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A sun-sized space detector called LISA is set to catch ripples from colliding black holes, giving scientists a brand-new way to explore the universe.

Parenting can be stressful, but when you have children with chronic illness or complex medical conditions, stress is often not the only thing that caregivers struggle with. That's why one professor has started a new study that looks at whether or not practicing mindfulness could help improve the mental health of parents dealing with higher than usual stress levels.

Tracy Stone-Manning served as Montana's Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and she served with the National Wildlife Federation. Then in 2021, President Biden asked her to become the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. She spends a lot of time on the road, including this week as the guest of the Cecil Andrus Center for Public Policy and the annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists in Boise.

The City of Boise wants to rewrite the zoning code that governs how and where new building will happen. It’s the first major rewrite of the code in years and it will reshape how things like houses, apartments and other buildings are built in Idaho’s capital city.

When COVID-19 hit Idaho three years ago officials were looking for ways to determine how hard the virus was hitting cities like Boise. It was May of 2020 when the City of Boise started analyzing its wastewater for the virus, because people can shed the virus in wastewater before they get sick. This became a useful tool for many trying to track and treat the illness.

For the last three years the United States has been under a national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday President Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close just weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health emergency. So what does this mean moving forward? Idaho Matters sits down with Dr. Pate to help answer this question.

Since April 1, over 23,000 people have lost their Medicaid health insurance in Idaho. Idaho Matters takes a look at what this means for people without coverage and how local clinics are responding.

Have you ever wondered what trails in the Treasure Valley are best for you and your pup? Well wonder no long because Idaho Matters has some recommendations!

Lori Vallow Daybell was found guilty on all charges after her murder trial wrapped up earlier this month. And now one of the jurors in the case, juror number eight, has come forward to talk about sitting in the courtroom with Daybell for five weeks. The juror sat directly across from Daybell and said “if there is a face to evil, it was hers."

If you knew you only had a short time left on this earth, what would you want to do most with your remaining moments? That’s the question Wish Granters asks of terminally ill adults and their caregivers in Idaho – then they find a way to grant those last wishes.