Plutonium existing in the environment is mostly in the form of microscopic dust particles of plutonium-239, mainly from the remnants of nuclear weapons testing and nuclear reactor accidents.
The military doesn’t like it when you talk about fairies but the Idaho National Guard sure does. A new species of freshwater fairy shrimp has been discovered in normally dry playa lakebeds 12 to 15 miles South of Boise managed by the ING within the Birds of Prey National Conservation Area.
Some communities will go to any length to avoid paying teachers a living wage. Like Idaho's own Wood River Valley, where the Blaine County School District has announced plans to build clusters of duplexes for teachers who are not able to afford the sky-high Sun Valley home costs.
Boise's downtown drivers got a bit of rush-hour eye-candy last week when a wayward SUV crashed into the front of the Key Bank Financial building on Idaho St. between Capitol Blvd. and 8th St.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho is on a roll after recent victories in three local court cases. First, on February 25, the ACLU won an open records case forcing the Idaho Department of Agriculture to hand over plans with a full account of pollution information to the Idaho Conservation League.
Another week, another apocalyptic forecast about Idaho's impending drought. The latest revelation comes from the Idaho Department of Water Resources, in a cheerful report titled "Outlook is Grim."
The former technical director of Boise's own Ponderosa Paint was sentenced on March 10 to sit uselessly like an old paint can for five months in prison.
Celebrating st. Patrick's Day With food and Drink • Certified Organic Dinners from Daily Blessing Foods, Inc. • Beer and Wine Nights at Taste • National Beef Cook-Off: Last Call for Entries
The French call it Pinot Gris, the Italians, Pinot Grigio-different names for the same grape that stylistically can produce very different wines. The French model leans toward the richer end of the scale.
The Log Cabin Literary Center is offering a new set of classes this spring, beginning Thursday with an ongoing poetry workshop. The workshop is an opportunity for writers with previous experience to address the senses through verbal pictures.
To fully appreciate this review, the reader must first understand the concept of a "depress-a-thon." It's a ceremony conducted when a person who's feeling low sits down with a stack of "dark" CDs and listens till the sadness passes.
Wildlife Photographer Show • Da Vinci Code lecture • The Tiller's Folly • The Full Monty • Boise Flower and Garden Show • Buddhist Qigong Retreat • Wilderness Presentation
"It's so easy to think of the paranormal as being out there somewhere. In reality, it's all through downtown, it's all through the mountains, all over Idaho."
Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that Idaho's Hispanic population has grown 18 percent since 2010. Hispanics remain the second largest ethnic group in the Gem State, representing a total of 297,740 Idahoans with Hispanic origins.
