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Jets from Mountain Home Air Force Base flying exercise over southwest Idaho

The skies above Boise are a bit noisier than usual.

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BOISE HAWKS

Boise baseball stadium project meeting Wednesday

Baseball great Bill Buckner is the featured guest during Wednesday’s update on Boise’s proposed baseball stadium project.

3 hours ago
CRIME

Police: Boise man who hid under blanket in woman’s car and threatened her with gun arrested for aggravated assault

Robert W. Nicol is being held in the Ada County Jail on a felony aggravated assault charge after police say he hid under a blanket in the back seat of a Boise woman’s car and then threatened her and a man in the front seat with a gun early Saturday morning.

6 hours ago
EDUCATION

Boise middle school students win regional science bowl

Boise School District students on Saturday took top honors at the Idaho Regional Middle School Science Bowl, which was held for the first time in southern Idaho at Boise State.

7 hours ago
MERIDIAN, EAGLE, KUNA, STAR

Meridian hires Boise’s planning director

Boise Planning and Development Services Director Bruce Chatterton has taken a new job with the City of Meridian.

7 hours ago
CRIME

Fruitland man shot by police in December arrested on DUI charge in Boise over the weekend

While prosecutors have yet to charge Jamee Lee Wade in connection with an incident in December when he was shot by a Fruitland Police officer, Wade is now being held in the Ada County Jail after being arrested by Boise police on a drunken driving charge Friday afternoon.

8 hours ago
BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME

Tour bus catches fire on way to Sun Valley

BOISE, Idaho — Fire officials say no one was injured when a bus caring Australian tourists to the central Idaho resort area of Sun Valley caught fire and burned east of Boise on Saturday.

1 day ago
BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME

New YMCA activity center honors memory of Boiseans Tom and Mary Woychick

A 1,000-square-foot room in the basement of Boise's Downtown YMCA has been renovated, re-opened and renamed to honor Tom and Mary Woychick.

3 days ago
CRIME

Suspects identified in high-speed chase in Elmore County; police ask for public's help

The Elmore County Sheriff's Office has identified two suspects who may have been involved in a high-speed pursuit on Saturday, Feb. 4. The chase ended in King Hill.

2 days ago
BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME

Police: Taxi driver was intoxicated when he hit Garden City patrol car Friday morning

James L. Huffman is charged with a DUI after Boise police say he drove a taxi cab through a red light Friday morning on Veterans Memorial Parkway and hit a Garden City Police patrol car.

3 days ago
TRAFFIC

Crash backs up traffic on westbound Connector in Boise Friday afternoon

A crash in the westbound lanes of the Connector at Franklin Road occurred at about 4 p.m., according to Ada County Dispatch. And another crash occurred in the same area a short time after.

3 days ago