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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
Thursday, Aug. 13
News on firefighter deaths in Utah, a new requirement for Idaho schools, more affordable housing construction is underway in Boise and there are fire…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Aug.12
News on how Idaho lawmakers are trying to regulate health insurance companies, kids in Boise start heading back to school and there’s a fire weather watch for…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Aug. 11
News on e-moto policy in Boise, the Interior Department reviewing federal wilderness policies across millions of acres of public lands, a call for ornaments…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Aug. 10
News on how Idaho is managing this fire season, a new app making it easier to comment on changes to public lands, a north Idaho police shortage, some upcoming…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, Aug. 7
News on how wildfire smoke affects mental health, a revamp of Idaho’s attorney licensing exam, the latest wildfire potential forecast for the Northwest, and a…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, Aug. 6
Drones are interrupting fire operations, news on how huckleberry season is faring, Idaho State Police Headquarters has a new patrol captain, and researchers…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, Aug. 5
Free counseling continues today for people affected by the Twin Falls shooting, the Red Cross has a major blood shortage, the latest on schools in the Pac-12…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, Aug. 4
A man has been arrested in connection with the Spokane fires, police presence is increasing across the region tonight, a christian nationalist group is suing…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, Aug. 3
News on multiple wildfires blazing in the Inland Northwest an adjustment to some local trails and a mass shooting in Twin Falls that caught national attention.
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, July 31
Some outdoor events are canceled or changed, others will continue as-scheduled as wildfire smoke continues to harm air quality in southern Idaho, containment…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, July 30
How does wildfire smoke and poor air quality affect us? Plus, Idaho Governor Brad Little declared a wildfire emergency and deployed the Idaho National Guard to…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, July 29
David Roth drops out of the Idaho senate race, the police department in McCall is struggling to keep summer tourists in line, a Caldwell woman was arrested on…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, July 28
Bryan Kohberger, the man convicted of killing four college students, files to change his guilty plea. New science on how wildfire smoke affects ozone…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, July 27: Wildfire & Smoke Update
A special edition of The Connector, as air quality across southwest Idaho is unhealthy, according to the state Department of Environmental Quality. Local AQI…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, July 27
News on how the war in Iran is affecting gas prices for Idahoans, smaller yields for winter crops, an increase on a fee for Idaho landowners, and how the viral…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, July 24
Today we have news on officers in Boise shooting a man, Albertsons' stock taking a plunge, the latest on a bonfire accident that happened in Pierce, and…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, July 23
How big businesses in Idaho are affecting small communities, details on the Banana Ball Tour coming to town, the way wildfire smoke affects dogs, and details…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, July 22
What you should know about air quality, with wildfire smoke inundating the Treasure Valley, southern Idaho's cereal grain crop should be okay this year after…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, July 21
Evacuation orders downgraded on the Ohio Fire near Hailey, a North Idaho drag performer drops a defamation lawsuit against a Christian lobbying group, the…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, July 20
The latest on major fires burning in Idaho, smoke in the air and the increasing fire activity across the U.S., plus Idaho ended last fiscal year in the black…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, July 17
Pro women's soccer in Boise will be delayed, 'community solar' is coming to the city of Boise, some water customers in McCall are in danger of shutoffs after a…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, July 16
Lawmakers debate how much to spend on improving physician education in the state, Garden City joins Boise in requiring e-motos to be licensed and insured and…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, July 15
Boise's mayor pushes back on suggestions the city is somehow responsible for the murder of a man on the greenbelt by an unhoused person, Boiseans come together…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, July 14
Abortion rights will be on the ballot in Idaho this November - what the data say about the petition signatures which qualified the issue for voters. Plus, two…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, July 13
Passers-by thwarted an assault and kidnapping Saturday night on the Boise greenbelt, a 41-year old man has confessed to killing a 25 year old riding a scooter…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, July 10
A suspect in what police have characterized as a random killing on the Boise greenbelt this week is in custody, what public lands advocates in Valley County…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, July 9
Boise Police need the public's help in an investigation into a homicide on the greenbelt, evacuation orders from the Claremont Fire downgraded in Boise County…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, July 8
More than 100 people in Idaho have now been sickened - some hospitalized - after drinking raw milk. Plus, the latest on the Claremont fire in the Boise…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, July 7
Multiple new fires sparked in Idaho Monday, including in the Boise foothills. Plus, a homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead on the…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, July 6
News on Idaho’s abortion ballot initiative, solar power in the West, how Idahoans celebrated the Fourth of July, and the state of the states.
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, July 2
Federal agencies are increasing firefighter safety, plus more on holiday weekend travel and Boise State University’s new president.
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, July 1
The architect of Idaho and other state's laws banning trans girls and women from girls and women's sports reacts to Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling permitting…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, June 30
Western Governors gather this week and plan new policy recommendations, journalists at the Idaho Statesman have reached a new labor agreement with the paper's…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, June 29
The man who tried to start a nonprofit connected to a slain Ada County Sheriff's Deputy is facing new child sex abuse charges, misdemeanor drug charges against…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, June 26
Leaders in Ketchum will ask residents to increase the city's local option tax, and they've implemented new water restrictions, Idaho's two largest hospital…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
A new book explores six decades of protecting wild places in Idaho
For 60 years, conservationists have worked to protect Idaho's wild places and now, a new book is telling the stories behind the landscapes and wildlife that…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, June 25
St. Luke's accuses the state's prison healthcare contractor of fraud in a new lawsuit, Micron posts another record quarterly earnings report - and predicts…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, June 24
It's shaping up as another tight budget year for the state of Idaho, former Olympic Gold medalist Bode Miller was arrested on drug charges in eastern Idaho, a…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, June 23
Micron announces a strategic partnership with AI computing company Anthropic, the family of a girl injured by shattering glass at Boise's New Year's Eve…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, June 22
We visit Boise's World Refugee Day celebration, plus: diverging results for low and high-income families in Idaho after nearly a decade of tax reforms, budget…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, June 18
We have news on AI tools being used to detect wildfires, as well as survey results from federal firefighters who are worried about the season and feeling…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, June 17
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new law restricting trans people's use of bathrooms in Idaho, Gov. Brad Little says the state is ready - but will…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, June 16
Nampa's new mayor is sworn in, Gov. Brad Little has tasked eight Idahoans - mostly business leaders and politicians - with researching the best ways state…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, June 15
How Idaho will operate its firing squad executions of death row inmates when a new state law takes effect July 1, GOP officials allege abortion drug…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, June 12
The trial of a man accused of kidnapping and killing a young boy in Payette County five years ago will be moved nearby to avoid a biased jury. The City of…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, June 11
The state has released new information on how its firing squad executions will take place. Idaho officials are implementing tough new restrictions to prevent…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, June 10
The Boise School District has settled a lawsuit brought by a teacher who says administrators ignored a significant mouse infestation for years. State officials…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, June 9
A recent fire in Mountain home destroyed 15 homes. We'll tell you more about who's liable under a new state law. Testimony is underway in a trial of an Idaho…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, June 8
A federal trial challenging Idaho's abortion ban begins in Boise today, Nampa should know who its next mayor will be tonight, a busy weekend on local fire…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, June 5
A fight over ballot language for constitutional amendments coming to the November ballot, could a change in the way Idaho schools are funded be on the table?…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, June 4
Pride flags absent from Boise's Harrison Blvd this Pride Month, Boise pauses a much-touted recycled water project, Ada County passes its election audit with…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, June 3
Private business prepare to adapt to Idaho's anti-transgender bathroom law, Idaho AG Raul Labrador being sued over a planned abortion information ad campaign…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, June 2
Sparking utility lines are blamed for last week's fire in Mountain Home, which destroyed 15 homes and injured six, a new report shows Idaho has the…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Monday, June 1
Encouraging courtesy and cracking down on dangerous e-bikes on the Boise River Greenbelt, at least one person was reportedly swept down the Payette River after…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, May 29
Federal funding is finally about to arrive for rural healthcare providers in Idaho, plans to extract more gold, silver and other critical minerals in the…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, May 28
Far-right republicans in North Idaho are making a big cash gift to the state party before newly-elected central committee leadership takes over, Eagle Police…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Wednesday, May 27
Journalists at The Idaho Statesman walked off the job Tuesday, striking for better wages and AI content policies, a forecast for nearly two more years of tight…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Tuesday, May 26
Idaho nonprofits hope to get their money back from a now-bankrupt payment services company which took donations and sales but didn't release those funds, it…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Friday, May 22
A lawsuit against Idaho's 2023 anti-trans bathroom bill is dropped, the city of Caldwell, its police chief and former mayor settle a lawsuit with an…
- The Connector: Idaho Daily News
Thursday, May 21
A new design for the historic Rainbow Bridge, with November a "foregone conclusion" in many political races, where some Republicans will focus during the…