Opinion & Analysis
Business
Analysis: From a dentist’s basement to $15 billion: Micron’s investment in Boise significant for economy – and raises big questions
$15,000,000,000.
Our typical style is to spell a number that large as "$15 billion." But it's worth looking at all those zeroes to begin...
Opinion & Analysis
We took Boise’s new ebikes for a spin. How Vall-ebike works
A trial of a new electric bike share program is underway in Boise. Vall-ebike, the brand name for the project from Valley Regional Transit,...
Infrastructure
Note from Don: ITD replied to Little’s demand for info on our Idaho 55 story. It misrepresented our work & attempts to get comment
As BoiseDev reported yesterday, Idaho Gov. Brad Little demanded a report from the Idaho Transportation Department in response to our reporting on safety in...
Infrastructure
Editor’s note: How and why we produced our investigation on Highway 55
Today, we are publishing the result of a long-term investigation into the Idaho 55 construction zone near Smith's Ferry.
In March of 2021, BoiseDev's Autum...
Fun
Note from Don: BoiseDev Boost partners with Camp River Run. Non-profit helps kids with medical conditions go to camp
For the next year, BoiseDev will partner with Camp River Run as part of our Boost community partnership program. With 50 worthy applicants, the...
Opinion & Analysis
Analysis: A sale? A breakup? Acquisitions? Nothing? Options for Albertsons after strategic review announcement
NEWS ANALYSIS
In recent years, BoiseDev has put increasing focus on covering Boise-based Albertsons Companies, with more than 100 news stories, dozens of scoops, an...
Opinion & Analysis
Note from Don: The Boost by BoiseDev to help promote a local nonprofit
In the five years or so since BoiseDev has launched, it's been tremendously fulfilling to see this one-time hobby grow into a full-fledged news...
Growth
What’s in store in ’22? Housing, jobs, growth, tall buildings, new projects, and more on the radar
NEWS ANALYSIS
As we start 2022, everyone's eyes on the Treasure Valley remain fixed on what growth will bring. After two unprecedented years in 2020...
Opinion & Analysis
Review: New national podcast (slowly) tells the story of Bruce Willis and Hailey, Idaho
iHeartMedia recently launched a podcast that says it will tell the story of Bruce Willis buying up key properties in the town of Hailey,...
Boise Mall area
“Breaking news out of Boise, Idaho:” Our community begins to process jarring crime in familiar place
NEWS ANALYSIS
"We have breaking news out of Boise, Idaho tonight."
Even in our changing media environment, hearing Lester Holt say that simple but foreign phrase...
Data
Analysis: Study says Boise housing is overvalued. Local real estate experts push back. What’s happening?
NEWS ANALYSIS
Last week, Fortune Magazine posted a story with an intriguing headline:
"These are the most overvalued housing markets in the US."
The photo on the...
Opinion & Analysis
Notebook: We asked for Bryan Harsin’s Twitter block list. We found news along the way, including a vision for Boise State’s future
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
This fall and winter brought tremendous change to the athletics department at Boise State University. A shortened football season that ended without...
Business
Get Local: Ideas on where and how to shop local this season
NEWS ANALYSIS
Every holiday season, we hear about the importance of shopping local.
This year, however, shopping Treasure Valley businesses is vital to the survival...
COVID-19
Twelve local CEOs to Idahoans: ‘Let’s agree to unite against this virus’
SUBMITTED OPINION
To our friends, neighbors and colleagues,
On March 13, Idaho confirmed its first case of COVID-19. Today, a little more than eight months...
COVID-19
First-person account: I got COVID in Boise. I’m fine, but here’s what I went through
Editor's note: A few weeks ago, we hired new reporter Autum Robertson. This spring, she contracted COVID-19. We thought her perspective as a...