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Pinball wizards rejoice: Interactive game museum brings arcade joy to Garden City
In the Treasure Valley, we are lucky to enjoy many different types of museums including the Boise Art Museum, Basque Museum, and the list...
Boise Mall area
‘Collected and refined:’ Boise designer will launch large new furniture store
Judith Balis has been an interior designer in the Treasure Valley for the last 17 years. In 2018, she opened home goods shop, Feather...
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Get Local: Cascading greeting cards create unique way to connect
With more communication happening online, you might think handwritten notes are becoming a thing of the past. However, according to the US Census Bureau...
Canyon County
Local company growing with line of durable coolers and outdoor gear, made in Nampa, USA
If you’re looking for a new heavy duty cooler, look no further than Canyon County.
Nampa-based Cordova Outdoors has been under new ownership since mid-2020...
Boise
New guided raft tours hit the Boise River
While the Boise River is pretty tame with thousands floating it unguided each summer, a new tour will go beyond the typical Barber Park...
Agribusiness
Treasure Valley nonprofit aims to cut down on local food waste — one delivery at a time
Thousands of perfectly good meals end up in Treasure Valley landfills every day.
The USDA estimates more than a third of food produced in the...
Food
‘It’s amazing:’ Couple who met over ice cream launch an ice cream shop in Meridian
A new ice cream parlor opened this week in Meridian, with a variety of house-made flavors.
Cyndi and Blake Taylor launched Lovejoy's Real Ice Cream...
Boise
New Life’s Kitchen cafe opens in former restaurant space, will double number served
Doors, and new opportunities, are open at Life's Kitchen's new cafe - now located in the former Marie Callender's on Fairview Ave. in Boise.
Since December,...
Boise
Candy for inclusion: Sweet shop with special-needs employees opens in old Baskin-Robbins
Sweet Zola's Candy Shop was open for two years in Meridian until it had to close its doors during the pandemic.
Now, Sweet Zola's...
Fun
‘Part of everyone’s party:’ Meridian couple expands balloon business, adds party supply
During the fall of 2019, partners Ashley and Jackie Schultz-Barkley unintentionally got into the balloon business.
The pair had just gotten married and they posted...
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Kuna looking for tenants for new outdoor market
A unique new marketplace will soon pop up in downtown Kuna this summer.
The Kuna Market Village will be made up of 12, 120 square...
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Small Nampa business helps give parents clothing options
Giving little boys a chance to express themselves through fashion, while at the same time giving moms more options - that's the goal of 2TroubleBoys,...
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Bike shops continue to struggle to keep up with high demand for bikes
At the start of the pandemic it was difficult to find a roll of toilet paper, and now a year later that is what...
Business
It’s a big dill: Idaho’s Dillys Pickled Veggies expands, grows sales
In 2016, Boisean Jessica Norris started Dillys Pickled Veggies - making a variety of canned products sold in stores statewide.
Choice of canned vegetables...
COVID-19
Boise company helps refill local PPE stockpile
A Boise-based medical supply company is donating tens of thousands of dollars worth of PPE to the Treasure Valley community.
Darcy and Kevin Lawhorn co-founded...