Home insurance rates soar in Idaho as lawmakers weigh growing wildfire risk

In the Gem State, homeowners’ insurance premiums and policy cancellations are shooting up, and they’re doing so in surprising places, like the state’s southern plains.

Experts say that the risk of a catastrophic urban wildfire — like Colorado’s Marshall Fire — may be at play. With the legislative session underway this week, bipartisan concern is on the rise. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Murphy Woodhouse reports.