- Operations to resume at Stibnite Mining District.
- 3D printed heart aids instruction of heart defects.
- The Stibnite Mining District is loaded with gold, silver, tungsten and antimony. The region had been heavily mined for decades and just as heavily polluted. Operations stopped in 1997 and 12 years later, Midas Gold acquired the site and began to look at ways to resume mining operations in the area. The mining firm says it is committed to responsible and sustainable mining practices but conservationists are wary. Idaho Matters looks at new efforts to harvest minerals at the Stibnite Mining District. Originally aired October 29, 2018.
- Boise State clinical assistant professor Samantha Davis recently received the 2018 National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Gary A. Smith Educational Award for Innovation in Education Achievement for her development of a 3D printed heart that aids students in studying heart defects. Davis joins Idaho Matters to talk about her heart.