Magic Valley

The wind farm has generated significant opposition. One objection has been that the power produced on public lands in Idaho would likely be sent out of state.

The county's planning and zoning commission signed off on a special use permit last fall for JK Potatoes, based in Rupert, to construct a new melon-sorting facility in Bliss in an agricultural zone.

Christopher Bradley Calbo resigned from his role in September. He has been serving a jail sentence in Oregon on domestic violence charges after entering a “no contest” plea.

The center is a partnership between St. Luke's Health System, Family Health Services and other Magic Valley organizations.

People gather at the Minidoka National Historic Site to reflect on the incarceration of 13,000 Japanese Americans in southern Idaho during World War II .

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.