Idaho Matters

Emmy winner and Grammy nominee Toni Childs reflects on her powerful career of music and joyful activism.

Idaho’s debate over education funding is heating up, but some say the conversation is being framed the wrong way

They may sound out of this world, but languages like Klingon and Na’vi were created right here on earth by linguists.

A new video series is inviting people to pause the daily chaos and recharge with a minute of calm in Idaho's most beautiful landscapes.

A new book is turning heads for its honest look at ambition, friendship and the pressures placed on young athletes.

Over the past five years, Idaho has lost thousands of farms, prompting urgent conversations about the preservation of agricultural communities and the future of farming in our state. The Land and Legacy series was produced in collaboration with Grow Idaho .

When emergencies strike where roads don't reach, Idaho's pilots become lifelines - flying daring rescue missions that save lives in the states most remote areas. 

How nurses are trained today looks very different from decades ago, from small hospital-based programs to cutting-edge simulation labs.

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.

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 me...

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.