Wildfire season is winding down across much of the Mountain West as cold weather moves in. But it’s the perfect time to set controlled, or prescribed, fires to burn unwanted dead trees and underbrush that fuel larger wildfires.

With COVID-19 coverage, local election reporting and business updates—you won't want to miss this week's Reporter Roundtable.

The Chicago Reader has compared the script for the film Mass to works of Tennessee Williams, adding that it is “riveting and unforgettable.” And Variety says the film “announces Fran Kranz as a bold new filmmaker who has earned the right to excavate a subject as sensitive as this one.” Indeed, Mass has garnered some of the best critical notices of the year.

2021 Candidates for Boise City Council Districts 1, 3 & 5 Discuss Boise's Future.

As the sun was setting on last year’s legislative session, Idaho passed a law that could shrink the number of wolves in the state by 90%. Now, wolf conservation groups are fighting back.

A Pew Research analysis of census data shows that growth in U.S. households during the last decade slowed to its lowest pace in history.

The law, which took effect in July of 2020, adds cities to the list of entities that don’t have to hold elections if all seats are uncontested.

Many institutions acknowledge that land they've built upon once belonged to Native peoples, but experts say some well-intentioned statements can actually do harm.

The number of COVID patients needing hospitalization is down slightly, but there’s still a long way to go before the Idaho hospitals are operating normally again.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, many public health officials in Idaho have called on people to put political differences aside to safeguard the community from COVID-19. Despite this, it seems as though political division has grown even more intense.