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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Michael Deeds: Another iconic restaurant closes? Um, yeah
Odds and ends from the past week's entertainment notebook:
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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.
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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...




