Idaho Matters

(Lewis Clark State College)We're taking a look at some of the newest college presidents in Idaho. That includes Lewis Clark State College. Dr. Cynthia Pemberton was named the 16th president of the school and started July 1. The school is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Dr. Pemberton unveils her vision for the future of LCSC.

(Friesen Gallery)She marries glass, metal and color to produce unique and unusual paintings full of feeling. Artist Nicole Chesney has a new exhibition of paintings that opens Friday in Sun Valley. She lives and works in Rhode Island but dropped by Idaho Matters to talk about her work.  

(Matt Guilhem / Boise State Public Radio)A one-of-a-kind house sits on what was once a barren promontory in Idaho’s Hagerman Valley. In the mid-1950s, landscape painter Archie Teater and his wife commissioned arguably the world’s most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, to design a studio for them. While in safe hands at the moment, Matt Guilhem reports the future of the studio – and other notable buildings – is far from guaranteed. Idaho Matters takes a closer look.

(City of Meridian)The last time a comprehensive plan was created for Meridian was 2011, and 30 percent of Meridian's current population wasn't living there. That's why a new plan is coming together, and city officials want your input. We take a closer look on Idaho Matters.  

(Roadsidepictures / Flickr)Last June, two bail bondsmen were arrested and charged with impersonating a police officer in Caldwell. This case raised several issues, about bail agents, and what they can, or can't, do. Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue joins Idaho Matters to help clarify the issue.  

(Samantha Wright / Boise State Public Radio)Idaho Artist James Castle's family home has been turned into a museum, shop and a space for an artist in residence. The first such artist, Keiran Brennan Hinton, moved in in May. We chat with him about observational painting.  

"Me Too" has taken the world by storm, toppling movie stars and CEO's. Now an Idaho woman's "Me Too" experience has led her to write a children's book about the movement. We talk to Patty Costello about her book "Catalina and the King's Wall."

(SamPac / Flickr)Many of our veterans come home from active military service to find a lack of resources to help them get settled back into civilian life. As rental prices soar, many veterans are on the verge of homelessness. We take a look at a new initiative that the City of Boise is putting together to find permanent housing for vets.Further resources: Veteran’s Homeless Hotline: 1-877-4AID-VET (1-877-424-3838) Veteran’s Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 (Press 1) Boise VA Health Care for Homeless Veterans’ Program: (208) 422-1000 Ext. 1039 or john.randall@va.gov  Fundraising Campaign   

(Inciweb)Idaho is hot, smoky and on fire. Over the past two weeks, Idaho's fire season has blown up, with wildfires burning up thousands of acres and threatening towns like Council. We get the wildfire picture, straight from the people who report on it.

(Lexi Lozano)Idaho body image activist Amy Pence-Brown has been part of the movement to get people to accept women's bodies as they are, not as some unreachable ideal. And now she's talking about age in the same way. Pence-Brown was featured in a Time article "Can Gen X Women Love Their Bodies?"   

Terrorism is unfortunately a fact of life in the world we live in. But helping your child understand it so they can safe can be a difficult conversation to have. Psychiatrist and award-winning author Dr. Carole Lieberman believes talking to your kids about terrorism and school shootings is as important as the birds and bees talk. We talk to the doctor on Monday's Idaho Matters. 

She's a former journalist, who wrote books on the side, until she took the plunge to become a full-time writer in 2015. Now Brenda Stanley is an author with eight books to her credit. When her novel, "The Color of Snow" did well, she decided to quit her job in journalism and focus on writing. Her latest book, "The Treasure of Cedar Creek" is a mystery/thriller, set in the Idaho wilderness.    

(Robert Eiserloh / Flickr)Idaho is one of the most accommodating states in the nation for facilitating surrogate pregnancies, so much so that it has becoming something of a destination industry. Idaho Matters looks at why state laws are amenable to surrogacy and how it helps couples looking to start families.

We assemble a panel of Idaho journalists to discuss the week's events in Boise, the Treasure Valley and beyond. This week we're joined by Kimberlee Kruesi of the Associated Press, Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News and Sven Berg from the Idaho Statesman.

(NPR/Pat Sullivan/AP)The Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Grant will help the Idaho State Police expand sexual assault response training and increase evidence collection capabilities. On Friday's Idaho Matters, we speak with state representative Melissa Wintrow about the legislation behind the efforts.

The world's most recognizable food-shaped motor vehicle rolled into Boise this week and we speak with the "Hot-doggers" who pilot the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile across the country.

(cwidaho.cc)As the state's population grows, the number of healthcare professionals continues to stretch. A grant awarded to Idaho Health Care Association Foundation will help recruit and train 500 certified nursing assistants. We talk with the College of Western Idaho about the role of CNA's in Idaho.

(Ada County)In October of 2017, Ada County was awarded a grant from the MacArthur Foundation's Safety and Justice Challenge.The $1 million grant will allow Ada County's courts to look at productive approaches to criminal justice that minimize levels of incarceration and recidivism. We speak with an Ada County official about looking at criminal justice differently.

(Brian Bielmann)'Andy Irons: Kissed By God' tells the story of one of the greatest surfers in history, a kid who grew up on the North Shore of Kauai and was touring the globe in his teens.Irons crushed competition in the surf, but his battles with bipolar disorder and addiction led to his death in 2010. The documentary, produced by Teton Gravity Research Films in Wyoming, will be showing at the Overland Park CinemasThursday evening and Idaho Matters speaks with one of the film's directors on Thursday's edition.

(Credit Idaho Statesman)Healthcare management has evolved in recent years. From the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the subsequent dilluting thereof to state-by-state Medicaid expansion and the lightning fast technical developments in medicine, it can be difficult to keep up with the trends in healthcare. St. Luke's CEO and president, Dr. David Pate, joins us to parse out the changing face of healthcare.