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Federal cash could make a big difference for health care in rural Idaho communities.

It's Wednesday and time for our Doctor Roundtable with Dr. David Pate!

The diversity principle – the idea that people with different backgrounds, identities, and viewpoints produce better work – was a core tenet of the first modern research university and the inspiration for John Stuart Mill’s classic treatise, On Liberty. But as a war on diversity upendsgovernment, corporate, and education policies, the history of the idea of diversity has never been more important. In his latest book, The Diversity Principle: The Story of a Transformative Idea, David B. Oppenheimer, a diversity skeptic turned believer, chronicles how diversity became a foundation of education over the last 200 years, how it evolved in commerce and science, and the inevitable implications of the current backlash.

Athletic Directors at four of Idaho's institutions of higher ed go beyond the scoreboard to survey the rapidly changing world of college athletics and what it all means for student athletes and sports fans.

On the second week of August, Kyle Bilinski reads an excerpt from Jaydn DeWald’s book, “The Rosebud Variations.”

As Idaho students head back to class, school leaders are preparing for a year shaped by some unexpected challenges and new rules.

With thousands of Idaho kids lacking access to after-school programs, one Boise nonprofit is creating a place where teens can find support.

While Sen. Tim Sheehy pushed to end Forest Service inspections of firefighting aircraft, an inspector found a potentially dangerous crack in a plane operated by the company Sheehy founded.

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.

A priceless mask, a beautiful woman, a deadly secret, and a curse if it doesn’t fit. Philip Chandler, a small-town Idaho newspaper reporter and owner of the Fremont Herald, thought he landed a front-page scoop interviewing reclusive gun collector Ernest Hardy. Days later, Hardy is brutally murdered, and Chandler is pulled into a dangerous hunt.