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Campfire ban at Canyon County’s Celebration Park begins July 26
The Canyon County Parks, Cultural and Natural Resources Department announced that a campfire ban at Celebration Park will begin today. As of July 26, all the park’s campfire pits will be closed. Campfires outside of the pits, including portable campfire pits, are also prohibited. However, this does not include propane camp stoves. Propane stoves are […]
In private-public partnership, local organizations bring affordable housing to Nampa
In its grand opening, The Housing Company and its community partners opened new affordable housing developments for Nampa workers and families at Canyon Terrace Apartments. Community partners include the Idaho Housing and Finance Association, Saint Alphonsus, R4 Capital and the Nampa School District. Together, the organizations allocated $18.8 million for the construction of the project. […]
Boise’s LEAP Housing offers new model for affordable housing
For years, Pastor Joseph Bankard from the Collister United Methodist Church hoped to put the extra land on his church’s property to good use. He and his colleagues had talked about turning the outgrown plot of land into a garden, parking spaces and possibly a picnic area. His goal was to create a space to […]
Idaho Department of Labor to host Nampa career fair in skilled trades
To read this article in Spanish, click here. On Aug. 2, the Idaho Department of Labor will host a career fair for trade workers or those interested in following a career path in skilled trades. There are 25 local companies looking to hire and train carpenters, roofers, electricians, bridge workers, apprentices, machinists and other skilled […]
Summer cooling spaces available to Boise residents through Aug. 31
To read this article in Spanish, click here. Our Path Home is partnering with the city of Boise and other community organizations to provide cooling spaces to Treasure Valley residents during the daytime in the hot summer months. Until Aug. 31, the organization and its partners will offer seven locations throughout Boise for people who […]
Acknowledging Boise’s past: Student research helped create law to allow removal of race covenants
McKay Cunningham began the Redline Project after looking at an interactive map. The map showed all the cities where the federal government participated in redlining, a practice following the Great Depression that ensured residential segregation would be kept in place in cities and counties throughout the United States. The College of Idaho professor, who also […]
Salmon store is Idaho’s first recipient of Healthy Food and Financing Initiative
The Mountain Harvest Community Market will receive nearly $105,000 in grant funding to improve access to healthy foods in Salmon, Idaho, the Idaho USDA Rural Development office announced this month. The grant was made on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Food and Financing Initiative. “The Healthy Food Financing Initiative aims to improve […]
Free meals available to Idaho kids throughout the state with Summer Food Service Program
To read this article in Spanish, click here. This summer, the Idaho State Department of Education’s Summer Food Service Program will provide children ages 1 to 18 with free meals and snacks throughout the state, bridging the summer nutrition gap to ensure students a healthy return to school in the fall. Anyone under the age […]
Idaho State Museum to showcase Art of Deco, an exhibit dedicated to iconic design of the 1920s and ‘30s
To read this article in Spanish, click here. This Saturday, the Idaho State Museum will open its newest temporary exhibition, The Art of Deco. For the next six months, the exhibit will showcase art deco, a popular design that first appeared in the 1920s and 1930s. Its iconic style defined the era with its use […]
Idaho’s Black communities celebrate Juneteenth with joy, food, dance and community
With live performances, local vendors, food and dance, community members gathered in celebration for the fourth annual “Family Function” Juneteenth event on Saturday at Julia Davis Park in downtown Boise. For a weekend of celebration, Juneteenth Idaho and the Black Liberation Collective partnered with local organizations and Black-owned businesses such as The Honey Pot CBD, […]
Boise volunteer day to be held in honor of KTVB meteorologist Larry Gebert
On June 25, the city of Boise’s Parks and Recreation Department will hold several volunteer events at different locations throughout the day. The series of volunteer opportunities are a tribute to Larry Gebert, a longtime meteorologist and community philanthropist who died in April after being a public figure for the Boise community since 1992 while […]
Idaho organization collects supplies for farmworkers to beat summer heat, smoke
To read this article in Spanish, click here. Earlier this month, the Idaho Immigrant Resource Alliance announced it will conduct its second annual Heat and Smoke Relief Fund to collect supplies to help Idaho farmworkers withstand extreme heat and smoke in the summer. With drop off locations throughout the Treasure Valley, the resource alliance is […]