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McCall/W. Central Idaho

McCall City Council allocates LOT funds to library expansion

Inside the “champion” tree living in one of Idaho’s forests for 3,000 years

Years-long fight over 5th St., 6th St. boils over again in contentious meeting: ‘inappropriate,’ bamboozling,’ ‘inconsistencies’

What’s next for Expo Idaho? County to unveil design concepts for land next to Fairgrounds

McCall/W. Central Idaho

Podcast: Scott Turlington What’s next at Tamarack Resort

Local salsa business deals with impacts of inflation and produce price hikes

Affordable Housing

Rolling back Idaho’s energy code requirements could impact some federal loans on new homes

Costco eyes expansion of Boise warehouse

A neighborhood street? Or busy highway? ACHD, Boise policy disagrees on Warm Springs Avenue

Boise BSU/Broadway

You Asked: What is the construction at Julia Davis Park?

Affordable Housing

Boise eyes Fire Station 5 affordable housing project for homeless community with medical needs

🌲Idaho Champion Tree + Campground closed+ Meridian Road Work

Business

Costco eyes expansion of Boise warehouse

You Asked: What we know (and don’t) about Micron’s $15 billion expansion: incentives, housing, transit, water

Boise advertising agency 116 & West acquires Klündt Hosmer

McCall area

McCall City Council allocates LOT funds to library expansion

Podcast: Scott Turlington What’s next at Tamarack Resort

More than 100 homes planned for Donnelly

Project Tracker

Boise Ave. apartments

McDermott Village

Saltbox

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Downtown Boise

Goes both ways? Effort to convert 5th & 6th St. in Downtown Boise to two-way traffic perks back up

What is JUMP? Tractors, slides and learning highlight founder’s legacy

Design of downtown apartment project revised, proposed to go taller

Food & Drink

Local salsa business deals with impacts of inflation and produce price hikes

New downtown bar catering to international sports fans now open

The Strange Case of Jekyll & Hyde: Will long promised downtown bagel spot come to life?

Meridian

Single-family homes, apartments, & townhomes planned near Fairview

You Asked: Will the big field at Fairview and Eagle by The Village be developed?

Mix of townhomes and single-family homes planned south of Lake Hazel

Townhomes & hundreds of apartments planned near Owyhee High School

Meridian City Council discusses affordable housing

You Asked: What is the dirt moving near Meridian Trader Joe’s?

Inside Idaho

Inside the “champion” tree living in one of Idaho’s forests for 3,000 years

Idaho’s castles: Inside the towering rock formations just a short drive from Boise

No spuds in this nickname – why is Idaho “the Gem State?”

Get Local

What’s Teff?: Idaho second highest producer of the grain in the world

Handmade jewelry store opens second location in Downtown Boise

Restaurant & wine bar to replace Hyde House in Boise: ’casual, upscale European dining’

Going Up

Downtown Caldwell booms with big new project. City studies how to handle parking crunch

Video tour: Meta, Scheels, apartments, hotels, the airport, more highlight Boise-area construction

The dust has settled: Parking lot paved at Bogus Basin

Startups

Eagle-based start-up launches Virtual Reality standardized test prep

Boise firm that hopes to harness social media ‘chatter’ on stocks gets early investment

Lease End, Tractor Beverage, Proud Source & more top list of Idaho’s fastest-growing-businesses

Housing

Deep Dive: Records reveal hundreds of Treasure Valley homes owned by out-of-state investors

Ada home price sees steepest monthly decline in several years; Canyon drops too, slightly

Apartment rents zoomed in 2021. So far in 2022, the increases aren’t as sharp

BCA pens letter to Meridian about concerns with how housing is handled & plans to contact other cities

The income of Boise area homebuyers increased fastest in the US, fueled by remote workers

McCall looks at adding new government agency to work on local housing problem

You Asked

You Asked: Will the big field at Fairview and Eagle by The Village be developed?

You Asked: What’s the large building at State St. and Highway 16 in Star?

You Asked: Are there structural problems at the Plaza Apartments?

You Asked: Why is CBH Homes building the Music Subdivision in SW Boise?

You Asked: What is the dirt moving near Meridian Trader Joe’s?

You Asked: Why is Boise sometimes called “Boise City”?

Deep Dive

Deep Dive: Idaho’s liquor license system has fans & detractors. More attempts at change could be ahead

Deep Dive: Home property taxes rise fast. Commercial taxes, not so much. A look at how assessment methods impact valuations

Deep Dive: Even with recent rain, farmers, canal cos. & homeowners brace for short irrigation season during drought

Deep Dive: New arena, stadium revamp, much more: Inside Boise State’s ‘vision’ for sports facilities. AD tells BoiseDev: ‘not going to sit back and...

You Asked: How do low-income housing tax credits work?

Deep dive: Meridian lacks affordable housing options. Leaders say solutions aren’t easily found