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StateImpact radio projects lose NPR backing; Boise will keep approach but not the brand

A national pilot program that gave Boise State Public Radio two full-time reporters to explore economic issues ends at the end of September, but the station’s news director said the program’s approach will remain and be expanded to focus on additional issues.

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CRIME

Boise man sentenced for role in meth ring

A Mexican national who lived in Boise was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison Friday after he was caught with nine pounds of methamphetamine in December 2011.
WEATHER

Memorial Day campers may face cold, wet weather in the mountains

National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Groenert said higher elevations can lead to colder temperatures than what travelers will be leaving behind in the Treasure Valley.
ENTERTAINMENT

Coming to town: comedian Dennis Miller, rapper Mac Miller, rockers Daughtry/3 Doors Down

Summer concert season continues to heat up with a wide variety of acts.
ENTERTAINMENT

Five Things You Should Do This Weekend in Boise

It's a three-day holiday weekend. Do you have your leisure time plotted out yet?
IDAHO ECONOMY

Boise man loses $1 million on My Fit Foods, closes Valley stores

Donn Wilson was one of the first to bring McDonald's fast food to the U.S., opening the 18th McDonald's restaurant in 1957.
OUTDOORS

Travel tips for your Memorial Day plans

More than 164,000 Idahoans will hit the road during the extended weekend, according to AAA's forecast.
MERIDIAN, EAGLE, KUNA, STAR

Two Eagle High seniors make good on childhood pact to go to West Point

A record number of Idaho students received appointments to West Point this year. Two Eagle High appointees - Colt Sterk and Cyrus Cappo - dreamed of attending the military academy since they were kids.
ENTERTAINMENT

Michael Deeds: Another iconic restaurant closes? Um, yeah

Odds and ends from the past week's entertainment notebook:
LOCAL NEWS

Proposals for new Treasure Valley YMCA branches are on the table

Two are in Meridian - one near Mountain View High School and the other close to the corner of Ten Mile and McMillan roads, according to a customer survey for the Treasure Valley Family YMCA.
BOISE 150

150 Boise icons to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial: Cabana Inn's red hat

A list of the distinctive - some would say quirky - oversized objects that make up the Boise skyline includes the washer woman and giant diamond ring on Vista Avenue; the prancing white horse at Main and 6th; and the Spanish red bolero that for decades has floated over the Cabana Inn - boasting...