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Idaho policy survey: growth too fast, new & old Idahoans alike, state on the right track (but the gap is narrowing), more

Planned subdivision would bring hundreds of homes & townhomes to Meridian

Meridian/W Ada

Old Rockies Diner won’t become a pho restaurant. ‘Over the top’ tattoo shop planned instead

Boise Bench

Beefed-up broadband: Ada Co. could use federal dollars to build fiber loop

Infrastructure

You Asked: What’s going up in the parking lot of the Riverside Hotel?

Garden City

City of Ketchum hits goal to buy land near Baldy for preserve, hoping to avoid development

Wood River Valley

Boise’s Basque Museum could upgrade exterior, including new art

Boise

Race to Robie Creek + Saturday marches + Tax Scam

News stations big winners in latest radio ratings

Media

Not everything an ‘automatic yes’: Meridian looks at where to prioritize growth

Growth

Mother of man shot by Boise Police in October files claim for $500,000 with City of Boise

Boise

Plan for Boise Armory site would add hundreds of apartments, retail, offices in Boise’s East End

Boise E/SE

Eagle firm makes former Statesman building star of YouTube series on self-storage conversion

Boise Bench

Business

Eagle firm makes former Statesman building star of YouTube series on self-storage conversion

You Asked: What’s happening in the Harmon Travel building?

Boise business interiors company merges with Spokane firm, will take on new name

Boise software firm merges with NYC company, adds $100-million investment

Albertsons sees sales increase, says inflation is a factor and omicron is hurting supply chain recovery

Bardenay & Coyne’s sold to employee trust; company ‘happy, healthy, and ready to grow’

Project Tracker

Quartet

Victory Commons

The River at Parkway Apartments

More projects & search

Downtown Boise

Boise’s Basque Museum could upgrade exterior, including new art

CCDC could expand urban renewal area to build affordable housing near Julia Davis Park

Plan for new Treefort concert house in old Boise Office Depot takes shape

Meridian

Planned subdivision would bring hundreds of homes & townhomes to Meridian

Not everything an ‘automatic yes’: Meridian looks at where to prioritize growth

Meridian leaders look to legislators for school impact fees, property tax relief

You Asked: Where did Victory Greens nursery go & what’s going up in its place?

Meridian City Council welcomes back Borton, Bernt & Cavener

Live where you work: ‘Vertically integrated’ live/work units proposed in Meridian

Inside Idaho

Inside the powerful, elusive animal roaming Idaho’s forests

Why do car doors fly open on the way to Bogus? Inside the tale of the troll… or is it snakes?

The first people to ‘do the hokey pokey’ did it in Idaho

Get Local

Local, food-focused market opens in Garden City for second year

Lost Grove becomes first B Corp certified brewery in Idaho

ICYMI 2021: ‘They like their pets’: Boise based pet insurance co. booms during pandemic; high percentage of Boise pets insured

McCall area

Tamarack Resort unveils plans for new large taphouse

Subdivision with large, ‘estate sites’ planned by lake near McCall

McCall, Valley Co. hope to bring new fast, affordable internet option to mountain communities

ICYMI 2021: McCall saw its economy take off during COVID-19, but concerns of ‘Boise on steroids’ loom for housing

‘Really innovative’: McCall building dubbed ‘The Toaster’ to be used for employee housing

Smooth(er) sailing: Highway 55 construction near Smiths Ferry wraps for winter

Going Up

You Asked: Where did Victory Greens nursery go & what’s going up in its place?

Smooth(er) sailing: Highway 55 construction near Smiths Ferry wraps for winter

Large new mixed-use project set near Caldwell’s Indian Creek

Startups

Boise cloud software startup grabs big investment, now valued at more than $1 billion

Event recognizes group of Idaho businesses attaining “A round” funding

Boise’s Lovevery lands large funding round & hopes for IPO with growing revenue, product line

Housing Crisis

Ada home price hits new record for first time since summer, Canyon up too; How the market fared across 2021

McLean says she will run again, talks housing, Interfaith, jobs, climate & more in wide-ranging interview

Boise-area housing market not zooming as fast, typical winter seasonal pattern kicks in

Canyon County nonprofit works to build its own affordable housing

Getting by: Boise State grad students struggling with high rents, few housing choices

Boise-area housing prices flatten as pace of market slows

You Asked

You Asked: What’s going up in the parking lot of the Riverside Hotel?

You Asked: What’s happening in the Harmon Travel building?

You Asked: Where did Victory Greens nursery go & what’s going up in its place?

St. Luke’s changes course on unfinished hospital along Boise Connector that was set to open in 2020

You Asked: The Roosevelt Market closed again. Will it reopen?

You Asked: What’s happening at the site of the burned down Los Mariachis?

Deep Dive

Mtn. Home Air Force Base building waterline to Snake River, Elmore Co. looks at options as aquifer declines

ICYMI 2021: The Boise River: nature, development, and water quality shape its future

ICYMI 2021: McCall saw its economy take off during COVID-19, but concerns of ‘Boise on steroids’ loom for housing

ICYMI 2021: Avimor is growing, far from other SW Idaho cities. Who pays for emergency services – and how will it change?

Employees say local Babby Farms treats animals poorly in unsafe working conditions. Facility passes inspection after complaints

City, FAA say feds didn’t pay for Murgoitio site. Documents provide insight into 1990s process

Food & Drink

Old Rockies Diner won’t become a pho restaurant. ‘Over the top’ tattoo shop planned instead

Gino of Gino’s Italian Ristorante dies

Popular Sun Valley breakfast restaurant Cristina’s closes

Tamarack Resort unveils plans for new large taphouse

Bardenay & Coyne’s sold to employee trust; company ‘happy, healthy, and ready to grow’

New Boise pizza place hopes you’ll make it a movie night with its pies