2022
August
04,
2022
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16:12 PM
America/Denver
Joy Fortin, trauma program manager at Logan Health Medical Center, speaks with KGEZ AM radio about the hospital's recent verification as a Level III Trauma Center and what that means for our community....
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2021
June
28,
2021
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12:55 PM
America/Denver
With weather forecasts calling for record high temperatures across Montana this week, it’s important to know how to stay safe in the extreme heat. According to FEMA, extreme heat (defined as a period of 2-3 days or more of heat and humidity with temp...
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June
21,
2021
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13:54 PM
America/Denver
Logan Health is launching the Nurse Call Line, a free service for our community using the foundation developed by the organization in response to the novel coronavirus.During the COVID-19 global pandemic the organization stood up a 24/7 call center, ...
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February
16,
2021
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11:31 AM
America/Denver
On the evening of January 6, 31-year old Erik Sanders, of Colorado, was driving up to Big Mountain in Whitefish to participate in a skimo race, the first race of the mountain’s Skimo Wednesday Night Race League season. Skimo, which is short for ski m...
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2020
October
13,
2020
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09:20 AM
America/Denver
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. From the start of the diagnosis comes a varying barrage of decisions, both critical and deeply personal. For many, once they have made it to the point of reconstruction, they are entering into ...
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October
08,
2020
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16:19 PM
America/Denver
Jody Leberman, known by most as “Tug,” lives in Bigfork, Montana, and loves riding mules. “People say ‘you can’t ride a mule’, but don’t tell my mules that,” says Tug.
A former law enforcement officer, he and his wife, Annie, moved to Montana as s...
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September
18,
2020
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15:38 PM
America/Denver
Dr. Kim Stimpson always tells his patients and friends, if you have chest pain, go to the ER. After arriving home on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, he informed his wife, Kelly, that they needed to go back to Kalispell Regional Healthcare (KRH). He was ...
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May
01,
2020
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16:17 PM
America/Denver
Debbie Mulcahy, RN, Director of the Kalispell Regional Medical Center Emgergency Department, talks with KGEZ AM Radio about the steps that her team has taken to ensure patient safety within the Emergency Department during the COVID-19 crisis. ...
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2018
November
05,
2018
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10:45 AM
America/Denver
The original Emergency Room (ER) at Kalispell Regional Medical Center (KRMC) opened in 1976 when the new hospital was built on the Buffalo Hill property. An expansion in 1991 increased its capacity to accommodate 13,000 patient visits per year. Howev...
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September
10,
2018
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08:04 AM
America/Denver
By Allison Linville
“If we could just get the cattle in Montana to drink beer, we’d have a larger market population,” jokes Greg Johnston, sitting at the brewery in Bigfork. The owner of Flathead Lake Brewery, Greg is laughing with his wife, Elvir...
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August
30,
2018
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08:15 AM
America/Denver
This week, Kalispell Regional Medical Center (KRMC) opened a new section of the Emergency Department to better accommodate and serve patients. Growing from roughly a dozen beds to 31 beds, the addition of the new south unit will offer more room for e...
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July
03,
2018
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15:00 PM
America/Denver
On June 28, Debbie Mulcahy, sexual assault nurse examiner at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, appeared on KGEZ’s Community Conversations to discuss the SANE program and how it helps victims of sexual assault....
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May
23,
2018
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08:46 AM
America/Denver
Kalispell Regional Medical Center (KRMC) has successfully been verified as a Level III Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) for an additional three years. This achievement recognizes the trauma center's dedication to providing opti...
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May
21,
2018
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00:00 AM
America/Denver
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provide out of hospital care for people with emergent illnesses or injuries. In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week (May 20-26) to celebrate EMS practitioners and the important work they do in our nation's...
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May
02,
2018
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10:49 AM
America/Denver
The 40th Annual A.L.E.R.T. Banquet was a huge success with more than 1,000 people in attendance to support Kalispell Regional Healthcare's air ambulance program.
In 2017, the Kalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation launched a special gifts initia...
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April
26,
2018
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00:00 AM
America/Denver
On April 26, Dan Daub, emergency trauma coordinator, appeared on KGEZ’s Community Conversations to discuss the free bike helmets for kids program that Kalispell Regional Medical Center sponsors each year and why wearing a bike helmet is so important....
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April
17,
2018
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06:00 AM
America/Denver
By Allison Linville
Ashleigh Magill, MD, had been working in the North Valley Hospital (NVH) emergency department for only two months when she was elected as the medical director for the department. However, she was more than ready to accept the r...
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2017
December
04,
2017
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15:21 PM
America/Denver
Beginning Monday, December 4, the old section of the emergency department at Kalispell Regional Medical Center will be closed for construction. The ER will continue to operate as usual in a portion of the new construction, referred to as ER North. Sp...
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November
09,
2017
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10:00 AM
America/Denver
On November 9, Michelle Kimball appeared on KGEZ's Community Conversations to discuss emergency preparedness and how Flathead County is working together to prepare for the next significant crisis....
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November
08,
2017
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14:53 PM
America/Denver
It was a beautiful summer evening on the east side of the mountains and those who were traveling to a family gathering had no idea about the tragedy soon to occur. Suddenly there were screams from the back of a pickup truck and a young man named Dyla...
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July
31,
2017
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10:00 AM
America/Denver
When Aiken, South Carolina, resident Barbara Sue Brodie and her family arrived in Glacier National Park, she had no idea that their vacation would include a stay at Kalispell Regional Medical Center (KRMC).
“We were on a hike in Two Medicine,” sai...
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June
20,
2017
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18:00 PM
America/Denver
A unique pilot program at Kalispell Regional Healthcare was featured in a national news story in the June 20 episode of "PBS NewsHour." The program, which is funded through a Special Innovations Project through Mountain Pacific Quality Health Foundat...
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May
02,
2017
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11:00 AM
America/Denver
Montana is a rugged, massive and beautiful state. Those who live, work and play here often find themselves a great distance from the nearest hospital. When a medical emergency arises, time is of the essence and every moment matters and can make a dif...
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