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Electing Boise City council members at large is now a thing of the past. Starting this November, Boise voters will be casting a ballot for just one council member — the one who lives in their district and who will represent them.

As much of Idaho continues to face triple digit heat, the inside of a cool and dark movie theater sounds pretty appealing. Our resident film critic is back to tell us worth watching for the first time — and what's worth rewatching ahead of July 4th Independence Day celebrations.

When COVID-19 hit and shut down Idaho in March 2020, the Boise Airport ground to a halt. But officials and airlines adapted to the "new normal" and the airport rebounded faster than other transportation hubs in the U.S.

Crisis Standards Of Care—a term we've heard many times in the shadow of the pandemic. These guidelines help health care providers decide who should get life-saving care—like ventilators, ICU beds and staff time. Up until now, it was a worst-case-scenario in hospitals dealing with COVID-19. Now, it's a reality.

North Idaho has implemented Crisis Standards of Care and state officials continue to paint a bleak picture. Health experts are urging Idahoans to get vaccinated, wear masks and socially distance — before the Crisis Standards of Care spreads to a statewide measure.

Dismal snowpack and precipitation this spring meant some farmers in the Wood River Valley didn’t have enough water this summer for their crops. Rachel Cohen joined Idaho Matters to talk about what farmers are saying about how this year could be a sign of things to come.

Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable gets you up-to-date on the news that made headlines this week including: the state of the COVID-19 crisis and Idaho hospitals, masks in schools, critical race theory and more.

An interview with Blaine Harden, author of Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West. The book examines the cost of American expansionism, and the problems that arise when history is only told by the victors.

The delta mutation is causing a surge in COVID-19 cases, here in Idaho and across the country. This is not the first variant to spike infections — and it won’t be the last.