Bills and coins scattered on a desk | Ava Manning
Free tax aid available to low-income individuals
Student volunteers undergo multiple certifications to work with taxpayers

With the filing deadline on the horizon, taxpayers may be stressed. But don’t worry, there’s help to get things squared away before April 15.    Sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service, […]

University of Idaho educators await vaccine
Higher education faculty and K-12 teachers are not in the same category to receive the COVID-19 vaccine

States across the country are setting their own priorities for distributing limited quantities of the COVID-19 vaccine. In Idaho, higher education employees are not considered in Group 2.1 of vaccination as they are in other states.  In the University of Idaho’s […]

Bite-sized news: ASUI Senate meeting
The Associated Students University of Idaho met for the second time this semester to discuss a Black Lives Matter survey, free menstrual products on campus and more

Big-ticket items:  Black Lives Matter survey ASUI President Lauren Carlsen sent out a survey about BLM which received 271 responses, according to Director of Diversity Yasmine Tovar. Tovar is looking […]

University of Idaho ski club races on
Despite the obstacles, first races are scheduled

Rather than another somber story of yet another sport canceled, this year the University of Idaho Ski Club races on through the pandemic. As their events are taking off soon, […]

News Update
Tuition freeze may continue
Gov. Brad Little’s budget proposal could halt tuition increases for another year

The presidents of Idaho’s four-year universities pledged earlier this month to forgo tuition increases for the 2021-22 academic year if lawmakers approve Gov. Brad Little’s higher education budget.  The decision […]

A recent University of Idaho study of grizzlies in Yellowstone National Park found that the bears use water holes to cool down | Courtesy of the National Park Service
Bears take baths too
Lactating grizzly bears avoid heat stress by soaking in water holes, researchers find

Unwinding in a bath after a long day isn’t just limited to humans – in fact, large bodied mammals in the wild have been observed doing the exact same thing.

Adult dependents snubbed from stimulus
Despite financial insecurity, many college students were excluded from both stimulus payments

A second round of stimulus payments recently made their way to Americans, but some of the most financially vulnerable people were entirely left out.   Similar to the CARES Act, the […]