Utah Valley University will not have a commencement speaker after public outcry of the selected speaker. Idaho has a new license plate to celebrate 250 years of the United States. More than 50 students were among the first to graduate from the Ensign College Prison Education Program Wednesday.

Missoula, Montana temple groundbreaking and many more temples opening soon. Idahoans could vote on the legalization of medical cannabis. BYU Provo law school has climbed the ranks to 24 out of 25 in the nation.

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture has begun to open more watercraft inspection stations across the state for the 2026 season. The Missoula, Montana, temple of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will break ground on Saturday, June 6th, and former Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth will be performing at Fort Hall this July.

The director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources has declared a drought emergency and the governor has signed the order. Idaho Falls school district 91 will begin its unique online school enrollment option for students starting this fall. This weekend Pocatello will celebrate Earth Day with its Portneuf Valley Environmental Fair.

Taxes are due tomorrow, which has some of us racing to finish, but for those who finished early--before March 10--some are still waiting for refunds they expected weeks ago. Water users in Blackfoot will have to restrict their water this summer. Artificial intelligence is everywhere, and understanding its role in education, especially at BYU-Idaho, is very important.

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square along with the OC Tanner Gift of Music will host a benefit concert in Los Angeles in June, thanks to nine-year-old Betty Grandy, Idaho now has a state sport, and a group of eight runners from Utah set a new world record.

These are your morning headlines for April 13, 2026, for BYU-Idaho Radio. 70's band Chicago is coming to Idaho Falls, emergency alert for a fire along the south fork of the Snake River, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donates 36,000 pounds of food to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

The Young Women General Presidency addressed changes to class structure, a hit and run involving a school bus is under investigation from the Idaho State Police, and Liana Tan began her career with a fascination with media creation.

Flasher spotted on Highway 20 and bands 'Chicago' and 'Papa Roach' performing in east Idaho this summer.

About 4,000 students are about to graduate from BYU-Idaho, The Idaho Falls Opera Theatre is opening a new show this weekend, and a man arrested two years ago for animal cruelty was sentenced yesterday.