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Expansions, enhancement coming to 3 Boise cultural and educational institutions

The Discovery Center, the Idaho State Historical Museum and the Idaho Botanical Garden are set to expand.Click to Continue »

 

Nampa police seek suspect in homicide case

Nampa police are seeking a suspect they believe is involved in the homicide of a 52-year-old woman found dead near the 500 block of East Florida Avenue early Sunday morning,Click to Continue »

 

How did 1955 Boys of Boise scandal affect the city and Idaho?

The day after Halloween in 1955, a Tuesday, a DC-6 crashed in Colorado, killing 44. The story led Wednesday’s editions of the Idaho Statesman. Below it was a story and…Click to Continue »

 

Idaho History: ‘Women of bad repute’ made newspaper pages in 1890s

We signed off last week by noting that Boise City Marshal Nicholson had all he could handle in 1890, rounding up drunks, stopping fistfights and escorting tramps out of town…Click to Continue »

 

Maureen O’Hara, spirited movie star, dies at 95

Maureen O’Hara, the flame-haired Irish movie star who appeared in classics ranging from the grim “How Green Was My Valley” to the uplifting “Miracle on 34th Street” and bantered unforgettably…Click to Continue »

 

Police: Boise man dies after crash involving two motorcycles

A Boise man died after a two-motorcycle crash on Interstate 84 near Caldwell Saturday morning, according to Idaho State Police.Click to Continue »

 

Nampa man arrested and charged with arson

A Nampa man was arrested and charged with arson after a series of fires that Nampa Fire Department extinguished Friday night, according to Nampa Police Department.Click to Continue »

 

Treasure Valley libraries transform in the digital age, but patrons still love print, too

Technology, tools and formats may change, but libraries continue to do many of the same things they’ve always done: Promote children’s literacy, help patrons find information and materials, provide opportunities…Click to Continue »

 

Leader of meth-trafficking group gets 20 years in prison

Oscar Adan Jaimez-Munoz, 23, a Mexican national living in California, must spend two decades in federal prison and forefeit $100,000 in drug proceeds, a federal judge ruled in Boise.Click to Continue »

 

Drug bust in Nampa leads to nine-plus years in prison for California man

Kenny P. Breedlove, 35, of Porterville, Calif, was sentenced Thursday to 110 months for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced Friday.Click to Continue »

 

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