- Treasure Valley residents file a complaint against the Air Force over proposed flight exercises.
- A self-help guru comes to Boise for a lecture.
- Idaho-based nuclear energy watchdog turns 40.
- A Boise author recounts his experience serving in the Perisan Gulf.
- The Air Force proposed a series of Urban Close Air Support Training exercises to be operated from Mountain Home AFB. These exercises would involve overhead flights coordinating with personnel on the ground in urban and suburban settings. These exercises are of concern to some Treasure Valley residents; a complaint has been filed on behalf of seven individuals and an advocacy organization called Great Old Broads for Wilderness. On the Monday edition of Idaho Matters, we talk with Lt. Emileigh Rogers of Mountain Home AFB about the exercises and we'll explore the concerns of the community with claimant Kathryn Railsback and attorney Sarah Stellberg.
- Guy Finley is a motivational speaker with the Life of Learning Foundation; he specializes in counselling couples in relationship repair. Finley will speak at the Boise Public Library on Monday, May 6, and he joins Idaho Matters.
- The partial meltdown of Three Mile Island's Reactor #2 in 1979 rocked a nation that became lulled by the quiet safety of nuclear energy. The incident caused Idahoans to question the safety of operations at Idaho National Laboratory and as a result, the Snake River Alliance was developed. For forty years, the organization has served as Idaho's nuclear watchdog and clean energy advocates. We talk with the Alliance about nuclear safety and renewable energy options for Idaho.
- Bill Rileyenlisted in the Air Force as the Cold War in the mid-eighties, when US-Soviet relations were still pretty icy. He pursued a career in military intelligence, serving in Colorado, Kuwait and everywhere in between. Riley published his memoirs from his service in the book, Baghdaddy: How Saddam Hussein Taught Me To Be A Better Fatherand he (Riley, not Hussein) joins Idaho Matters to talk about his time in the military.