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In an emergency meeting Thursday afternoon, county and health officials developed a coordinated COVID-19 response plan to alleviate strain on local facilities amid a surge in hospitalizations. Representatives at the meeting included: Kootenai Health, Panhandle Health District, county, state and emergency service officials. Following the discussion, officials outlined three actions: • Working with Northwest Specialty Hospital and Kootenai Health Urgent Care Centers to develop tiered dispatching protocols for accepting COVID-19 patients • Revamping information graphics and public service announcements to show new measurements, including how many hospital patients are vaccinated and unvaccinated • Setting up an additional field hospital Sheriff...

A two-fer this week; first, a picture of the strong Augustine eruption that happened Sunday. The linked page goes to the page with numerous IMPRESSIVE pictures of this year's activity. Part 2: "The River Wild" was on TV this weekend. I searched and found that the two rivers it was filmed on were in Montana. One of the rivers is the Kootenai River, featuring Kootenai Falls. According to the caption for this picture, Kootenai Falls at this stage is "runnable".