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The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Start the day your way — informed. The Connector serves up the essentials: Idaho news, headlines, and local stories. Get up to date on what’s happening in Idaho and across the Mountain West. New episodes every weekday morning.
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Episodes
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Nov. 6
Albertsons ordered to pay $900 million for fueling the opioid crisis in Washington State, Ada County Sheriff Matt Clifford slams a public records request for…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Nov. 5
Organizers say the defeat of Prop 1 is a 'gut punch' to women in Idaho, there is more gold than previously confirmed at Stibnite, a surviving victim of the…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Election coverage and analysis from Idaho's major races; with political reporter James Dawson and Boise State University Professor of Political Science Jaclyn…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Election day reminders for anyone planning to visit the polls today, a far-right Republican Senator says he'll challenge for leadership this session, the State…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Nov. 2
Two court rulings Friday related to abortion in Idaho - one on campaign TV ads and the other in an existing lawsuit challenging Idaho's ban, more than 260,000…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Oct. 30
Does the way Prop 1 supporters funded TV ads violate any campaign laws? A Canyon County Judge is expected to weigh in today, plus, the potential legal…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Oct. 29
A split decision from the state Supreme Court settles a long-running case over the effectiveness of Idaho's former public defender system, federal election…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Oct. 28
The groups on either side of Prop 1 will be in court this week, arguing over whether TV ads were fairly purchased, Micron announced about $22 million for…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Oct. 27
A familiar face will take the reins at the Boise Airport as its new Director, Boise Schools faces another lawsuit over former para-professional Gavin Snow, The…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Oct.26
Proposition 1 advocates and the state Democratic party did not violate campaign laws with a recent TV ad buy, AC Boise takes 3rd in the regular season and will…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Oct. 23
Prop 1 opponents accuse supporters of campaign spending shenanigans, Darl Bruner lays out a list of 'conundrums' affecting the city, The Caldwell Night Rodeo…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Oct. 22
The leader of Idaho's largest public agency is stepping down, The Minidoka National Historic Site is getting a more than $5 million facelift, enrollment falls…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Idaho hopes it has finalized wildfire spending this year, but is putting millions on the state credit card, record turnout on the first day of early voting in…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Protestors and legal advocates mark the one-year anniversary of a massive immigration raid on a community event in Wilder, what voters and poll workers expect…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Oct. 19
'News deserts' continue to expand across the U.S. - how does Idaho stack up? Jerome Schools say they've experienced a cyber attack and classes are canceled…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Oct. 16
Deadly mushrooms again found in the Treasure Valley, Boise State Athletics will prop up its budget with deficit spending, a sheepdog goes missing, possibly…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Oct. 15
Idaho's AG sues OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, over violations of consumer protection laws, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in a long-running case over the limits…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Oct. 14
Central District Health shares its plan to address the Treasure Valley's growing rat problem, the City of Boise proposes new rules for residents to help pull…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Boise Schools Trustees get a 'play-by-play' of the district response to threatening text messages shared by students at Timberline High this month, millions…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Oct. 12
Tax revenue outpacing expectations for the first quarter, a man in custody Idaho's Department of Health and Welfare turned himself in after walking away from a…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Oct. 9
Ammon Bundy arrested in Utah, the LDS Church makes a $1M donation to Stop Prop 1, a new generation of microreactor will undergo full power testing in Idaho…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Oct. 8
Timberline High Students walk out in protest, demanding accountability for allegedly threatening messages made last week in a group chat among students, US…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Caldwell drops it's Flock contract but surveillance cameras aren't going anywhere, Timberline High cancels its homecoming football game and postpones…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Oct. 6
The reported number of sexual assaults on Boise State's campus doesn't tell the whole story, Blaine County Commissioners are expected to vote today on a…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Oct. 5
Students at Boise's Timberline High School are reportedly under investigation for making violent threats against another student in a group chat, around 15…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Oct. 2
Boise Police warn of a new high-tech scam and the risk of not regularly monitoring personal financial accounts, this year's steelhead returns are far slimmer…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Oct. 1
Boise Police identified several juveniles accused of taking election yard signs from homes in west Boise, Micron posts record earnings - again - with no end to…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Sept. 30
Idaho National Guard members are deployed to SE Asia, replacement of the Eckert Road Bridge in east Boise can move forward, high levels of PFAS in the drinking…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Sept. 29
Boise Police released a photo of a suspect and vehicle possibly related to 'large-scale' theft of election yard signs in west Boise, grizzly bears could soon…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Sept. 28
Human remains found at a Lewiston construction site identified as Nez Perce tribal ancestral remains, Twin Falls Police are cleared in two critical incident…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Sept. 25
Advocates for Idaho's Prop 1 get an infusion of cash, a 15-year old boy is in custody on murder charges related to a Wednesday afternoon shooting in Caldwell…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Sept. 24
Official guidance for Idaho churches making political contributions, The Ada County Sheriff's Office solved a decades-old cold case of the 'unknown wanderer'…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Sept. 23
The State Supreme Court has upheld a $1.1 million defamation judgement against a far-right blogger in north Idaho, why every Ada County ballot this election…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Sept. 22
Idaho's biggest school districts want community feedback on future plans starting today, a huge data center is proposed for BLM land southeast of Boise, Blaine…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Sept. 21
It was a tragic weekend with multiple kids hit and killed by cars in southwest Idaho, Boise police stopped a 12-year old boy after a high-speed chase in a…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Sept. 18
Boise Police have arrested two teens accused of the fatal stabbing at a west Boise house party September 7th, It's a busy weekend in Boise, with the annual…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Sept. 17
A missing biker found in the Boise foothills, money pours in on both sides of Proposition 1, ACHD Commission elections in November will be at-large across the…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Sept. 16
Blaine County teachers will get a raise, but negotiations on a formal contract remain stalled, Idaho has poured $40 million dollars into firefighting on state…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Sept. 15
Boise School District has settled a lawsuit brought by a female student over an encounter with a transgender girl in a girl's bathroom, Lewiston School…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Sept. 14
Road fatalities in Idaho were up slightly this summer, but are trending down overall this year, the juvenile accused of killing a woman in a drive-by shooting…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Sept. 11
Major layoffs hit the Idaho Statesman and other McClatchy Media-owned newspapers across the country, Boise County residents are trying to crowd-fund a new…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Sept. 10
The Boise Library Commission rejects a request to pull a children's book from the shelves, University of Idaho President C. Scott Green announces his…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Sept. 9
Overdose deaths appear to be trending down in Idaho, Gov. Little appoints two new members of the State Board of Education, how one Idaho fourth grader will be…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Sept. 8
The State Supreme Court has signed off on language voters will see on the ballot explaining Idaho's Proposition 1 this November, Boise Police investigate a…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Sept. 4
Two teens have been arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Boise Sunday which killed a 22-year old woman, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court puts a…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Sept. 3
The State Supreme Court has little time to decide how Proposition 1 should be described to voters on ballots this November, Ada County's political leaders and…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Sept. 2
Andy Hawes will return to the Boise School District Board of Trustees, a new spider species was found in Idaho, Chobani plans more expansion - but not in…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Sept. 1
Idaho's AG declares churches can contribute financially to political issues like Proposition 1 without declaring individual donors, Canyon County's Prosecutor…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Aug. 31
Idaho's Department of Insurance moves to take control of the Teacher's Benefit Trust health insurance program, Boise police are investigating an apparent…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Aug. 28
The group behind abortion-rights measure Proposition 1 is suing the state again over proposed ballot language, drought conditions hitting Idaho's farmers hard…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Aug. 27
A recent court ruling allowing doctors to preform abortions to protect a mother's health was narrowed to protect only the doctor who sued over Idaho's abortion…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Aug. 26
The man charged with stabbing another man to death on the Boise Greenbelt this summer could have charges paused indefinitely, Boise School District cuts the…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Aug. 25
Campaign coffers fill up on both sides of the fight for abortion rights in Idaho, the 'orange bag' plastic recycling program will end next year, vaccination…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Aug. 24
Idaho starts its new fiscal year by beating income expectations, the newly-revived trade war between the US and Canada could affect Idaho businesses, a Twin…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Aug. 21
Micron plans a $10 billion research facility investment in Boise, a 'rising star' in nematology will be the first presidential Endowed Chair at the University…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Aug. 20
New details on the helicopter crash that killed two pilots fighting fire in Utah, seniors in Idaho are being scammed, and how pickle ball is picking up in…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Aug. 19
The latest on the Idaho fire season, the USDA makes an announcement that could affect Idaho forests in a big way, and a new state law could change how…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Aug. 18
News on new campaign finance rules, gas prices in Idaho and an infestation of rats in the Treasure Valley.
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Aug. 17
A federal judge narrowly expands abortion access in Idaho, firefighting aircraft are coming in from Canada to help fight fires in the US, Australian and New…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Aug. 14
"The People's Tree" has been chosen, there's a new AI policy for Idaho schools, a weather update on the smokey skies and K-pop comes to the gem state.