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

David Welna is NPR's national security correspondent.

The July episode of Tech Tuesday features Debbie Ronnieburg with Cherrise Brown and Deb Thompson and a discussion about the ISU College of Technology’s START program. START provides social and academic support as students manage barriers while they pursue sustainable career and life goals.

The federal government has issued new guidelines to wildland firefighters for the voluntary use of protective masks. The move comes as knowledge of long-term health risks faced by such workers – including cancer – grows.

The American Public Health Association defines a Community Health Worker (CHW) as “a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served.” Join a conversation with Idaho’s Community Health Worker Academy to learn about how ISU is building bridges between health care providers and those who need health care services. We discuss ISU’s role in building health resources and information assistance for Idaho’s most vulnerable citizens. Visit the online Community Health Worker Training Academy to learn more about how to register for the program, to take classes or to bring these unique resources to your community.

More than 150 gatherings took place Saturday at National Park Service sites nationwide. They were organized by a group of off-duty or former park service staff and seasonal employees.

The City of Boise created a task force in 2023 to look at the number of deaths and injuries caused by vehicle crashes. Called the Vision Zero Task Force, it includes Boise City Council Member Jimmy Hallyburton, Boise Bicycle Project Director of Bicycle Advocacy Nina Pienaar and Ada County Highway District Commission President Alexis Pickering.

The company that provides the water for much of the Treasure Valley is asking for a 24% rate hike to help pay for improvements to the large system that provides drinking water to over 105,000 homes and businesses. Idaho Matters takes a look at what those increased rates would help pay for, as well as where our water comes from and how it gets to our homes.

Over the last three years more than 5,000 people in Idaho have died due to COVID-19. Across the U.S. that number increases to more than one million. In order to commemorate those who were lost to the pandemic and the workers who helped care for them Saint Alphonsus Health System has created several memorial gardens to help provide a little bit of hope.

A new charter school is the first given the green light under a new law designed to create innovative choices in public education.