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Psychologists Cameron Staley and Jennifer Miesch discuss suicide and how to help those who are in crisis receive the help they need.

The U.S. Forest Service is spending nearly $19 million to fight invasive species threatening the nation’s forests, including several in the Mountain West.

The Indian Health Service is working to provide tens of thousands of children’s books to Indigenous families across the U.S., including parts of the Mountain West.

The proposal would give each park superintendent the authority to decide where micromobility devices can go. Some public lands groups worry they'll be permitted in environmentally-sensitive areas.

Perpetua Resources mining company has proposed to reopen a mining site near McCall Idaho to mine gold and antimony, leading to many worrying about the impacts of the proposed mine on Idaho’s environment and socio-economic culture. In the penultimate episode of their Unpacking the Stibnite Mine series, Jessa and Emma get the other side of the story of Perpetua’s work with the communities around the mine. They had the pleasure of talking with active Yellow Pine resident Willie Sullivan, and Julie Good, who is mayor of New Meadows and part of the Stibnite Advisory Council.

The Nature Conservancy has been working with prescribed fire for years, often with federal agencies like the U.S. Forest Service. Leaders say a new multiyear agreement with the USFS and other recent developments will help get more beneficial fire on the ground, and could serve as a model for expanding prescribed fire efforts across the region.

The ranger district is home to the state’s highest peaks, as well as four wilderness areas where motorized vehicles aren’t allowed. That's where the llamas come in.

There’s a nasty strain of a highly contagious drug-resistant ringworm that is impacting a part of the United States. What does that mean for the rest of us? Idaho Matters finds out.

Schools across the region have been hit this year with false active shooter reports and even though the threats are fake, the consequences from them are real.

Gibert Jeune, which held a prominent place in Parisians hearts, is one of the latest to close. The pandemic is only one pressure on independent bookstores, but some have found ways to survive.