In the news, Wednesday, January 21, 2026

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Western:

St. Agnes of Rome.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, day 4.

      Return  of Lutherans and other Protestants of Europe

St. Alban Bartholomew Roe

St. Brigid

Bl. Edward Stransham

St. Epiphanius of Pavia

St. Fructuosus of Tarragona

Bl. Inez

St. Lawdog

St. Maccalin

St. Meinrad

St. Patroclus

St. Publius

Bl. Thomas Reynolds

St. Vimin

Orthodox – OCA:

Venerable Maximus the Confessor

Martyr Neophytus of Nicea

Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian, and Aquila, at Trebizond

Virgin Martyr Agnes of Rome

Martyr Anastasius, disciple of Venerable Maximus the Confessor

Venerable Neóphytos of Vatopaidi Monastery on Mount Athos

Venerable Maximus the Greek

Icon of the Mother of God “Comfort” or “Consolation”

Icon of the Mother of God “Stabbed”

Icon of the Mother of God “Xenophon Hodegetria”

Martyr Fructuosis, Bishop of Tarragona, Spain,

      and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius

Saint George (John) of Georgia

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from Inlander

Rural hospitals juggle long-term budget cuts with short-term cash infusions under new federal health policy

After cutting nearly one trillion dollars from Medicaid over the next decade, the Trump administration is distributing one-time funds for state governments to shore up struggling rural hospitals. Despite having a larger rural population than Idaho, Washington received millions of dollars less.

How a private group is trying to find ways to fix Spokane’s behavioral health and criminal justice systems

While a recent report found Spokane County has many great resources to address behavioral and mental health issues, members of the privately led Safe and Healthy Spokane task force will spend the next few months figuring out the best recommendations for how local officials can ensure systems work better together and invest in improvements.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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