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Phasing out fossil fuels requires a lot of clean energy infrastructure, like solar farms. Now workers in one sun-soaked part of our region are grabbing a share of that green gold rush. They're retraining workers to handle the growth in solar.

According to new research, over the last 20 years, the number of people directly exposed to wildfires has doubled and the reasons why may surprise you.

There's a new local tv news station in our region and it's devoted to the Spanish-speaking community. But in a region that struggles with affordability, it's a challenge getting the operation off the ground.

Here in the U.S. many states are experiencing record breaking heat and when it comes to cooling down, we need more solutions than just turning on the air conditioner, at least according to Jeff Goodell. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, "The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet" which looks at the impact extreme heat is having on, not just us, but the planet as well.

Idaho Matters takes a look at a new outbreak that the World Health Organization is calling a "priority disease."

If you're looking for a new book to add to your summer reading list, Idaho Matters has a recommendation for you!

August 3, 2023, was a horrible day in Boise. First responders were first called to a downtown street where a teen skateboarder was hit and killed by a vehicle. A very short time later, police responded to yet another incident of a man with a weapon. With law enforcement using lethal force for the second time in as many weeks, the man was dead. Boise Mayor Lauren McLean sits down to talk to talk more about the two incidents, as well as pedestrian and public safety.

Across the region, goatheads - or puncturevine - are an invasive scourge to cyclists, walkers and our four-legged friends - popping tires and embedding themselves in shoes and sensitive paws with their bedeviling spines. There are many efforts to halt their spread, but in Boise, new research is helping volunteer removers better target their efforts.

As Hollywood writers and actors remain on strike, the movie "Barbie" is breaking records around the world at the box office.

Two years ago, the Idaho legislature passed a new law that makes changes to the way the state manages wolves and these changes have sparked controversy among many conservationists.