KISU Local Features & Interviews

Idaho colleges and universities have two priorities when budgeting: adding staff and giving raises to the current staff. The requests are in for the 2025-26 school year, and we have our first look at the numbers.

Friends of Minidoka, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the lessons and legacies of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans outside of Jerome, Idaho, will be hosting two programs in Idaho Falls about the thirty-seven Japanese Americanmen who defied the Selective Service Act while incarcerated at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II.

In an effort to protect and maintain wild horse herds in Southeastern Idaho, the Bureau of Land Management Owyhee and Four Rivers field offices' staff gathered 74 total wild horses last week.

Yesterday in Rigby, Governor Brad Little joined groundwater and surface water users to further his support for Idaho farmers by committing $10 million dollars towards Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer projects.

McKenzie visits with Tami Moore and Jessica Buckley about the 12th Aid For Friends Splish and Splash Fundraiser is Friday, August 2, with swimming, music, raffles and dinner for the entire family at Ross Park Aquatics Complex.

This summer, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks is performing Shakespeare’s Hamlet on July 30 and The Winter’s Tale July 31 on the Idaho State University Quad. A Partnership with ISU Summer activities and Pocatello Arts Council, parking available this year on the street and at the Frazier Auditorium Parking lot.

Gate City Pride, a brand new Pride organization that is only three months old, discusses Pocatello's Pride Festival 2024. Angela Hollingsworth and Jody Dunn chat with McKenzie to explain this Pride festival with community building at the forefront! More information, including safety guidelines and vendors, plus links to Facebook and Instagram at https://www.gatecitypride.org/

KISU’s McKenzie Young is in the studio with Dr. Thomas Kloss, Professor & Associate Chair of the Department of Music at Idaho State University, discussing the All-American Festival Concert at the Stephens Performing Arts Center, on July 6 at 7 PM. The “All-American Festival Concert” will raise funds for a new endowment dedicated to student scholarships in the music program.

David Van Etten, founder of the Southeast Idaho Skatepark Association, visits with McKenzie Young about Go Skateboarding Day events in Pocatello and the perks that skateboarding has for individuals, families and communities.

Bannock County Museum Director, Lillian Hammersley, and Fort Manager, Pam Pascali, discuss the Bannock County Historical Complex at 3000 Avenue of the Chiefs in Pocatello, and talk about the Cowboy Campout for families on June 14-15. More information at www.bchm-id.org/