Month: September 2025

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The following is a news release from Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel:

FORT HALL, Idaho (KIFI) –The Sage Hill Casino, located South of Blackfoot, I-15 Exit 89, will be temporarily closed from Sunday, September 21, through Wednesday, October 15, 2025, to complete renovations designed to enhance the guest experience. Sage Hill Casino is currently scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

“These upgrades are an investment in our guests,” said Colista Matsaw, CEO. “We appreciate the community’s patience during this short closure and look forward to welcoming everyone back to an improved Sage Hill experience.”

During the closure, renovation work will focus on improvements intended to elevate comfort, efficiency, and overall service quality. Construction teams will operate on an accelerated schedule to ensure a timely reopening.

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Originally Published: 15 SEP 25 16:53 ET

By Emma Benson

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    SALT LAKE CITY (KSL, KSL TV) — A Utah teacher is preparing to return to the classroom after doctors at Intermountain Health used cutting-edge 3D modeling and robotic technology to save her kidney.

When Sarah Machol suffered a painful kidney stone attack, she never imagined what doctors would discover next: a seven-centimeter cyst on her left kidney.

“I was stuck in the bathtub all night. I was in so much pain,” she said.

At first, she was told the kidney couldn’t be saved.

That changed when she sought a second opinion from Dr. Richard Matern, the lead robotics and surgical specialties surgeon for Intermountain Health’s Canyons Region.

“He actually let me see my CT scan, which I had never seen what this looked like or how it was impacting my body internally,” Machol said.

Using new state-of-the-art technology, Machol’s CT scan was converted into a 3D model by the system. That model was then integrated directly into the console of the Da Vinci 5 surgical robot.

Previously, surgeons could only view 3D images on a separate device, like a phone or tablet. That meant constantly looking away from the operating console to study the images, then going back to the surgery. Now, with the new system, the 3D model appears inside the console itself, so surgeons can manipulate and study it in real time while they operate.

Intermountain LDS Hospital was the first in the world to use the 3D model viewer in the DV5 robot.

“We can use the controls, we can look at the model, manipulate it while we’re looking at what we’re seeing inside of the patient,” he said. “It helped us be more efficient.”

The result: remarkable precision. Matern was able to remove the tumor, while saving 60% of Machol’s kidney — greatly lowering her risk of chronic kidney disease.

Machol says the experience still feels surreal.

“It feels like science fiction,” she said. “When I rolled into the ER, I saw all these advanced instruments, and I couldn’t believe that this was about to happen to me.”

Machol went home the same day. Now, just weeks later, she says she’s ready to get back to teaching third grade.

“I’m going to be back in the classroom next Monday — I can’t believe it,” she said.

Not only was Intermountain LDS Hospital the first in the world to use this advanced technology, doctors say it could transform surgeries well beyond kidneys.

“I think we’re just getting started on the advances with robotics,” Matern said. “I think we’re going to see a lot of steps forward, a lot of advances are going to be made with imaging-type things like 3D modeling.”

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By Arlette Saenz, Alison Main, Ted Barrett, CNN

(CNN) — The White House has requested an additional $58 million in security funding for the executive and judicial branches following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a Republican congressional aide said.

The funding request is being “actively processed” in the context of a stopgap funding bill, the aide said. Lawmakers are facing a looming end-of-month deadline to fund the government and stave off a shutdown, with House GOP leaders expected to move this week on a bill.

The request, first reported by Punchbowl News, comes amid heightened concerns in Washington about security for public officials, including among members of Congress, in the wake of the Kirk assassination.

House Speaker Mike Johnson conceded Monday that leadership didn’t yet have the text of a short-term funding bill because they are “trying to resolve” security funding issues, which he called “kind of a late-breaking development.”

Johnson said leadership is also looking at how to include more money for lawmaker security in the funding bill.

“We don’t have consensus around that yet, because all of this has pretty rapidly developed over the last few days, and everyone was home in their districts for the weekend,” he said, adding that Republicans and Democrats will have talks over the next two days to determine “what everyone believes is appropriate” for ensuring their safety.

“I want everyone within the sound of my voice to understand members of Congress are safe. They will be kept safe. They have security measures now at their residences. And personally, we can always enhance and do more and do better. And I think everyone’s looking at that soberly right now, after this unspeakable tragedy that befell our friend,” the Louisiana Republican continued.

Senate Republicans will be briefed on security issues by the Senate Sergeant at Arms office and US Capitol Police during their weekly conference lunch on Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter said. Senate Sergeant at Arms Jennifer Hemingway and Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan are expected to attend the GOP policy lunch after being invited by Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

Thune said on Monday that he hopes to pass a short-term government funding bill later this week, assuming the House passes it. He signaled that could require weekend work because the Senate is in recess next week for the Jewish holidays and the shutdown deadline is at the end of the month.

Thune said it’s possible that short-term bill would include additional funding for security for lawmakers.

In July, following the fatal shootings targeting state lawmakers in Minnesota, the House increased security funding and resources for lawmakers in their home districts as part of a new program. Johnson previously said that approximately 60 Democrats and 20 Republicans took advantage of the program, and he wants to examine what worked and what didn’t.

On Sunday, the speaker said that he’s been working to reassure House members about their personal security and that congressional leaders are looking at “all the options” to bolster it.

“I’ve been talking with a lot of them over the last few days about that and trying to calm the nerves to assure them that we will make certain that everyone has a level of security that’s necessary,” he said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

He echoed calls from leaders of both parties on Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to “turn down the rhetoric.”

This story has been updated with additional information.

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