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Today Idaho Matters takes a closer look at this year's Sun Valley Film Festival. Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler are on the list to be honored by the festival. Our resident film critic and Morning Edition host George Prentice joins us for a preview.

It's almost time for this year's Oscars and our movie expert George Prentice is back with his picks for some of the top awards.

More than 40 at-risk shelter dogs from shelters in Louisiana boarded a plane this morning and started their flight to new homes in Boise. When they land they'll head to the Idaho Humane Society and will soon be up for adoption. The non-profit group "Greater Good Charities" put this "Flight to Freedom" together and we're joined by their chief marketing officer Noah Horton.

Affordable housing is a crisis in Idaho and it's also the greatest barrier to housing people who are experiencing homelessness. However, one local organization, CATCH, has had some success. Here to talk more about that are Stephanie Day, executive director of "CATCH" and Caleb Roope with the Pacific Companies, who makes home a possibility for families.

Daylight Savings Time has arrived again. The twice-a-year clock change can be a grueling adjustment affecting sleep, productivity and even safety. Dr. Karin Johnson is a sleep medicine specialist and asn associate professor of Neurology at U-Mass Chan Medical School Baystate. She looks at how "springing forward" can affect your health and has some tips to make the switch a little easier.

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up-to-date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

Boise is becoming a culinary hotspot

Five Idaho women and non-binary players will play on the professional ultimate frisbee team "Utah Wild" this March

Idaho's crime lab in Meridian struggles to keep up with more fentanyl coming into the Gem State.

Dr. Rita Woods won the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction last year for her novel "Remembrance." NPR called the book "A complex story of loss and survival told across 200 years by four women, united by the color of their skin." Dr. Woods is coming to Storyfort in downtown Boise this week. She talked earlier with host Gemma Gaudette.