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Did you know? Some of the plants found by Lewis and Clark, including certain orchids, are so delicate and place-specific that they can’t survive in Boise. The Idaho Botanical Garden staff is considering different ways to include them — either as photographs or specimens. Others, like the wild cutleaf daisy pictured here, grow well in the garden. Lewis and Clark collected the daisies in 1805 along the Clearwater River in Idaho.

150 Boise icons: Lewis and Clark Garden

The Idaho Botanical Garden created its Lewis and Clark Native Plant Garden in 2006 to mark the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804...

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A large crowd gathers to listen to speeches on the steps of the Idaho Statehouse June 15 during the Boise Gay Pride 2013 celebration.

Idaho GOP seeks to halt cities' anti-discrimination ordinances

Republicans want to make local codes protecting sexual orientation unenforceable.

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Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Nickelsen (center), shows Afghan Army trainers, at the Afghans' Camp Shorabak how to teach other soldiers to use an M2 .50-caliber machine gun.

Afghan peace process in disarray as U.S. prepares to meet with Taliban

U.S. officials will meet with the Taliban on Thursday in a major breakthrough aimed at opening peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, as the U.... 8 minutes ago

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BSU football season tickets on pace with 2012 record

Season-ticket sales for the 2013 Boise State football team are right on pace with last year, ticket manager Anita Guerricabeitia said. The school has completed the renewal process with about an 83 percent retention rate, she said. 3 hours ago

Business

Scott Duncan, a plumbing and HVAC contractor for Drake Mechanical, changes a check valve at a pump house on Warm Springs Avenue east of Harris Ranch in Boise. After laying off some workers during the recession, Drake has been hiring people lately to meet demand for the company’s services.

Subcontractors still wait for good times

As they look forward to completing some of the biggest construction projects in the West, subcontractors around the Treasure Valley are optimistic ...

Entertainment

2013 Best of Treasure Valley: The top dog's silver anniversary

When the Idaho Statesman's readers survey debuted in 1988, it was named the Best of Boise. In those early years, we discovered things about ourselves that would raise eyebrows nowadays. Best Fries? McDonald's. Best Video Store? Blockbuster. (What ...

Living

A picnic can be elegant while still being easy enough to put together in an afternoon. Just add a few refinements into the mix.

Pan bagnat adds polish to picnic: A few easy changes upgrades standard picnic fare

Although we are a nation of committed picnic lovers, we do not, on the whole, give our picnic foods their due.

Outdoors

Boise's MK Nature Center gets chinook salmon. By Pete Zimowsky.

Boise's MK Nature Center gets chinook salmon (video)

Boise's MK Nature Center gets chinook salmon. By Pete Zimowsky.

Opinion

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Robert Ehlert: Learn about health exchange

You sleep, but the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act doesn't seem to need much. 3 hours ago

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