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05/30/2026

Then and now: See how Meridian has grown & changed over past 30 years

Today, Meridian is Idaho’s second-largest city, home to some of the state’s top shopping and entertainment destinations — as well as lots of houses. In 1992, just 10,952 people lived in the City of Meridian, or less than a third of the capacity of today’s Albertsons Stadium. Now, nearly 130,...

05/30/2026

'Fun, glam shopping experience': New women's clothing and accessories boutique opening in Caldwell

A new women’s clothing and accessories boutique is opening in Caldwell today. Beyond 208 Boutique carries a variety of items, including western-inspired styles, graphic tees, handbags, wallets, jewelry, hats, accessories, clear stadium bags, trucker hats, and more. “Beyond 208 Boutique was creat...

05/30/2026

If Amazon receives final approval to build a Prime Air Drone Delivery Center at its Nampa facility, how many drones and jobs would the facility add to start?
A) 50-54 drones, 25 jobs
B) 46-50 drones, 80 jobs
C) 20-24 drones, 15 jobs
D) 12-15 drones, 30 jobs

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BoiseDev A.M. News Quiz — May 30, 2026 FacebookXReddItEmailCopy URL Welcome to your BoiseDev A.M. News Quiz — May 30, 2026 If Amazon receives final approval to build a Prime Air Drone Delivery Center at its Nampa facility, how many drones and jobs would the facility add to start? 20-24 drones, 1...

05/30/2026

The environmental risk posed to Lake Cascade could be a deciding factor on a plan to build what local officials have described as a “new city” near McCall.  On Thursday, the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission met with representatives from regulatory agencies and DF Development to disc...

05/30/2026

Healthcare services in McCall narrowly avoided a disaster on Monday night despite a tree falling onto a popular clinic on the St. Luke’s campus. The tree fell onto the Payette Lakes Medical Clinic on Monday evening during a windstorm that swept through Valley County, leaving downed trees and power...

05/30/2026

Some of the busiest roads in McCall will be under construction this summer, with lane closures and delays expected now through October.  The work began earlier this month with a rebuild of Forest Street, but will continue next week as utility work beneath Third Street (Idaho 55) begins near downtow...

05/30/2026

A gold and antimony mine approved for construction in eastern Valley County is now fully funded.  On May 21, the Export-Import Bank of the United States approved Perpetua Resources’ application for a $2.9 billion loan to fund construction of its Stibnite Gold Project about 45 air miles east of Mc...

05/29/2026

A new college bar is coming to Broadway from one of Boise State football’s famous alumni. Make that Colledge Bar. DBS Hospitality is planning to open Colledge Bar in the same building as The James Kitchen and Bar and The Sandwich Bar, at 1032 S. Broadway. Colledge Bar will go into the former Bolde...

05/29/2026

Congratulations to Sam Haener of for winning the Great Idaho Athlete Award from

05/29/2026

It was quite a stormy Thursday evening throughout the Treasure Valley and Eastern Oregon!

The National Weather Service reported a record-breaking 68 mph wind gust from the outflow of a nearby thunderstorm at the Boise Airport as of 4:04 p.m. This was the strongest gust ever recorded at the Boise Airport in the month of May. At that same time, a storm east of Burns, OR, was producing radar-estimated 2-3 inch hail, according to NWS Boise.

The storms started to develop just after 3:30 p.m. and were mainly focused just south of the Treasure Valley, tracking southeast to northwest, and brought hundreds of lightning strikes to the Owyhee Mountains along with strong winds, large hail, and heavy rain.

Those severe thunderstorms rolled through the Treasure Valley yesterday afternoon around 4 p.m. and brought wind gusts up to 68 mph, power outages, downed trees, hail, and flying debris to the region. Erin Banks Rusby snapped the photo above of a downed tree in the Sunset neighborhood in north Boise.

Idaho Power’s outage map also showed over 6,000 homes losing power due to the storm system.

Looking ahead, scattered showers and weaker thunderstorms will linger over the West Central Idaho Mountains today and then decrease on Saturday with mostly dry conditions returning next week