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The creation of the Adare apartments brought sorely-needed affordable housing to an area within walking distance of downtown Boise; but its creation meant the eviction and destruction of Boise’s only dedicated “top rope” climbing gym, Urban Ascent, in 2018. Now ...

The Saint Alphonsus Health System announced on Feb. 25 that it plans to build a 45,000- to 50,000-square-foot outpatient clinic in Caldwell. The health care provider closed on an 18-acre property on the northwest corner of the intersection at Franklin ...

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes purchased 157 acres of land just off of the Exit 95 – Mountain Home interchange of I-84. The transaction was finalized at the end of January after the Tribes spent two years looking for a suitable property. ...

Boise home prices continue to rise and show no signs of slowing down. The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its fourth quarter House Price Index on Feb. 25, showing that the HPI for Boise had a 12.7% increase over last year ...

Idaho’s Legislature is sending the federal government a strong message not to drag its feet in approving the expansion of the Itafos Conda project northeast of Soda Springs. The Itafos phosphate fertilizer company, a major employer in southeast Idaho, wants ...

A bill to adjudicate water rights for the entire Bear River Basin is well on its way to becoming law. House Bill 382 passed the Idaho House of Representatives with a unanimous 70-0-0 vote on Feb. 10 and received a ...

What used to be a parking lot is about to become a new city park in the heart of downtown Boise. The Boise Parks & Recreation Department will add the downtown park plus another just west of Surprise Valley. Construction ...

A leading rural health care analytics firm issued a risk assessment for the nation’s rural hospitals, and Idaho received an encouraging evaluation. The Chartis Center for Rural Health presented a rural hospital vulnerability study at the National Rural Health Association’s Rural ...

After a week of doubt over the future of the Concordia University Law School in downtown Boise, the school has found a new home with Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota. The school’s previous parent university, Concordia University – Portland, unexpectedly announced ...

The Idaho National Laboratory will host the United States Nuclear Industry Council’s 2021 Advanced Reactor Summit in Sun Valley. On the evening of Feb. 11, representatives from INL took the stage at the 2020 Advanced Reactor Summit in Knoxville, Tennessee, and made ...