Eric Tegethoff

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Judge Halts North Idaho Logging Project to Protect Grizzly Bear Habitat

1 week ago | treefrogcreative.ca | Eric Tegethoff |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar

Judge Halts North Idaho Logging Project to Protect Grizzly Bear Habitat By Eric Tegethoff Northern Rockies News Service in The Daily Fly April 11, 2025 Category: Forestry BONNERS FERRY, ID – A federal district court has stopped a logging project in northern Idaho that would have carved more roads into the area and harmed the Selkirk grizzly population habitat. Only about 50 grizzlies live in the region. Mike Garrity, executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, which has been in...
USDA cuts put NC local food-sharing program in limbo

1 month ago | triangletribune.com | Eric Tegethoff

The future of a federal program that funds local food for anti-hunger organizations across the country is in doubt. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cut off more than $1 billion in spending used for purchasing local food from farmers and ranchers that goes to schools, child care facilities and food banks.
Idaho Lawmakers Consider Solutions to School Administrator Shortage

1 month ago | dailyfly.com | Eric Tegethoff

BOISE, ID – Idaho has a shortage of school administrators, especially in rural areas. A bill in the Legislature aims to address that. House Bill 295 would create the Administrator Leadership Apprenticeship Program to speed up the process for certifying new administrators. In particular, the bill’s goal is to open the pipeline of administrators from other industries – including the military, private business, nonprofits and government.
Funding freeze, chaos at USDA impacts NC farmers

1 month ago | triangletribune.com | Eric Tegethoff

Chaos in the U.S. Department of Agriculture is creating stress for farmers in North Carolina and across the country. A funding freeze by the Trump administration has left many farmers in precarious positions as they prepare their next crop. Patrick Brown is a fourth-generation farmer in Warren County who grows corn, wheat, soybeans and other crops. He's enrolled in the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, but said he is unsure what the future looks like with the current turmoil.
Analysis: Earned time prison programs improve outcomes

1 month ago | publicnewsservice.org | Eric Tegethoff

Programs allowing incarcerated people to receive reductions in their sentences help lower chances of reoffending, according to a recent analysis. North Carolina has earned time policies, enabling people to reduce their sentences by up to 30%.
Industrial farming in NC, US becomes breeding ground for bird flu

1 month ago | publicnewsservice.org | Eric Tegethoff

Industrial farming practices could be boosting the spread of bird flu. Avian influenza has been detected in poultry across the country, including in North Carolina, where 3.3 million birds had to be culled because of the disease at one farm alone in January. Rania Masri, co-director of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, said concentrated animal feeding operations used for poultry are a breeding ground for disease.
With ozone season, bad air days to increase in NC

1 month ago | publicnewsservice.org | Eric Tegethoff

Bad air quality days are a heightened concern as ozone season begins in North Carolina. Ozone season in the state lasts from March through October, when hot weather increases the prevalence of ground-level ozone. Rafaella Vaca, education manager for the advocacy group CleanAIRE NC, said there are health effects from poor ozone days. "Symptoms like shortness of breath, coughing and throat irritation as short term impacts," Vaca explained.
Doctors, Idahoans rise up to protect state's medical education program

1 month ago | kiowacountypress.net | Eric Tegethoff

Click play to listen to this article. Idaho legislation that would end the state's participation in a regional medical education program is facing a groundswell of opposition. WWAMI - which stands for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho - is a partnership overseen by the University of Washington School of Medicine to train physicians in the region. The program, started in 1972, has the goal of increasing medical professionals in largely rural states like Idaho.
NC moving away from police transporting people in mental health crisis

1 month ago | publicnewsservice.org | Eric Tegethoff

Currently, when a person is deemed a potential danger to themselves or those around them, law enforcement provides transportation from hospitals to residential treatment facilities in the event of involuntary commitment.
Doctors, Idahoans rise up to protect state's medical education program

1 month ago | publicnewsservice.org | Eric Tegethoff

Idaho legislation that would end the state's participation in a regional medical education program is facing a groundswell of opposition. The program, started in 1972, has the goal of increasing medical professionals in largely rural states like Idaho. Dr. Mark Uranga is a pediatrician in Boise and a WWAMI grad. He spent time in McCall and Pocatello with the program, and noted that those cities don't have the infrastructure of a medical school.