Articles with the Tag: St. Luke Community Healthcare
POLSON — A St. Ignatius man is accused of driving drunk and causing a fatal car wreck, while his mother is accused of arranging to have her son picked up from the crash site before law enforcement could arrive. Rope Kinkade Ardis, 19, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Nov. ...
LAKE COUNTY — Lake County Public Health Director Emily Colomeda presented some startling numbers during the health board’s monthly meeting Oct. 19. As of that date, COVID-19 had claimed 66 lives since the beginning of the pandemic, and of those, 28 have died since July 1. This was grim n...
News from the Montana Hospital Association HELENA — The Montana Hospital Association is pleased to announce St. Luke Community Healthcare as the winner of the association’s 2021 Best Place to Work Award for small hospitals in the state. The Best Place to Work Award is designed to honor bo...
RONAN — On Friday night during the Ronan Chiefs’ home football game, St. Luke Community Healthcare donated a check worth $3,425 to the high school’s athletic department. “We are extremely grateful for St. Luke and the amazing work they do in making sure that our students are health...
News from the Montana Hospital Association HELENA — The Montana Hospital Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Montana Healthcare Awards. The Montana Healthcare Awards program is the largest and most representative award program recognizing excellence among Montana...
In the COVID era, when is a cold just a cold? That’s the question I asked myself last Thursday, when I woke up with a stuffy nose, scratchy throat, achy body and an urge to stay in bed all day. I had been to a concert with more than 3,000 people a few nights before, which included riding a crowded bus ...
The state’s healthcare providers are reeling from a surge in COVID-19 not seen since last fall, leading Governor Greg Gianforte to dispatch the National Guard to 11 Montana hospitals in the past two weeks, including those in Missoula, Whitefish, Plains and Kalispell. On Sept. 22 (the last date info ...
News from St. Luke Community Hospital RONAN — St. Luke Community Hospital was recently recognized by the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program as a “Gold Safe Sleep Champion” for their commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep. The National ...
News from St. Luke RONAN — St. Luke Community Healthcare is pleased to announce that David Springs, MD will be joining the dedicated team at their Ronan Community Clinic in September. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Dr. Springs comes to St. Luke from the North Colorado Family Medicine Residency ...
Early Monday morning, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes handed over management of the Boulder 2700 fire, burning eight miles east of Polson, to a Northern Region Type 2 management team. CT Camel, fire information officer for CSKT, said the team is geared up to handle major incidents and ca...