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If someone asked you, "What’s your top priority when it comes to health care?" what would you say? That’s the question a group of 23 different hospitals, health districts and other agencies asked the people who live in ten counties in Western Idaho. The answers are in, and now that group has an action plan to try to address the top three concerns of community members.

Every year around this time, thousands of people flock to Boise for the annual Treefort Music Fest, where you can hear hundreds of bands, do some yoga with goats and hear some fantastic stories by some amazing storytellers.

As we head into February, people around the world are getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Which is why the Idaho State Museum and Idaho Chinese Organization are coming together to kick off the holiday with a very special event, honoring cultural traditions of the celebration with art, music, food and so much more.

The Idaho Legislature has a new school choice proposal this year that would give out tax credits to parents who enroll their kids in private school. Some say this will take much-needed money away from public schools, especially in rural areas, and that there are other solutions to creating better school outcomes in Idaho.

Lawmakers have tried over the past several years to put some kind of program in place that would let parents choose where their kids go to school using everything from vouchers, to education savings accounts, but none of those past proposals have become law. Idaho Matters is taking a deep dive into school choice and how it could affect kids and parents, public and private schools, charter and religious schools, as well as taxpayers and educators.

After leaving school it can be hard to find a place where you can learn about new and interesting topics, especially in our later years. That’s what the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is for: it’s continuing education designed for those 50 and older who are “‘intellectually curious” and still want to learn new things while making new friends.

Every year, the heads of Idaho's public colleges and universities stand up in front of budget lawmakers at the Idaho Legislature and present their annual request for general fund dollars. This year will be a little different after some changes were made inside the powerful Joint Finance Appropriations Committee, and Boise State University President Dr. Marlene Tromp has been preparing for her turn in front of the committee.

We’ve heard many stories of what happened after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, one story you may not have heard is how many of the men sent to Minidoka were later drafted to serve in World War II, and refused to fight for the country that put them and their families behind barbed wire.

Before Ayesha Rascoe started her career as a political reporter, she was a student at Howard University and her experience there helped fuel her new book, "HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience." It’s a collection of essays from everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Branford Marsalis to Stacey Abrams who write about how attending a historically black university helped shape who they are today.

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, President Donald Trump announced he was firing the U.S. attorneys who had not already stepped down. The news came four days after Idaho U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced he was leaving the office he was confirmed in 2022.