Idaho Matters

A federal judge has blocked Idaho from enforcing new rules that would have limited access to HIV treatment based on immigration status.

For the tenth year, Sun Valley Story Tours gives visitors and locals a chance to learn about one of the most popular destinations in Idaho.

For more than two decades, Chase Carter has been hand-making western saddles, now he's passing on his craft to his son. Expressive Idaho's producer met up with their family at the Blackfoot Ranch Rodeo.

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

Bryan Kohberger sat in a courtroom in Boise and watched as the family members of the four University of Idaho students he murdered spoke out about their loved ones.

In 1984, a 39-year-old woman ran the inaugural women’s Olympic marathon. She finished the grueling race bent over and barely able to walk, but she crossed the finish line and became an example of endurance and perseverance.

After missing out on the 2020 celebration due to COVID, the Basque festival is returning bigger and better than ever, preparing six days full of music, food, dance and more.

In a rare disclosure, the White House officials announced that President Trump was diagnosed with a common chronic vein condition.

Outside of Spain, Idaho is home to one of the largest populations of Basque people in the United States. And as it happens, it’s also home to one of the Basque Country’s oldest grape varieties. 

Despite ending the fiscal year with a surplus, the state could see some budget cuts. 

Everybody's used to seeing a ladybug or two in the garden, but did you know you can find thousands of them up in the Idaho mountains? 

White, pink, yellow and blue opals hide in the rocky landscape of Spencer Opal Mines, the largest-producing precious opal mine in the United States.

Project Pinecone will send nearly a quarter million pine seedlings to the Sawtooth National Forest to revive the once-vibrant landscape that was devastated by the Wapiti fire.

Cheatgrass has sparked an ecological nightmare, fueling wildfires, pushing out native species and creating economic burdens, especially in Idaho.

Sprinkled throughout Idaho's wildlands are many edible plants and fruits. However, it can be hard to know which of these are safe to eat, which is why Idaho Matters sits down with an expert for a few tips on foraging. 

For more than 30 years, the Archives of Falconry has been gathering artifacts, books and art, to preserve the history of falconers and their birds, and now they're expanding. 

It's Friday and time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters catches you up on the past week's headlines, including cuts to funding for public media and sheep headed to the Payette National Forest.

It’s 1953 Hong Kong, where whispers of a horrible massacre haunt a mansion. The people who stayed there insist it happened, but police see nothing of the sort.

Livestock face attacks from a new tick and the return of the screwworm, so now the U.S. is preparing to fight back.

To learn more about how a lavender farm works, Idaho Matters went out to Two Hoots Lavender near Five Mile and Overland in Boise.