Magic Valley

A proposal to build Idaho’s largest wind farm is set to receive its most in-depth evaluation to date this month, when the Bureau of Land Management releases the draft Environmental Impact Statement on the project.

The investments come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program.

Thanks to redistricting, there’s only one incumbent for the three legislative seats in District 26, which includes Blaine, Lincoln and Jerome counties. Each race has a Republican and a Democrat on the ballot.

Idaho Matters takes a special trip to Twin Falls for a preview of today's All Things Considered.

The wind project called Lava Ridge is at the forefront, both because it’s the biggest with up to 400 turbines producing 1,000 megawatts of power on Bureau of Land Management land east of Shoshone, and because it’s the furthest along in the approval process.

Ali Noorani is the former President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum. His new book includes a chapter on the Magic Valley.

The project, led by the University of Idaho, includes a 2,000-cow dairy and 640-acres of farm fields in Rupert, an outreach center in Jerome, and a food-processing-focused partnership with the College of Southern Idaho.

The Minidoka National Historic Site is one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the country, according to an annual list released by the National Trust for Historic Preservation Wednesday.

The case was filed by six Mexican animal scientists in 2017 who say they were hired to work as veterinarians at Funk Dairy in Idaho, but instead were made to milk cows and clean up manure.

The mature plants were destroyed, and so were the seeds, which tend to rest in the top layer of the soil.