AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoRecovery Spotlight: In Heyburn, Renaissance Refuge women’s program director Candice Hilton is using her own heroin recovery story to guide clients toward sobriety, calling it “witnessing miracles.” Public Safety: Memorial Day brought multiple deadly crashes across North Idaho and beyond, including a head-on on Highway 95 near Sagle that killed two men, and a separate fatal motorcycle crash at Clay Peak in Payette. Emergency Response: Boise Fire rescued a paddleboarder trapped in a tree along the Boise River; no one needed medical treatment. Health Policy Watch: Planned Parenthood launched “Just In Case” abortion pill ordering in Washington (and Hawaii), letting patients get mifepristone/misoprostol ahead of pregnancy—an access move tied to ongoing legal pressure. Infectious Disease: New research flags unusually high hantavirus levels in Palouse rodents, including Idaho, raising questions about human exposure risk. Local Health Context: A Boise-area rat surge is straining local response and pushing officials to debate responsibility for a growing public-health nuisance.
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