“Ada County Coroner Dotti Owens exerts a lot of influence when it comes to dealing with death. Her office — which contracts with 36 other coroners’ offices around the state — is already running at or near capacity almost 100% of the time, so a possible COVID-19-related surge is cause for concern.”
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