Idaho Matters

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.

Idaho Matters host Gemma Gaudette signed the petition to place Proposition 1 on the Idaho ballot. We are noting this in the interest of transparency as Boise State Public Radio strives to provide balanced, unbiased coverage of important issues.

What started as a seasonal foodborne illness has grown into one of the largest outbreaks the U.S. has seen in years.

Boise is welcoming the Ironman 70.3 back for another year, with organizers preparing for a large number of athletes, traffic and rising temperatures. 

Water is everything in the west, but a century-old law is shaping who has access to the resource and who doesn't, leaving some farmers struggling.

The annual Oregon-Idaho conference of the United Methodist Church, which represents 145 United Methodist churches in Oregon and Idaho, won’t be coming back to Idaho next year.

Boise's Capital City Flute Club is performing a special hometown concert before traveling to Portland to represent the Treasure Valley at the 2026 National Flute Association Conference.

A new exhibit at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West is exploring the history and conservation of the American buffalo.

Following a winter of exceptionally low snowpack, Boise has adopted a new drought emergency ordinance to help protect the city's water supply.

Idaho lawmakers are teaming up for a coordinated response to the growing rat problem in the Treasure Valley, citing health risks and costly property damage.

As a heat advisory pushes temperatures into the triple digits across the state, Idaho Power is monitoring increased electricity demand and sharing ways customers can stay cool.