Idaho governor Brad Little urges caution to state residents as the COVID-19 vaccine is administered to the population, Idaho gas prices are rising slower than the rest of the U.S, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosted a live Friend to Friend event this weekend.

Two pieces of proposed legislation in the Senate and one in the House advanced Monday. All would modify current emergency declaration laws.

Dr. Mark Watkins is a jazz professor at BYU-Idaho. He composes different performances for the campus bands, including the Jazz Ensemble and Sound Alliance, despite the fact that he's blind. BYU-Idaho Radio talks with him about his experience teaching, his upbringing, and what it's like to teach without the ability to see.

https://www.byui.edu/radio/blind-music-professor-composes-campus-concert-band

Jonathan Castillo, Outreach Coordinator with Idaho Legal Aid Services, talks about his organization's efforts to help Idahoans who can't afford legal assistance.

Legislation to make illegal demonstrating at private residences is headed full house, a snowmobiler was killed after getting swept away by a large avalanche, and The House approved millions of dollars in emergency rental assistance.

The Idaho Falls Police Department has released the name of the officer involved in the deadly shooting of a homeowner in Idaho Falls, Rexburg police have released in a news conference the name of the man killed in an officer-involved shooting Monday night, and the first U.S. endangered species was successfully cloned from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago in Wyoming.

Taylor Heikell is a BYU-Idaho student who moved back to Texas after last semester. She's experiencing the winter disaster there right now, and BYU-Idaho Radio interviews her about the experience and what it's like living through it.

https://www.byui.edu/radio/byu-idaho-student-caught-in-texas-blizzards

The Pocatello City Council voted to extend mask mandates in the city, students in Teton County School District 1 will go to 4 days of in-person learning in April and the senior producer behind the Book of Mormon video series gave a forum at BYU-Idaho.

In this week's episode, Silas, Nathan, Blake, and special guest Cait Bahr talk about dating! Listen for Silas's awkward date stories, for Blake's oddly specific questions, and Cait's laudable performance putting up with the boys.

Recommendations --

Silas: Give more than the first date a chance to get to know who someone is.

Cait: Communication! If I don't know how you're feeling, there's no way for me to figure that out.

Blake: Be up-front about your level of interest! Let people know what page your on, and there will be a palpable sense of relief.

Nathan: Do the DTR in person -- do not have that conversation over text or messenger. Verbal and non-verbal cues are so meaningful in that conversation.

Bonneville County Sheriff's deputies and search and rescue personnel responded to three different incidents of lost snowmobilers in the last three days, the Idaho State Board of Education recently accepted recommendations that could allow high school students to take the Idaho Standards Achievement Test sooner, and BYU-Idaho's collegiate singers, Men's Chorus, and Women's Chorus will perform tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m.