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Two years ago the Pacific Northwest experienced a record breaking heat wave that resulted in hundreds of fatalities. Now one Oregon county is suing several fossil fuel companies and coal-producing corporations, saying that their products played a significant role in generating the heat dome and further intensifying it.

The University of Idaho's plan to purchase the for-profit University of Phoenix has been the focus of much criticism, especially from lawmakers and others who feel the process was rushed and say too much of the planning went on behind closed doors.

Many native students go to class in schools that are old – and deteriorating, but one tribe in our region fought hard to improve a school plagued by a bat infestation and other problems. They secured $65 million from the state of Nevada to build a new school that would serve more than 300 students living on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Idaho and Nevada.

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!

It's time to grab your fishing poles because late last week the Boise River got a little more crowded as nearly 300 Chinook salmon were released into the water. And tomorrow, July 18 Idaho Fish and Game will be adding even more.

The presidents of Idaho's colleges and universities did a lot of traveling last year, around the state, the country and even overseas. Some of those trips were free, some were chartered flights and after sifting through a lot of records Idaho Ed News found the presidents spent $150,000 over 12 months and at least one Idaho lawmaker is questioning spending that much cash.

There were at least 900 people facing eviction lawsuits last year in the Treasure Valley, according to the Idaho Statesman. Around 300 landlords who filed the lawsuits, which often happens after mediation or other attempts to fix the issue have failed. After a suit is filed tenants must find a way to get current on their rent, go to court or find a new place to live and all of those steps can have psychological effects on the families involved.

There's a shortage of more than 150 drugs, some of them life-saving, that many people in Idaho have been unable to get from their pharmacies. Idaho Matters takes a look at why we are seeing these shortages, how hospitals are coping and what you can do if you can't find your medication.

Last March, the Idaho Legislature passed a bill that sets new bathroom policy for Idaho public schools. It requires that students must use the bathroom or locker room that corresponds with the gender they were assigned at birth. The law went into effect in July, but was paused by a district judge last month while a lawsuit works its way through the courts.

After retiring and moving to Idaho nuclear scientist Gary Eller began playing bluegrass and oldtime with Gem State musicians. He wanted to learn historic songs from his new home, but no one was playing them. So he began a search - scouring archives, libraries and museums for historic Idaho songs from a time before radio and records were available in the region.