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The Ada County Clerk's Office will begin mailing more than 50,000 absentee

Sycamore Park, a new a new state-of-the-art playground at 12275 W. Braddock Drive in West Boise, was formally dedicated on Monday.

The weather in the Treasure Valley is expected to get nippy later in the week, possibly below freezing in some areas of the Valley late Thursday and early Friday.

The Shore Lodge in McCall is back. The new owners of the Whitetail Club and Resort on Payette Lake are returning to the resort’s historic name, under which it opened in 1948. The owners made the announcement in McCall this morning. | GO...

Boise got a good soak on Saturday, as .37 inches of rain fell on the area. There was also a trace of rain Sunday, bringing the total for the weekend to .41 inches.

The Board of Ada County Commissioners will hold a public hearing Wednesday on Dry Creek planned community.

WASHINGTON — An advocacy group ranks California, Connecticut and Oregon at the top of a list of states improving energy efficiency to respond to high prices, energy security and global warming.

Where to get your Crayolas and your obscure hand-pressed paper, and chat with staffers who remembered Boise's art world when? Boise Blue. The Boise institution is marking its seventh decade. | GO... &#149 Read more about the Treasure Valley arts scene on our Arts and Culture page

A decision by a Washington D.C. federal judge Sept. 29 made delisting wolves a lot harder. The delisting of Yellowstone grizzly bears may also be in doubt.

Betty Kusler still keeps in touch with her students of nearly 60 years ago when she taught at what is now called the Pine Street School in Meridian.

New Wild and Scenic river designations could come 40 years after Idaho Sen. Frank Church passed the landmark river protection law | GO...

They've been off the stage for years, but two aging politicians - former Govs. Cecil Andrus and Phil Batt - remain the standard of excellence in Idaho.

When Mary Longfellow spent a dearly earned $375 to apply for a liquor permit in 1969, her husband, Harley, jokingly told her she wouldn't live to see it. Mary died in the 1990s but her family was just notified they were next on the state's waiting list. The Longfellows' predicament highlights a state system that lets actual innkeepers languish on the state waiting list while rewarding so-called speculators who apply for multiple licenses.

Ugobe, creator of the artificial life form Pleo, will move its headquarters from Silicon Valley to the Treasure Valley, consolidating its staff into a new Eagle facility as part of the first phase of an Eagle/Star technology corridor.

WASHINGTON - The Wall Street financiers and firms whose problems have prompted a $700 billion federal bailout are no strangers to Capitol Hill or to politics.

About 300 pilots, weapons system officers, aircraft maintenance and support personnel are set to return to Mountain Home Air Force Base at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

About 50 head of cattle are dead after a semi-truck carrying more than 100 cattle crashed, Owyhee County law enforcement said.

Ada County Highway District crews will be removing ruts in roads and repaving in four locations in Ada County beginning 6 p.m. Sunday.

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Big interest, big crowds, new, but slower vote count machines and a new enthusiasm for absentee voting - Ada and Canyon Counties are trying to streamline election day. | GO... • Compare candidates and their responses to issues side-by-side, including presidential candidates, in our voter guide