Using data on half a million wildfire starts, researchers are working to predict their...
Using a massive dataset, researchers are developing tools to help them predict when and where wildfires are most likely to start. The team, led by a Boise State University civil engineering researcher, looked at half a million wildfire starts, and hundreds of attributes about them. Beyond the obvious weather...
ACHD plans pedestrian safety upgrades at Eagle’s Hill Road and Edgewood Lane intersection
EAGLE, Idaho — ACHD is moving forward with a safety project in early March that will include a new pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Edgewood Lane and Floating Feather Road, similar to the existing crossing at Eagle Road and Ranch Drive. The project has been in planning for...
A company wants to build a stand-alone ER in the Boise area. Its charges?...
Nutex Health, a for-profit company from Houston that operates a network of micro-hospitals around the country, wants to expand into the Treasure Valley. But Idaho’s largest health insurer, the nonprofit Blue Cross of Idaho, is determined to stop it. Or at least put guardrails around it. Mike Reynoldson, a...
Police: Three officers injured after struggle with inmate out on work release
Three Garden City police officers were treated for minor injuries after apprehending an inmate who was out on work release and crashed into a patrol vehicle before leading police on a foot pursuit. At 1:30 p.m. Monday on the 500 block of East 45th Street, officers were assisting Idaho Department Correction Probation...
Students speak out as state budget changes could impact LAUNCH scholarships
10 colleges and universities across Idaho are urging state budget leaders to protect funding for the Idaho LAUNCH tuition assistance program, first introduced by Gov. Brad Little in 2023.
End of An Era: Major Change Comes to Popular Caldwell Mexican Restaurant
The popular restaurant is entering into a new chapter with a new name!
Kuna Becomes Idaho’s New Boomtown
A new study shows Kuna is Idaho’s fastest-growing city with a massive population and income jump.
‘Dangerous’: Affidavit details Boise woman’s alleged anti-ICE attack in Meridian
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Federal prosecutors are calling an Idaho woman’s alleged decision to steal an ambulance and crash it into a Meridian building leasing office space to immigration officials a “brazen, dangerous, unprovoked, premeditated attack,” according to newly released court records. In a 15-page...
Team behind some of Boise’s hottest restaurants opens new neighborhood spot
Wylder Hospitality Group is not a company that naps between meals. Less than a year after opening Rosa taqueria in Garden City, the Boise food-and-drink juggernaut has unveiled another new concept: Sidequest. Describing itself as a “neighborhood restaurant serving up housemade pasta and focaccia sandwiches on the...
‘Prone to danger’: Boiseans urged to avoid foothills trails following wet weather
BOISE, Idaho — Looking for a way to get outside following Tuesday's rain? The Boise Foothills are mostly off limits due to muddy conditions, according to Ridge to Rivers. Rainy conditions that began on Tuesday and lasted through Wednesday morning mean that low and mid-elevation trails are "saturated and extremely...
