Idaho Matters

For more than two decades, Chase Carter has been hand-making western saddles, now he's passing on his craft to his son. Expressive Idaho's producer met up with their family at the Blackfoot Ranch Rodeo.

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.

Bryan Kohberger sat in a courtroom in Boise and watched as the family members of the four University of Idaho students he murdered spoke out about their loved ones.

In 1984, a 39-year-old woman ran the inaugural women’s Olympic marathon. She finished the grueling race bent over and barely able to walk, but she crossed the finish line and became an example of endurance and perseverance.

After missing out on the 2020 celebration due to COVID, the Basque festival is returning bigger and better than ever, preparing six days full of music, food, dance and more.

In a rare disclosure, the White House officials announced that President Trump was diagnosed with a common chronic vein condition.

Outside of Spain, Idaho is home to one of the largest populations of Basque people in the United States. And as it happens, it’s also home to one of the Basque Country’s oldest grape varieties. 

Despite ending the fiscal year with a surplus, the state could see some budget cuts. 

Everybody's used to seeing a ladybug or two in the garden, but did you know you can find thousands of them up in the Idaho mountains? 

White, pink, yellow and blue opals hide in the rocky landscape of Spencer Opal Mines, the largest-producing precious opal mine in the United States.