Idaho Matters

A coalition of educators, parents and community leaders are suing the state of Idaho over our state’s new school voucher law.

Rock ’n’ roll wasn't just a new sound - it was a cultural explosion. Meet the trailblazers and legends who turned up the volume and changed the face of music.

A new program is helping people to strengthen their bodies and peace of mind in just a few minutes a day.

A major medical breakthrough is offering some hope for families battling Huntington’s disease.

A new symposium is shining a spotlight on a series of legal battles around the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Idaho ranchers are embracing new technologies like drones and virtual fencing. 

Romance novelist Ellen O'Cover has a new book out called The Heartbreak Hotel.

One former Boise math teacher is creating award-winning card games which are being played around the world.

For most of us, we only get a few minutes with our physician at the doctor’s office. With so many patients and so few doctors, there is very little face-to-face time with the medical professionals who can have a profound impact on our bodies and our minds.

A new mural in Sun Valley dives into the history of the Wood River Valley and into the history of parachuting beavers.

There was a groundbreaking on the Stibnite Gold Mine last week, the gold mine is also still facing lawsuits from multiple organizations and the Nez Perce tribe, three Idaho Falls schools canceled class after reports and rumors of a gun threat that grew out of a school prank, there is talk a new Nuclear Task Force and a Foster Care Closet in Blackfoot is getting a big boost. 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.Our journalist panel today:  Drew Dodson, reporter and editor for the Valley Lookout Kevin Fixler, investigative reporter with the Idaho Statesman Kaitlyn Hart, reporter with East Idaho News

Five Idaho lawmakers joined more than 200 other leaders from across the country for a "50 States, One Israel" conference hosted and sponsored by Israel and are now facing criticism. 

Across Idaho, nonprofits have been stretched thin, but they're not the only ones feeling the pressure, so are the philanthropists working to support them.

Jimmy Kimmel is back and so is fall television! 

During a televised news conference, the president stated that there was a link between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism. In the time since that claim many experts have come out saying the evidence simply doesn’t support his theory.

Idaho consistently ranks among the states with the highest suicide rates, prompting action from a group of Boise nonprofits with a series of events aimed at sparking change. 

Corruption, revenge and meat pies that are hiding a deadly secret! This fall, Opera Idaho is inviting you into the dark world of Sweeny Todd. 

"Fall Flights" has returned to the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise - giving you a chance to experience the avian ambassadors who live at the Center up close. 

Back in the 1860s in Idaho, skills like butter churning and blacksmithing were essential to everyday life. Now the Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead is giving you the chance to step back in time and celebrate the Gem State's past.

After eight years, the Nampa Mayor has announced that her mayoral time has reached its end.