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Idaho Matters is a wonderful way to stay up to date, meet people and understand there’s much more to this great state. Hosted by Gemma Gaudette on Boise State Public Radio News, it features arts and politics, growth and education, and the interesting stories that make Idaho unique. Send us your questions, comments or story ideas by emailing idahomatters@boisestate.edu or sending us a voicemail using the “Talk To Us” feature on the free Boise State Public Radio app.

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**Conservation deal a key to Indigenous survival in New Mexico** Aug 04, 2022
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The Sacramento Mountains are seen as an "island in the sky," a refuge of forest land in the otherwise harsh southern New Mexico desert.(Kirk Siegler / NPR)
Officials in New Mexico recently celebrated the purchase of 50,000 acres to create its largest state-owned recreation area. The deal carries special meaning for tribes in the area and it's one of the biggest public land acquisitions in the U.S. this year.
Emma Gibson of the Mountain West News Bureau has more.

**Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable: August 3, 2022** Aug 03, 2022
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(Seth Perlman / AP)
The Centers for Disease Control website shows Ada, Canyon, Twin Falls and Boise counties are in the red zone for COVID-19 transmission.
The community level is high and the CDC is recommending people wear a mask while indoors in public. Though anyone who has been anywhere in public lately in Idaho knows there aren't very many masks being worn.
This comes amid new reports of cases of "long COVID" in Idaho and as we get ready to get the kids back to school as summer comes to an end.
Joining Idaho Matters to talk more about this and other COVID concerns is Dr. David Pate, former CEO of St. Luke's Health System and a current member of the Idaho Coronavirus Task Force.

**Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable looks at Monkeypox** Aug 03, 2022
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( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP))
The Monkeypox outbreak has caused the World Health Organization to label it a 'public health emergency of international concern.'
New York, California and Illinois have declared states of emergency over the virus and the CDC reports five cases have been confirmed in Idaho. We wanted to take a look at this disease and sort out the facts from the myths about Monkeypox.
Former CEO of St Luke's Health System and current member of Idaho's Coronavirus Task Force joined Idaho Matters to help us break this down.

**Feed Me Seymour! Little Shop of Horrors comes to Idaho Shakespeare Festival** Aug 03, 2022
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Feed Me Seymour! (Not an actual Twoey plant, this is a fringed yellow tulip).(John / Flickr)
It's a love story ... it's a horror story ... it's a gardening story? It's the Little Shop of Horrors and it opens at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival on Friday.
Our Morning Edition host George Prentice gave Idaho Matters a sneak peek of the musical, where he sat down with the two co-stars before the play opens.

Judge puts hold on abortion ban in Wyoming Aug 02, 2022

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A new law banning abortions in Wyoming was put on hold by a state judge last week. That means services continue at the state's one clinic that provides them.

How long that will last, though, is uncertain, as the judge only blocked the law temporarily until she can hear a lawsuit by abortion rights advocates. The Mountain West News Bureau's Will Walkey reports.

**StoryCorps returns to Boise** Aug 02, 2022
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( Boise State University)
StoryCorps is back in Boise and the giant silver recording trailer arrived in our parking lot Tuesday afternoon and set up right outside the Boise State Public Radio Studios.
StoryCorps has been recording the memories of people around the country for years and you can sign up to record yours during the mobile tour in Boise through September 2.
Our Morning Edition host George Prentice sat down with Danielle Anderson, the Director of the StoryCorps Mobile Tour to talk about the wonder of "open-ended" questions.

The fragile nature of Ada County's air quality Aug 01, 2022

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Will Ada County keep testing the emissions from your car?

The answer to that question will determine the future of the Ada County Air Quality Board, at a time when climate change, electric cars and the Treasure Valley airshed are top of mind for many, including the city of Boise.

Our Morning Edition Host George Prentice sat down with Boise City Councilman Patrick Bageant, an Ada County Air Quality Board member and Boise's Climate Action Manager, Steve Hubble, to talk about the future of the air we breathe.

**Why reading is critical to your child's future** Aug 01, 2022
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(ThomasLife / Flickr)
Literacy in the United States is at a critical level. One statistic shows that 43 million Americans between the ages of 16 to 65 can't read well enough to fill out a job application.
So, is the concept of reading out loud to our kids enough to get them ready for school? Writer, educator and literacy advocate Maya Payne Smart doesn't believe it is and she's challenging this idea in her new book, Reading for Our Lives.

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