Deep Dive
Valley Lookout
ICYMI: Many trees on Idaho 55 look like they’re dying. One fell & killed a teen. What’s the cause?
If you've driven between Boise and McCall along Idaho 55, you might have noticed that a large number of pine trees along the roadway...
Valley Lookout
Many trees on Idaho 55 look like they’re dying. One fell & killed a teen. What’s the cause?
If you've driven between Boise and McCall along Idaho 55, you might have noticed that a large number of pine trees along the roadway...
Environment
Deep Dive: Valley Co. mine proposal said to help clean waste & secure key mineral. Critics see flaws for environment, tourism
Tucked in the mountains of Valley County in a small town just east of Yellow Pine is the Stibnite Mine District. The district was...
Business
‘Should I have pushed for more?’ Idaho parents adjust and adapt to varying parental leave policies, challenges
'Lauren' gave birth in the fall of 2018 while working full-time as a marketing director. Over the course of a year, to prepare to...
Data
ICYMI: Deep Dive: Home property taxes rise fast. Commercial taxes, not so much. A look at how assessment methods impact valuations
Property taxes for homeowners skyrockted in recent years - dominating headlines in Idaho and discussions at the Legislature every winter, but homes are only...
Boise BSU/Broadway
ICYMI: New arena, stadium revamp, much more: Inside Boise State’s ‘vision’ for sports facilities. AD tells BoiseDev: ‘not going to sit back and wait’
Boise State athletics rolled out a vision of its athletics facilities on campus Thursday, including a small new arena, soccer field, practice field, and...
Transportation
Deep Dive: ITD program meant to boost minority & women-owned businesses not meeting goal. Bulk of contract value goes to handful of companies
Unlike other states, Idaho only has one state agency with a special program aimed at increasing the number of government contracts awarded to firms...
Business
Deep Dive: Idaho’s liquor license system has fans & detractors. More attempts at change could be ahead
It's not uncommon to sit down to a nice meal in Idaho, reach for a cocktail menu, and find it missing from the table.
The...
Data
Deep Dive: Home property taxes rise fast. Commercial taxes, not so much. A look at how assessment methods impact valuations
Property taxes for homeowners skyrockted in recent years - dominating headlines in Idaho and discussions at the Legislature every winter, but homes are only...
Agriculture
Deep Dive: Even with recent rain, farmers, canal cos. & homeowners brace for short irrigation season during drought
It's hard to raise grass-fed lamb without a green pasture for the flock to graze on.
For roughly half the year, Janie Burns moves her...
Boise BSU/Broadway
Deep Dive: New arena, stadium revamp, much more: Inside Boise State’s ‘vision’ for sports facilities. AD tells BoiseDev: ‘not going to sit back and...
Boise State athletics rolled out a vision of its athletics facilities on campus Thursday, including a small new arena, soccer field, practice field, and...
Housing Affordability
You Asked: How do low-income housing tax credits work?
It’s no secret rents in Idaho are getting more expensive, but the mechanics behind how the state’s biggest program to create affordable housing works...
Housing Affordability
Deep dive: Meridian lacks affordable housing options. Leaders say solutions aren’t easily found
New subdivisions continue to pop up across Meridian to accommodate the city's booming population. However, not all residents can afford the housing that is...
Opinion & Analysis
Analysis: A sale? A breakup? Acquisitions? Nothing? Options for Albertsons after strategic review announcement
NEWS ANALYSIS
In recent years, BoiseDev has put increasing focus on covering Boise-based Albertsons Companies, with more than 100 news stories, dozens of scoops, an...
Environment
Deep Dive: Legislation could end Treasure Valley emissions testing. Officials see pros, cons
If you dread heading to the emissions testing station to get your vehicle checked, you might be in luck by next summer.
A new bill...
Business
Deep Dive: Inside Idaho Power’s goal to hit 100% renewable energy by 2045
The year 2045 seems like a long way off, but when your goal is trying to ditch 100% of carbon emissions it’s coming up...
Infrastructure
Mtn. Home Air Force Base building waterline to Snake River, Elmore Co. looks at options as aquifer declines
Mountain Home Air Force Base’s time pumping drinking water out of the ground will soon be coming to an end.
In the next three and...
Boise
ICYMI 2021: The Boise River: nature, development, and water quality shape its future
Originally published March 1, 2021.
There aren’t many cities where you see someone fly fishing a few hundred feet from a downtown office building.
Winding through...
Economy
ICYMI 2021: McCall saw its economy take off during COVID-19, but concerns of ‘Boise on steroids’ loom for housing
Originally published March 24, 2021.
A little more than a year has gone by since McCall and Valley County officials issued a travel advisory asking...
Eagle
ICYMI 2021: Avimor is growing, far from other SW Idaho cities. Who pays for emergency services – and how will it change?
Originally published March 11, 2021.
A new planned community is taking shape in the shadow of the foothills off of Highway 55, far from the...
Tourism
Employees say local Babby Farms treats animals poorly in unsafe working conditions. Facility passes inspection after complaints
Zoo Boise isn't the only place in the Treasure Valley to see exotic animals.
Just over the Gem County line north of Caldwell, Babby Farms...
Boise S/SW
City, FAA say feds didn’t pay for Murgoitio site. Documents provide insight into 1990s process
The City of Boise continues to stand by its claim that no federal funds were used to purchase the Murgoitio park site after a...
Multi-family
A new town with 15,000 homes at Ada-Elmore line? Elmore officials wrestle with next step for Mayfield Townsite
The next steps toward a new town in Idaho between Mountain Home and Boise are taking shape. Over the coming decades, as many as...
Housing Affordability
Property tax on your house keeps going up. But many commercial properties see a different story
Few topics garner more discussion in Idaho than property taxes.
With the residential housing market climbing into the stratosphere in recent years, residential property owners,...
Education
Consultant helps Boise State evaluate conference future, records show: How the Broncos stack up
Boise State continues to evaluate its options when it comes to conference affiliation - including paying an outside contractor this year to provide a...
Boise S/SW
Murgoitio park trade: Records shed new light on possible swap – and what the city can and can’t do
All eyes are on Boise City Hall in the next few weeks to see if the city council will go through with a land...
Housing Affordability
Treasure Valley housing crisis causes ripples across economy, community
The Treasure Valley’s affordable housing crunch touches more than just individuals struggling to make their rent.
Boise’s housing crisis is one of the major forces...
Boise S/SW
Exclusive: ‘Boiseans need housing’: McLean & Clegg say Murgoitio site trade would help housing need, serve Boise taxpayers
For the first time, Boise's political leaders are explaining what they hope to see with the Murgoitio Park site in SW Boise.
As BoiseDev...
Boise
The role schools play in SW Idaho’s growth: location, bussing, and sprawl vs. density
In a few months, 1,300 students will pour through the halls of the brand new Owyhee High School on what was once farmland on...
Boise
‘Very optimistic:’ How COVID-19 changed Idaho tourism and what’s next for Boise, McCall, Sun Valley & beyond
Summer is just around the corner. After a long year or so during the COVID-19 pandemic, Idahoans and people across the region are dreaming...
Boise BSU/Broadway
Tromp: Student housing a growing challenge; Albertsons Stadium expansion plans; Boise State’s role
Two years ago, Boise State University named Dr. Marlene Tromp as the school's seventh president. With two school years just about in the books,...
Boise
Boise considering changes to stop illegal demolition of historic homes
A partially-finished construction site sat quietly in a corner of the North End for most of 2020 in the midst of a building boom.
Last...