“One tries to do what one does best and put it to the extent that … seems natural to one in the service of the things you believe in, the values you hold dearest.”

Boise Fire’s Station 5 is now in service after a grand opening on Friday Oct. 18. The new station is equipped with upgrades that aim to help the city reach its sustainable energy goals.

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in August 2022. An interview with Scott Weidensaul, author of A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds. The book is exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration.

The Klamath Prescribed Fire Training Exchange – or KTREX – has been held Northern California since 2014. Part of what sets it apart from similar efforts is the central role played by the Karuk Tribe, and the emphasis on their cultural burning practices. Like many Native people, the Karuk have a time immemorial tradition of burning on their ancestral lands, and many point to it as a key inspiration for thinking of new and better ways to live with fire.

Ad spending on Proposition 1 has blown up over the past month – each side spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to sway votes.

Nampa Mayor Debbie Kling spoke in front of a packed room of 600 on Wednesday about the city’s ongoing projects and challenges in the face of continued growth.

On Tuesday evening, two deputies with the Ada County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a suspect at the Optimist Youth Sports Complex in northwest Boise.

Seven months after Thomas Creech was scheduled to be executed, Idaho Maximum Security Institution was renovated to streamline the lethal injection process. A day later, Creech was issued a death warrant.

“By starting to speak about it and then being moved emotionally, it is definitely relatable.”

A report from the Idaho Department of Lands concluded that Idaho Power equipment was the cause of the Valley Fire. The report said a cross arm on an Idaho Power pole broke and likely caused an energized wire to touch the ground.

Communications among Boise State athletics officials show they discussed a women’s volleyball match against San José State University multiple times one week prior to the game – one they would eventually forfeit on Sept. 27.

Stanley Mayor Steve Botti says that small businesses in the Sawtooth Valley town lost about $1.5 million dollars in revenue from the Wapiti fire that has burned more than 128,000 acres with 85% containment.