Idaho News

Budget cuts from the Idaho legislature targeting social justice programs like those at Boise State University aren’t expected to have a direct effect on those programs.

Idaho Matters checks-in with Idaho Public Television's General Manager Ron Pisaneschi as he prepares to retire this summer.

Sarah Sentilles is an author, academic, religious scholar and advocate who lives in Idaho's Wood River Valley. Her latest book — called "Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn’t Ours" — is a personal memoir of her navigation of the foster care system, both in Oregon and here in Idaho.

Unseasonably hot weather has Idahoans eying their rafts and paddleboards. But fire officials are warning the Boise River is still far too dangerous to float.

In this week's edition of the Idaho Matters, our reporter panel catches up on the latest in Idaho politics and the state's COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

Continuing unemployment claims in Idaho fell for a 13th straight time last week, but more than half of those beneficiaries will lose federal pandemic unemployment funds when Idaho cuts off the programs June 19.

Rosina Machu may be the most inspirational story of Idaho’s 2021 graduation season. She barely survived Malaria at the age of two and spent much of her childhood in a refugee camp in the shadow of war-torn Ethiopia. She and her family were ultimately relocated to Idaho.

A North Idaho music festival can continue to ban guns on leased city land after a judge ruled in favor of the city of Sandpoint, the second time the city has beaten back a similar challenge.

Thursday's forecast of triple-digit heat in Boise will easily surpass the previous record of 98 degrees for June 3. But what are the larger implications of it being this hot, this early?

It's been another whirlwind week in Idaho news. Idaho Matters will catch you up on everything you need to know in this edition of the Friday Reporter Roundtable, featuring guest host Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News.