"What will change in the future is just having Central District Health coming in and confirming and affirming what we’re doing from a safety perspective."

On Thursday, history was made in the Roman Catholic Church as one of the shortest conclaves in history.

It's been almost two years since the University of Idaho announced it would be acquiring the for-profit University of Phoenix. As we approach the state-mandated deadline to close the deal - Idaho Matters takes a look at where things stand.

"A 32% tariff ... would be a big hit on our 30-year-old espresso recipe. And this is on top of an historically high coffee market.”

The first group of white Afrikaner South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in U.S. as most other refugee admissions still suspended.

An interview with Kevin Grange, author of Grizzly Confidential. Part science, part travelogue, the book is a both a gripping account of the famous North American species and a passionate plea for bear conservation.

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.

Pope Leo XIV is officially the first American cardinal to be elected Bishop of Rome. Here's what Idahoans are saying about the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, chose the name Pope Leo XIV.

Last Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease federal funding for PBS and NPR.

Whenever someone is executed, a few journalists act as witnesses and report on what happened. It’s an incredibly difficult job, and those who do it are profoundly changed by what they see.

An interview with Russell Muirhead, co-author of the new book, Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos. The book details how a concentrated attack on political institutions threatens to disable the essential workings of government.