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An inside look at Idaho’s $3M fight against invasive quagga mussels
As crews spread a copper chemical on the Snake River, scientists monitor water samples in labs.

An inside look at Idaho’s $3M fight against invasive quagga mussels
The effort to rid Idaho’s Snake River of invasive quagga mussels is a near 24/7 operation taking place both on the water and in a nearby laboratory.

Health
Idaho’s last Planned Parenthood plans to stay open despite federal cuts
Meridian clinic is a "lifeline," providing routine reproductive health care that the state doesn’t have the infrastructure to take over, organization leaders say.

Staff shortages pull Idaho Forest Service office workers into fire roles
After a slew of firings and deferred resignations last winter, the loss of federal workers left holes throughout the Northwest.

Think Out Loud
Eugene OBGYN moved from Idaho to be able to provide care to patients legally
Providers of obstetrics and gynecological services for women needing maternal and reproductive health care are leaving Idaho. We meet one such doctor who is now practicing in Eugene.

Federal judge: Ammon Bundy must pay $52 million civil court judgment
Ammon Bundy cannot discharge a $52 million civil judgment against him after defaming St. Luke's Health System, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled. His actions were found to be willful and malicious by the court.

Idaho lost over a third of OB-GYNs since enacting abortion laws
A new peer-reviewed study shows Idaho lost a net 35% of its obstetrician-gynecologist physicians between the implementation of Idaho’s numerous strict abortion bans in 2022 and December of 2024.

Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murders of four University of Idaho students
The 30-year-old criminology graduate student accepted a plea deal Wednesday, agreeing to spend the rest of his life in prison in order to avoid a trial that could have landed him on death row.

Man started Idaho blaze and then fatally shot 2 firefighters in ambush, officials say
Local authorities said a man armed with a rifle started a fire on a mountain in northern Idaho and then began shooting at responding firefighters, killing two and injuring a third.

One rookie steps up as the Nez Perce wildfire crew grays
Farrell Hayes represents something that veteran firefighters say is harder to come by these days: a young person who wants to get involved in firefighting.