1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (173+ words) The first time a lot of us learned about extremophiles was when water bears from earth crash-landed on the moon. Extremophiles are a group of critters that can survive some of earth’s toughest environments like the bottom of the ocean…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (394+ words) On Sept. 17, Canadians woke to the following headline in their nation’s newspaper of record, The Globe and Mail: “[Prime Minister] Carney’s Davos Speech Diagnosed the Problem. His EU Speech lays out the cure.” Indeed, the newspaper's op-ed column touched many…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (119+ words) It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week. A new Executive Order will take wolves off the Endangered Species List,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (161+ words) Every 40 seconds someone in the U.S. has a heart attack. Close to 18 million people each year die from cardiovascular disease around the world. Roughly 1.4 billion people have high blood pressure, but only one-fifth of those have it under control. And this…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (197+ words) The campaign to uphold Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion has surged past its opponents less than two months before the election, according to new campaign finance records. Too Extreme for Idaho, which opposes Proposition 1, has raked in more than $800,000 since…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (187+ words) Idaho has racked up nearly $40 million in debt fighting wildfires on its public lands this summer as the season starts to wind down. That total mostly comes from personnel, though aircraft and supplies also ate up significant chunks, according to…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (166+ words) It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week. Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable: September 11, 2026 McClatchy Media has laid off more than…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (116+ words) FILE - Ann McKee, director Boston University's center for research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, addresses an audience on the school's campus Nov. 9,... Idaho Matters Doctor Roundtable: September 9, 2026 A breakthrough drug recently approved for advanced pancreatic…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (365+ words) The Idaho Supreme Court has once again sided with the campaign to restore abortion rights in the state, saying the attorney general and secretary of state failed to write clear and concise ‘yes’ and ‘no’ statements that will appear on…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (186+ words) A growing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania is raising questions about two deaths and how those cases are being counted by state and federal health officials. Idaho Matters Doctor Roundtable: September 2, 2026 Pennsylvania is dealing with a growing measles outbreak, nearly 500 cases,…...