News on how Idaho lawmakers are trying to regulate health insurance companies, kids in Boise start heading back to school and there’s a fire weather watch for multiple Idaho cities starting tomorrow.

News on e-moto policy in Boise, the Interior Department reviewing federal wilderness policies across millions of acres of public lands, a call for ornaments for the Capitol Christmas Tree, and updates to the Discovery Center of Idaho. 

News on how Idaho is managing this fire season, a new app making it easier to comment on changes to public lands, a north Idaho police shortage, some upcoming road construction, and tips on food safety from Idaho health officials.

News on how wildfire smoke affects mental health, a revamp of Idaho’s attorney licensing exam, the latest wildfire potential forecast for the Northwest, and a new project that could help Idaho store more water. 

Drones are interrupting fire operations, news on how huckleberry season is faring, Idaho State Police Headquarters has a new patrol captain, and researchers are using AI to find critical minerals.

Free counseling continues today for people affected by the Twin Falls shooting, the Red Cross has a major blood shortage, the latest on schools in the Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences fighting over big money, and lawmakers weigh in on whether people should be betting on wildfires.

A man has been arrested in connection with the Spokane fires, police presence is increasing across the region tonight, a christian nationalist group is suing Boise State University, and BSU’s fall football training camp.

News on multiple wildfires blazing in the Inland Northwest an adjustment to some local trails and a mass shooting in Twin Falls that caught national attention. 

Some outdoor events are canceled or changed, others will continue as-scheduled as wildfire smoke continues to harm air quality in southern Idaho, containment increases on the Big Grass Fire now primarily burning in Owyhee County, three of the Idaho women who sued the state over its abortion ban are among more than a dozen accusing an anti-abortion website of defamation, and Perpetua Resources and Idaho National Laboratory cut the ribbon on a pilot plant for processing antimony mined at stibnite for the U.S. Military.

How does wildfire smoke and poor air quality affect us? Plus, Idaho Governor Brad Little declared a wildfire emergency and deployed the Idaho National Guard to help. Separately, two Idaho Guardsmen face an assault allegation while deployed in Washington, D.C. Idaho could trade nuclear development opportunity for nuclear waste, and how the state's inmates played a role in the North End Zone renovation project at Boise State's Albertsons Stadium.