Ada County Commissioners heard additional naming ideas Wednesday for what has been called up until now The Park at Expo Idaho. Expo Idaho Director Bob Batista, and Becki Woodbury, President, and Managing Director with CLM, the marketing company for the Western Idaho Fair presented additional options for the park’s name. A release from Ada County…… MORE
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City of Boise purchasing land in Boise Foothills
The City of Boise plans to use Clean Water and Open Space Levy funds to purchase a undeveloped piece of Boise Foothills property in the Barber Valley. The land encompasses 80 acres and includes a broad valley and sloping hillsides. A release from the City of Boise says if the $365,000 purchase is approved by…… MORE
Boise Police offer free summer youth program
This is the third year of the program, which will run July 8 through July 25th, Monday through THursdays 9a-3p, and space is still available. The SHIELD academy is a free, program for 12-15 year olds, led by a team of School Resource Officers and other officers from the Community Outreach Division. During the program,…… MORE
Lots of Idahoans flying Memorial Day weekend
The Boise Airport is expecting a 13% increase in total seat capacity between June and August compared to last year, thanks to a busy flight schedule and additional nonstop flights. According to the Idaho Press, nearly 262,000 Idahoans will kick off the summer by traveling at least 50 miles to celebrate Memorial Day. The COVID-19…… MORE
Boise city pools getting ready to open
The City of Boise’s four outdoor pools, Natatorium, Ivywild, Borah and Fairmont, will open Friday, May 31, at 1 p.m. CBS2 reports the Natatorium is on the city bus line at 1811 E. Warm Springs Ave. behind Adams Elementary School. You can enjoy the pool, diving boards, a concession stand and a wading pool for…… MORE
Simpson has two Republican challengers
There are a pair of Republican challengers hoping to unseat Idaho’s senior congressman in the upcoming May 21 primary election in Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District. Scott Cleveland, of Eagle, and Sean Higgins, of Boise, are running against incumbent GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, who has served in Congress since 1999. The Idaho Capital Sun reports…… MORE
Lane closures on Centennial Way in Caldwell
The Idaho Transportation Department advises drivers that there will be daytime lane closures on Centennial Way in Caldwell today through Wednesday next week. The Idaho Transportation Department will close one lane on the south side of Centennial Way between the interchange ramps. The lane closure will occur from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day…… MORE
Nampa’s 57th annual Parade America is Saturday
The city of Nampa and Nampa Parade America Committee, Inc. invite the community to the 57th annual Parade America beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday. The theme for this year’s annual patriotic event is “Let Freedom Ring,” and includes floats, horses, marching bands, antique cars and plenty more. An official ribbon-cutting for the parade will take…… MORE
Large vacation rental management lays off hundreds of employees
Vacasa, the large vacation rental management company that started in Boise, has laid off hundreds of employees. BoiseDev.com reports, Vacasa, which started in Boise, now based in Portland with corporate offices in Boise, said it would cut 800 people across the company – about 13% of its workforce. The majority of layoffs, about 40 percent…… MORE
Home schooling remains on the rise
It’s impossible to fully quantify the number of home-schoolers in Idaho because the state doesn’t require families to report students, but the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that about 6% of Idaho students were home-schooled, on average, during the past two school years. IdahoEdNews.org reports, the state data that is available shows increases since the height…… MORE
