Minidoka

The Idaho camp, which sometimes held over 9,000 Japanese-American detainees, operated from 1942 to 1945. A National Historic Site now lies there, outside Jerome and Twin Falls.

The Lava Ridge Wind Project would include about 400 turbines, mostly on Bureau of Land Management land in Jerome, Lincoln and Minidoka counties.

A renewable energy company is proposing Idaho’s largest wind farm on the desert land in the Magic Valley, and former incarcerees, their family members and the National Park Service are raising concerns about its proximity to the Minidoka Historic Site.

This interview originally aired Oct. 1, 2020.During World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans were ordered by the U.S. government to be incarcerated…

Minidoka Memorial is a 17-bed county-owned hospital in Rupert, along the Snake River Plain. Emergency physician Dr. David Wageman took his shift there…

During World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans were ordered by the U.S. government to be incarcerated in remote camps. The order, signed by…

This interview originally aired Apr. 20, 2020. Most college students dread group projects. Dividing the work evenly is always hard, and even basic…

Most college students dread group projects. Dividing the work evenly is always hard, and even basic communication can be stressful. Idaho State University…

The internment of Japanese Americans in Idaho during World War II is a dark part of our history that’s inspired art and social criticism. This Thursday…

Seventy-eight years ago this month, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order, forcing more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans out of their…