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Evening Headlines for August 8, 2025
A new documentary is bringing the music, dance, and student stories of the Polynesian Cultural Center to the big screen — and showing how culture, education, and identity come together at BYU–Hawaii. Thirty-five years after Idaho’s sockeye salmon nearly vanished, the endangered fish are making a strong return — with more than a thousand already on their 900-mile journey back to the Sawtooth Basin. Idaho is changing the way it handles Social Security benefits for foster youth — a shift that could help thousands of kids leave care with real savings and a stronger start in adulthood.
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