U.S.-backed forces have declared military victory over the Islamic State group in Syria after liberating the last pocket of territory held by the militants.
The 13th-ranked Boise State gymnastics team won its fifth consecutive Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Championship with a score of 196.950 on Friday, March 22, 2019, at Marriott Center in Provo, Utah.
The Idaho Legislature has two Medicaid expansion bills now, from the House and Senate. Republican lawmakers are looking to work requirements as the most likely target for negotiations.
Voicebox operates karaoke lounges in Portland and Denver. Its newest lounge will open on 8th Street in Boise’s BoDo district in September. Guests will have private suites to eat, drink and sing with friends.
Boise State says its new baseball team will play its first season’s home games at the Boise Hawks’ Memorial Stadium in 2020. A new home stadium will not be ready for the school’s first varsity baseball season since 1980.
Pitbull selected as headliner for Boise Music Festival on June 22. Other national acts to be named later. The festival, in its 10th year, also features 50 bands from Idaho and the Northwest.
Boise is looking to buy land at Franklin and Orchard streets that was owned by Maverik. The space next to Franklin Park may now become affordable housing. The land once housed Idaho’s Franklin School.
The eighth annual Treefort Music Festival will run Wednesday through Sunday in Downtown Boise. The live music festival grows each year, and this year Lyft is offering discounted rides.
A bill to require a citizen vote before Boise can spend urban renewal money on a new stadium or main library has come back to life. An Idaho Senate committee voted to send it to the full Senate for amendments.
Collin Sather, a University of Idaho football player, died in February after a battle with cancer. He chose to be an organ donor, giving his corneas after dying from renal cancer, which affects the kidneys.
Mayor David Bieter took to the main stage at Treefort to encourage Boise to encourage people to be kind, emphasize city’s values even as the population grows in Boise and Ada County.
The Village Charter School in Boise is facing possible closure after years of financial losses and mounting debt. The Idaho Public Charter School Commission recommended that it plan for possible closure.
The Yuba County Sheriff’s Department arrested two Marysville teens - Dustin Garrett Alfaro, 18, and a minor - Wednesday in connection with the killing of an 87-year-old Pocatello, ID, woman earlier this week.
The route from Diversion Dam to Idaho City, including Lucky Peak, notoriously lacks cell service. A group of new cell towers along Idaho Highway 21 may help fix the problem for commuters, residents and vacationers.
A bill that would dramatically toughen the requirements to get an initiative or referendum on the Idaho ballot is back on track after Senate amendments. The bill is from Eagle Republican C. Scott Grow.
Boise State women's basketball coach Gordy Presnell and players Braydey Hodgins, Marta Hermida and Joyce Harrell speak to the media before their NCAA Tournament opener against Oregon State.
The Boise State softball team has opened the 2019 season with a 21-4 record and makes its home debut Friday for a three-game series with San Diego State. Coach Maggie Livreri joined the 208 Podcast to talk about her squad.
