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If you haven’t voted in a few years, your registration may have been dropped from the voter rolls. Every other year, Idaho’s 44 county clerks and the Secretary of State are required to do a review of the voter registration system and drop the voters who may have moved, who haven’t been voting and who have become ineligible to vote.

How do you bring Amelia Earhart and a haunted radio to kids in all parts of Idaho? Plus teach them about trust and taking chances, with a little bit of history thrown in? Theater for Youth is doing exactly that, with a traveling production for 100,000 K-5 students, including refugees from Africa, Mexico, and Columbia - many of whom are watching their very first theater production.

Believe it or not bugs are in trouble. Despite how you may feel about most bugs they’re very good for the environment and they’re being threatened by pollution, habitat loss, a changing climate, even the kinds of clothes you buy. This Thursday, the 20th, Vicki Hird will be talking about the importance of bugs and how we can help them.

August 3, 2023, was a horrible day in Boise. First responders were first called to a downtown street where a teen skateboarder was hit and killed by a vehicle. A very short time later, police responded to yet another incident of a man with a weapon. With law enforcement using lethal force for the second time in as many weeks, the man was dead. Boise Mayor Lauren McLean sits down to talk to talk more about the two incidents, as well as pedestrian and public safety.

This year, Governor Brad Little hopes to pass a work requirement for people enrolled in the Medicaid Expansion Program. Though details on this work plan are still to come, the topic has been controversial, with some saying that many people would lose their health insurance. This has many worries, including the American Cancer Society.

This month dogs are lining up for the 29th Pedigree Stage Stop sled dog race – with $165,000 in prize money. It’s one of the hardest races of its type in the world – due to the length, elevation and weather. And this year, one team is a bit different from the norm.

When it comes to making change, art is one of the most powerful tools we have. It has the ability to start conversations, provide new perspectives and share stories in an accessible way. Which is exactly what more than 100 people are doing as part of the "Through Positive Eyes" project, a wide-ranging collaboration that uses photography, video and personal interviews to share the realities of those living with HIV and AIDS in order to combat stigma around the disease.

The Idaho Legislature has a new school choice bill that GOP lawmakers introduced to the legislature at the end of January. 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.

Volunteers are planting sagebrush seeds north of Emmett with Idaho Fish and Game biologists to help mule deer survive.

One dedicated group is working to keep the history of military vehicles alive.