Idaho Matters Boise State Public Radio

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.

Since last year, the number of people in Idaho experiencing food insecurity has increased by more than three percent, leaving over 200,000 Idahoans without enough to eat.

A diverse group of researchers led by the University of Idaho are coming together to study the effects that drought and fires have on forestland.

After nine years of hard work, Bruneau Dunes State Park south of Boise has been officially designated an International Dark Sky Park.

This is the time of year when wildflowers are coloring fields and forests across the Mountain West. But one rare flower that grows in a small corner of the region is threatened by development and climate change.

The Christian nationalist movement is growing in America, particularly in Moscow Idaho, where the Christ Church is buying up prime real estate and opening businesses in hopes of making the area a church town.