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The company that provides the water for much of the Treasure Valley is asking for a 24% rate hike to help pay for improvements to the large system that provides drinking water to over 105,000 homes and businesses. Idaho Matters takes a look at what those increased rates would help pay for, as well as where our water comes from and how it gets to our homes.

The Treefort Music Festival starts next week in downtown Boise and alongside all the bands and music, festival-goers will hear from authors, journalists and podcasters at Storyfort. Joining us now is Christian Winn, the organizer of Storyfort and one of this year's storytellers, Carissa Wolf, a lecturer in the Boise State Sociology Department who also co-directs the Idaho Media Initiative.

Idaho's Governor files lawsuit against tent encampment near Idaho Statehouse.

Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable: March 16, 2022

Experts give their early impressions of what led up to the invasion, what conditions are like on the ground in Ukraine, and what we might expect next.

Idaho farms produce the second-most hops in the country - now 16% of domestic production - more than four times what Idaho produced in 2012. Joining us to talk about the business of hops and beer are Diane Gooding from Gooding Farms in Parma, Jeff Alworth, author and journalist who runs the Beervana Blog and Stan Hieronymus, journalist and author of "For the Love of Hops".

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.