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Manure runoff is polluting drinking water supplies across the Mountain West, report finds

New research shows high levels of a toxic byproduct linked to cancer and other health problems polluting drinking water across the U.S., including parts of the Mountain West. One of the main causes is manure runoff from livestock farms.

Juneteenth Celebration in Pocatello on June 21

The Pocatello Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will honor the fourth local resumption of the Juneteenth celebration, the day celebrated as emancipation day, “the end of slavery,” on June 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pocatello Senior Activity Center, 427 N. Sixth. The public is invited. McKenzie Young is joined with Jan Gillette, the President of Pocatello Branch of NAACP, to learn about this enormously significant day for African Americans, June 19, 1865, and how it will be celebrated locally with an ethnic and traditional food picnic and other activities.

New Mexico and Colorado make list of finalists for prestigious world travel award

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U.S. Senators want to speed up BLM planning process

Senators characterized the agency’s decision-making process as “rigid” and “slow,” and said they want states to have a bigger role.

Show Naming Contest from Dean of Students and KISU-FM

ISU Dean of Students Matt Daily joins Jamon Anderson to announce a new monthly radio program and a show-naming-contest for ISU students. Students can submit suggestions (with directions in this post) for a chance to win a pair of FULL 5-Day Festival passes to the Treefort Music Fest in Boise this month.

Redadas y denuncias por venganza: Dentro de la operación de deportación del ICE en Puerto Rico

Rebecca González dirige una de las oficinas locales de inteligencia doméstica de ICE. Ella contó a NPR cómo sus agentes localizan a inmigrantes en Puerto Rico para cumplir la promesa de deportación masiva del presidente Donald Trump.

Georgia Washington has lived in Southern Heights, a predominantly Black neighborhood in the northern part of Baton Rouge, La., since 1973. After falling ill with COVID-19 last year, Washington was eager to get vaccinated, which is in line with federal health recommendations. But Washington again had difficulty finding a local provider, this time to get a vaccine.

Across The South, COVID-19 Vaccine Sites Missing From Black And Hispanic Neighborhoods

An NPR analysis of COVID-19 vaccination sites in major cities across the Southern U.S. reveals a racial disparity, with most sites located in whiter neighborhoods.

A St. Luke’s hospital nurse checks on a patient monitor. The pandemic has changed Idaho’s nursing workforce. COVID-19 prompted early retirements, job changes and travel nursing gigs that worsened a shortage of experienced nurses in ICU, ER and other hospital specialties. Idaho nurses also have experienced trauma. But some nurses say the fourth surge has strengthened the bond between health care workers in Idaho’s hospitals. (Courtesy of St. Luke’s Health System)

Dispatches from Idaho’s front lines: ‘I just never really thought I’d ever see this.’

Idaho’s health care workers describe what it’s like going to war against COVID-19

Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke, center, presides over the final day of the 2022 legislative session. (Clark Corbin/Idaho Capital Sun)

Without overriding any vetoes, Idaho Legislature adjourns 2022 session for the year

Idaho Senate tried and failed to override Little’s veto of Senate Bill 1381, the coronavirus pause act

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 26, 2022 (Photo by Marisa Demarco / Source New Mexico)

Idaho’s Rep. Simpson made 15 funding requests for state projects — then voted against them

U.S. House passed appropriations bill on party-line vote with funding for 13 Idaho infrastructure projects

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