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The Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable discusses sticker shock from Ada County property tax assessments, median home prices in the Boise metro, the housing shortage crisis in Ketchum, and a national expert on extremism weighs in on Idaho lawmakers' focus on critical race theory this past legislative session.

As smoke continues to fill the Treasure Valley and other parts of the West, Idaho Matters shares tips for dealing with smoke and wildfire.

Idaho Matters checks-in with doctors from our largest health care systems to learn what's going on with an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations several months into the state's vaccination efforts.

Growth is changing the landscape in the Treasure Valley from fields and farmland to buildings and homes. As the fields disappear, so do the plants and flowers that bees, butterflies and other pollinators need to survive. A new project aims to bring back those flowers and the pollinators they rely on.

The pandemic brought more people to the lake town of McCall, exacerbating an already existing shortage of affordable places for workers to live.

With a recent police involved shooting in Boise, questions about how police interact with people suffering from mental health issues have once again come up.

Boise State Public Radio and Idaho Matters are visiting Valley County, specifically McCall. It's our first big reporting trip after COVID-19 sent us all indoors to do interviews remotely, and we want to know how the lake town is recovering from the pandemic.

What may look like a regular printer is actually a 3D bioprinter, with the ability to print live cells. The technology is helping Idaho State University researchers and students test new drug treatments for various cancers.

Boise Schools announced teachers and students aren't required to wear masks in the fall. Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the U.S. and Idaho continues to struggle with convincing eligible people to get vaccinated.

Boise Bicycle Project's Jimmy Hallyburton and Lost Grove Brewing's Jacob Black join Idaho Matters to talk about this year's celebration of all things bicycle.