The ongoing federal government shutdown is putting crucial food programs – and families that rely on them – at risk.

As the shutdown continues, more than 130 000 Idahoans will see their Food stamps run out on November 1st. Uncertainty remains as officials share very little information on what comes next for people who rely on SNAP benefits.

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said it has been instructed to temporarily delay issuing SNAP benefits by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.

An interview with Mary Annette Pember, author of Medicine River. The book is a wide-ranging and deeply personal account of Native American boarding schools in the United States, taking a hard look at their intent and legacy of abuse.

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.

Election officials say the renovations are meant to show radical transparency to citizens about the entire election process.

As the government shutdown drags on, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says it will not distribute food stamps this November.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed it arrested 105 undocumented people in an ICE raid on Sunday in Wilder. The FBI initially reported it was serving a warrant in an investigation into illegal gambling at La Catedral Arena horse track.

FBI agents raided a horse racing facility in Wilder, Idaho on Sunday afternoon in connection with an alleged gambling operation.

Bob Kustra interviews Abdulrazak Gurnah, Nobel Prize winner and author of the novel, Afterlives. The book is a multi-generational saga of displacement, love and loss, set against the brutal colonization of east Africa.Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in February 2023.

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.

Alan Dershowitz tackles hot button issues, from free speech and cancel culture to the biggest threats to civil liberties, in a candid conversation about law, justice and democracy.