Walk for Wishes benefits Make-A-Wish Idaho; Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County and Idaho Foodbank offer free meals to youth through summer months; AARP accepting nominations for its Andrus Award for Community Service.
Environmental journalist Rocky Barker will retire from the Idaho Statesman on May 25, 2018. He has spent 22 years covering environmental issues and politics for the newspaper.
Barrick Mining, the largest gold miner in the world, buys 20 percent of Midas Gold. The $38 million investment is to get Stibnite mine near McCall, Idaho permitted. Midas would pursue environmental improvements to site mined in the past.
Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club members will remove honey bee swarms for free; family fun run and festival to benefit three Idaho children fighting cancer; Idaho Gives celebration is May 3.
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers attracted 5,000 people to Boise’s Centre on the Grove for the fast-growing group’s 2018 rendezvous. It’s part of a younger, politically active coalition of hunters, fishers, hikers, climbers, outdoor rec.
Recycle a Bicycle fixes up bikes headed for the landfill to donate to kids; kids learn to fix their own bikes at Boise Bicycle Project’s Kids Fix-It event; Fork and ALAVITA to donate $5,000.
Environmental group American Rivers names Idaho’s South Fork of the Salmon River one of its endangered rivers for 2018 because of mining. Company Midas Gold says it can restore the stretch as part of gold, antimony mine plan.
Idaho Mental Health Awareness Month event at Idaho State Capitol; nonprofits can still register for Idaho Gives; volunteers are need to install smoke alarms for American Red Cross Home Fire Campaign.
