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What is the connection between art and healing? A new exhibition explores just that Mar 05, 2024

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Art is a powerful medium, possessing the ability to impact many areas of our lives, including our health and the way we cope with illness.

A concept that the Sun Valley Museum of Art is exploring in their latest exhibition, featuring the medical experiences of six artists and the role that art played in their healing.

Artists Heather Watkins and Katherine Shaughnessy, as well as exhibit curator Courtney Gilbert, joined Idaho Matters to talk more about the exhibit.

**Why supporting small businesses is a passion for the region's new SBA leader** Mar 04, 2024
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Beto Yarce Regional Administrator U.S. Small Business Administration.( U.S. Small Business Administration)
Idaho has a new Regional Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration. Beto Yarce has taken on the job of overseeing region 10, which includes Idaho, Oregon, Alaska and Washington.
Yarce launched his own business in 2003 and says he knows the "struggles that small businesses go through" and wants to help others make their dreams of owning a small business come true. He joined Idaho Matters to talk more about this work.

**Addressing conservation issues on an individual level** Mar 04, 2024
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Cities, counties and even states have been working harder on land conservation.
Organizations like the American Farmland Trust often work at the national level, while locally, groups like the Ada Soil and Water Conservation District also strive to protect the land.
But conservation is often most effective on an individual level, even though it can seem like a daunting task, leaving many who want to help asking, "Where do I start?"
A new workshop will help answer that question and provide concrete steps people can take to help out.
David Anderson is the Idaho program manager with the American Farmland Trust, and Crystal Davidson is the soil education & outreach coordinator with the Ada Soil & Water Conservation District. They’re teaching the workshop in March, and they joined Idaho Matters to give us a preview of what to expect.

**As the population grows, so does the Mountain West's need for more water** Mar 04, 2024
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Washington County in Utah, home to the city of St. George, has recently been one of the fastest-growing areas in the nation. And all that growth is on a collision course with the country's limited supply of water, but now area leaders have a plan to get more water.
David Condos of KUER reports for the Mountain West News Bureau.

The cover of "Kingdom Keepers Inheritance: : Villains' Realm" by Ridley Pearson. — **'Kingdom Keepers Inheritance:' An author interview with Ridley Pearson** Mar 04, 2024
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New York Times bestselling author Ridley Pearson is back with his latest installation of the Kingdom Keepers series and he joined Idaho Matters to talk about his newest book.

**Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable: March 1, 2024** Mar 01, 2024
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The Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho.(Keith Ridler / AP)
A look ahead at the Idaho GOP's presidential caucus, the Pocatello community is coming together to support a local veteran, lawmakers are working to restructure the ACHD, western voters are in favor of conservation and an update on University of Idaho's Phoenix purchase with response from the U of I president. Plus firefighting beavers!
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.
Our journalist panel today:
Christina Lords, editor-in-chief of Idaho Capital Sun
Nate Eaton, News Director at EastIdahoNews.com
Ian Max Stevenson, reporter for the Idaho Statesman
Kevin Richert, senior reporter and blogger with Idaho Ed News
Murphy Woodhouse Mountain West News Bureau Boise Reporter

A Boise State University professor brings experts together to study volcanoes Feb 29, 2024

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Earlier this month, 700 scientists and experts gathered in Guatemala to talk about volcanoes.

It was the 12th version of the Cities on Volcanoes Conference, and this one had several firsts. It was held for the first time in Central America, and it was the first time it was fully bilingual.

For Jeff Johnson, this conference was four years in the making. He's a Boise State geosciences professor, and he spends his time monitoring volcanoes and studying how they erupt. He recently returned from Guatemala, along with Manuel Gomez-Navarro, a Boise Stat professor in world languages. They joined Idaho Matters to talk more about the conference.

A bumble bee sits on a flower. — **Supporting the bird and the bees with flowers in the Treasure Valley** Feb 29, 2024
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This is year four for the Treasure Valley Pollinator Project, the brainchild of the Ada Soil and Water Conservation District. Their goal is to increase pollinator habitat and the number of pollinators in the Treasure Valley by having people plant flowers and learn how to be better stewards of our environment.
This year’s focus is on birds and bumblebees and conservation, especially of water. Jessica Harrold, the District's Program Coordinator, joined Idaho Matters to talk more about the project.

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