BoiseDev

11/18/2025

Boise foothills shooting range gets approval. County commision may have final say

A shooting range that has operated without a conditional use permit for more than a year in the Ada County foothills received the county’s first stamp of approval last week. The Ada County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-3 to approve a conditional use permit and master site plan for land lo...

11/18/2025

Target sets plan for Meridian with its largest local store

A large new Target store is planned for Ten Mile Rd. In Meridian. BoiseDev reported in September about an early plan for the discount retailer to open a location at the District at Ten Mile near Interstate 84. Now, a formal application has been filed with the City of Meridian for the project. Plans....

11/18/2025

Federal grant bringing dozens of new EV chargers to Boise moves ahead

If you drive an electric vehicle, you could soon have more options for where to juice up your car. Under the bipartisan infrastructure package signed into law in 2021 under former President Joe Biden, the City of Boise landed a $4 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration to boost the ci...

11/18/2025

Startup airline says it will add new Idaho flights

A young airline that promises “seriously nice” flights is coming to Idaho. But while the Boise Airport hoped to land Breeze Airways — it picked another airport instead. Breeze will start flying between Twin Falls and Las Vegas in March, with a “no-change-of-plane” connection to Orange Coun...

11/17/2025

Deep Dive: Calls, tickets up in Boise after homeless camping ban. Nonprofits scramble to meet spike in demand for help

Nicholas Carrisoza was sleeping in Rhodes Skate Park a few weeks ago when he woke up to a flashlight in his face. Using a sleeping bag and blanket he stores in a locker at a homeless shelter, he had gone to sleep in the park under the connector for the night. Carrisoza, who said he […]

11/17/2025

Hidden museum beneath a Boise high school reveals its 123-year past

Boise’s oldest high school came to life before Idaho reached statehood — and today, a museum honors its past. In 1881, people living in Boise expressed the need for a public school system. This prompted territorial legislator Richard Z. Johnson to draft the bill establishing the Boise School Dis...

11/17/2025

Bao Boi finds new location following what they call an “illegal eviction”

If you drive by the Boardwalk in Garden City, you may notice Bao Boi, a local steam bun and curry restaurant’s curtains are closed and its door is locked. On its Instagram this morning, Bao Boi said, “It is with heavy hearts that we have been absent from serving you for these past few weeks. [.....

11/15/2025

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11/15/2025

The future of a section of land along the Boise River is in dispute. Cities across the state are in the process of updating the maps of their area of impact (AOI) to comply with a law passed by the Idaho Legislature in 2024. AOIs show areas outside of city limits that the city is […]

11/15/2025

Idaho is known for its potatoes, snowy winters, Blue Turf… and… unicorns? Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Ilya Strebulaev recently looked at the odds of a startup business’s chances of hitting unicorn status in each state in the US. That’s when a privately held startup hits a ...

11/14/2025

'Cordial conflict' or 'annexation credit card?' Two cities at odds over land near Boise River

The future of a section of land along the Boise River is in dispute. Cities across the state are in the process of updating the maps of their area of impact (AOI) to comply with a law passed by the Idaho Legislature in 2024. AOIs show areas outside of city limits that the city is […]

11/14/2025

'About the connections': New coffee shop to open in W. Boise

There’s another new coffee shop set to open in Boise. According to a social media post, Spoken Coffee is set to open at 10092 W. Overland Rd. in Boise next to the newly opened Back Nine Golf. According to city permits, a 1,250-square-foot coffee shop space to operate has been approved, including c...