Bullock...

Healthcare providers react to Affordable Care Act Healthcare providers react to Affordable Care Act

LAKE COUNTY – Mission Valley healthcare providers say they have seen mixed results to their bottom lines and overall method of service delivery after the mandatory implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act went into place in 2014. The major overhaul of the national healthcare system implemen...

Cartwright baby is first in region for 2015 Cartwright baby is first in region for 2015

RONAN — Baby Daniel James Cartwright, Jr. was the first baby born in 2015 for Lake County and much of western Montana. Baby Cartwright rang in the New Year, Jan. 1, at 12:54 p.m. at St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan. The bouncing baby boy weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and joined three siblings, mot...

Area hospitals, emergency workers train for Ebola Area hospitals, emergency workers train for Ebola

Ebola. The very word sounds menacing, but then the disease is defined – an infectious and generally fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, which is spread through contact with infected body fluids by a filovirus. Rest assured, local medical and emergency workers are preparing...

Man pleads not guilty in child shooting Man pleads not guilty in child shooting

POLSON – Galen Hawk, 26, pleaded not guilty to negligent homicide charges on Nov. 5 for the shooting death of a toddler that occurred two weeks earlier.  Hawk said nothing in Lake County District Court, as his attorney made the not guilty plea for him to negligent homicide charges and another 2...

Hawk charged with negligent homicide Hawk charged with  negligent homicide

 NINEPIPE — A St. Ignatius man was charged with negligent homicide Friday in Lake County justice court in the alleged accidental shooting death of 3-year-old Lonato Oliver Ian Moran-Allen.  According to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin a 911 call came it at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Oc...

Sheriff's authorities investigating death of toddler

    UPDATE Friday, Oct. 24: Based on facts and evidence gathered during the Lake County Sheriff’s Office investigation, the Lake County Attorney’s Office will be charging 26-year-old Galen Hawk with negligent homicide in the accidental shooting death of ...


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