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Oregon Town’s Marijuana Boom Yields Envy in Idaho

Tax revenue has surged since cannabis stores opened in Ontario, Ore., fueling a push in neighboring Idaho to legalize sales and get in on the action.

By Kurtis Lee

Deaths (Obituaries) Fosbury Flop Fosbury, Dick (1947- ) High jump Idaho Olympic Games (1968) Oregon Track and Field

Dick Fosbury, 76, Whose ‘Flop’ Transformed the High Jump, Is Dead

His back-first, neck-down leaping style struck competitors and onlookers as a novelty act. After he won an Olympic gold in 1968, it came to dominate his sport.

By Alex Traub

Cascade Medical Center Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Finances Hospitals Idaho Medicare Rural Areas Shutdowns (Institutional) vis-photo

A Rural Hospital’s Excruciating Choice: $3.2 Million a Year or Inpatient Care?

A new federal program offers hefty payments to small hospitals at risk of closing. But it comes with a bewildering requirement: to end all inpatient care.

By Emily Baumgaertner and Michael Hanson