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In May, 100 teams of kids from around the country gathered outside Washington DC and shot chicken eggs into space as part of the American Rocketry Challenge. The middle and high-school-age kids that took part in this challenge were the best, beating out 800 teams and 4,500 students to get to the finals. And two teams from Idaho got to go this year, the Spudniks and the Rigby Rockets!

When it comes to learning, having the right kind of support inside and outside of the classroom is important. Which is why schools all over Idaho are taking part in a new strategy known as community schools to help aid their students.

Water is scarce in much of our region. So every spring, one tribe spends days cleaning ditches that are vital to irrigating their farmland. But aging infrastructure and the effects of climate change are making it harder for farmers to get enough water - even after the cleanings.

Blessing and planting seeds is a farming tradition for Latin America's indigenous people. KUER's Pamela McCall visited a ceremony held by a community garden and a cultural arts group in Utah.

But for pets? Fireworks can be a traumatic and challenging experience, especially for dogs. So ahead of the weekend Idaho Matters shares an interview with Idaho Humane Society CEO Dr. Jeff Rosenthal.

The "City of Good" has distributed nearly 100,000 meals and 8,000 pounds of local produce to food insecure Idahoans. Now they have a new undertaking that they hope will help support even more people.

There are so many struggles facing parents and children in today’s world, then throw in any type of difference and those struggles can multiply. Meg Zucker, who was born with a genetic condition herself, knows those struggles and she wanted to give parents and caregivers some tools on how to support their children.

Grace Cho emigrated to the U.S. as a baby and grew up in a small rural town in Washington state, the daughter of a White American father and a Korean mother. Idaho Matters talks with the author.

Rug hooking is an old art that’s seeing a resurgence. During the pandemic two women got together with some very talented folks to make 100 rugs based on fairy tales. And now those rugs are traveling the country.

There is an obesity epidemic in the United States. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, more than two in five American adults are obese and nearly one in five American children are obese. So is a drug used to help decrease blood sugar levels in type two diabetics the answer to weight loss?