Komen Idaho will shutter permanently next month
The annual Race for the Cure and other Komen-linked breast cancer fundraisers around Idaho and Montana will likely cease going forward, the group says.
Credit: Dani Allsop/KTVB Author: KTVB Staff Updated: 11:09 AM MST February 8, 2021
BOISE, Idaho Komen Idaho Montana, a Boise-based affiliate of the national Susan G. Komen breast cancer non-profit, will close permanently in March, the organization announced.
The shutdown comes after the national Komen organization moved to change from a network of independent affiliates to a single entity with an all-remote staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a drop in donations.
Between the time Ada County Commissioners announced that they were nominating Raul Labrador to the Central District Health Board and when they confirmed the nomination, commissioners received over 3,200 emails.
KTVB requested all emails sent to the commissioners between Jan. 13, when they announced Labrador s nomination, and Jan. 18 when the commissioners interviewed Dr. Sky Blue, a local doctor and epidemiologist. The Central District Health Board voted 2-1 to nominate Labrador to the vacant seat for Ada County. On Friday, over 500 emails were released to KTVB.
County commissioners nominate someone for their county seats on the health board and commissioners from the rest of the district vote to appoint them. Commissioners voted 9-3 to approve Labrador s nomination.