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Idaho Health and Welfare Director Dave Jeppesen addresses the media at a virtual briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 24.

Idaho asks FEMA and other states for help, in last-ditch effort to staff hospitals

‘You admit mom, and then dad gets admitted’: The crisis on Idaho’s front lines

Rotunda at the Idaho State Capitol building on March 23, 2021. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)

Two Idahoans sue state officials for cutting off pandemic unemployment benefits

Complaint alleges Gov. Brad Little and labor department director violated Idaho law

Teton County, Wyoming, home to Jackson, is among the top 20 counties in the country with the biggest disparity between the maximum SNAP benefit and the average cost of an inexpensive meal.

Boost In Food Stamp Benefits Doesn't Tip Scales Of Inequality In Mountain West Resort Towns

The move is not enough to ease widening disparities in certain parts of the region, resort towns in particular, where service workers comprise the backbone of the economy as a constant stream of tourists and wealthy second-home owners drive up the cost of living.

A sign on a wooden fence thanks firefighters.

Federal Wildland Firefighters Get Pay Boost

The pay initiative is part of the Biden administration's plans to improve working conditions for federal wildland firefighters.

Across The Mountain West, Heat Waves Are Changing Residents' Air Conditioning Calculus

For many, opening up your windows at night used to be enough to keep your house cool during the summertime. But extreme heat from climate change has made that more complicated. Wyoming Public Radio's Maggie Mullen reports.

The Boise VA Medical Center is in downtown Boise, blocks from the Boise campus of St. Luke’s Health System. The VA hospital cares for veterans and is now offering to help care for civilians during the COVID-19 surge. (Audrey Dutton, Idaho Capital Sun)

As local hospitals fill up, the Boise VA makes a rare offer

The local veterans hospital in the Treasure Valley may start taking civilian transfers

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 28: Demonstrators from the "Save Afghan Lives" protest chant as they march towards the U.S. Capitol shutting down Constitution Ave on August 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. The protest comes on the heels of a deadly bombing in Kabul this week as the U.S. and its allies rush to evacuate people from Afghanistan before the August 31st withdrawal deadline. (Photo by Liz Lynch/Getty Images)

U.S. military has left Afghanistan; evacuation of Americans, Afghans moves into next phase

Republicans have criticized the Biden administration for leaving hundreds of Americans in the country

Idaho is one of 10 states where there is no legal obligation to publicly disclose the sale price of a property, regardless of its type. The disclosures that are made are strictly voluntary or available to the assessor’s office through the Intermountain Multiple Listing Service. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Mountain Sun)

As tax gap widens, Idaho 1 of 10 states with no obligation to disclose property’s sale price

Assessors say real estate disclosure law is one tool to combat disparity between commercial v. residential properties

The Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a commercial-scale wind energy facility that is proposed to be constructed on BLM-managed public land in southern Idaho, approximately 25 miles northeast of Twin Falls. (Courtesy of the Department of Energy)

Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on Twin Falls-area wind farm proposal

Coeur d’Alene-based Kootenai Health has converted a classroom to a COVID-19 care unit in preparation for crisis standards of care. (Courtesy of Kootenai Health)

Kootenai Health converts classroom to COVID care unit in preparation for crisis standards of care

N. Idaho health system says it has exceeded its previous maximum number of COVID-19 patients this week

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