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Bike advocates in 2016 started pushing for a new pedestrian bridge to cross the Boise River at Eagle Road and link the Greenbelt with other city paths. Engineers now say the bridge will cost around $2.3 million. → Read More
Kuna and South Boise residents have been smelling a foul odor. That happened last year, too, and the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) determined the odor came from the L&R wastewater treatment plant. → Read More
Interstate 84 will be widened in Nampa from Franklin Boulevard and Midland Boulevard. The Idaho Transportation Department plans to finish construction in 2021, when it will continue onto Caldwell. → Read More
Trilogy Development and Biltmore Co. are working to build a 401-home subdivision near McDermott and Ustick roads near the future Highway 16. The West Ada School District plans to open Owyhee High School nearby. → Read More
A driver turning left on a flashing yellow arrow killed a man at the intersection of Eagle Road and Idaho 44. The Ada County Highway District and Idaho Transportation Department say they’ll update the signals. → Read More
A new Hispanic market and taqueria, Pantera, is moving into the old Furniture City building in downtown Nampa. The grocer is known for its meat department, as well as the fresh tortillas and tacos it makes. → Read More
Downtown Boise apartments. Renovations at Whole Foods. See what’s coming near you in Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Kuna and Caldwell. Our latest weekly roundup of new construction, development and businesses. → Read More
The Boise City Council in 2016 approved an affordable housing project, the Sandhill Crane Apartments, to be built by the Boise City Ada County Housing Authority near Whitewater Park Boulevard in the West End. → Read More
Boise City Council voted to try to promote affordable housing by relaxing rules on accessory dwelling units. They promote higher density and could eventually help bring Boise rent prices down. → Read More
National home-builder Toll Brothers, Inc. is applying to build 913 houses in Eagle off of Palmer Lane between Beacon Light and Floating Feather Roads, just east of Highway 16. The area was previously farmland. → Read More
Corporate investors like American Homes 4 Rent are increasingly buying single-family homes in Boise and developing them into rentals. That has created competition for prospective homebuyers in Idaho. → Read More
Jeremy Lopett, who runs the Anime Oasis convention, is opening Jeremy’s Downtown Arcade in Nampa on 12th Avenue, just across from the Nampa Public Library. It will feature Japanese games and older American ones, too. → Read More
A renovated gym and performing arts addition at Boise High School, and a Boise Airport parking garage, are among new developments in construction and businesses in Boise, Meridian, Garden City, Nampa and Kuna. → Read More
The Nampa City Council discussed how downtown could lose its family-friendly feel if the city keeps approving more bars there. But business leaders don’t want the city to limit the number of liquor licenses. → Read More
Stores, restaurants and salons in Nampa and Meridian. A big Downtown Boise office building. Townhouses, apartments, a clinic and more. Our latest weekly roundup of new construction, development and businesses. → Read More
OSHA officials issued citations against the temporary Amazon distribution center in Nampa for creating unsafe working conditions. The temporary site will service the Boise area until Project Bronco is built. → Read More
Road work and reconstruction will start this summer in Nampa, a Boise suburb. City streets crews, the Idaho Transportation Department and the Nampa Highway District will make repairs from spring until fall. → Read More
The Canyon County Historical Society in Nampa, ID, a Boise suburb, say that the historic train depot museum could close if they don’t find more money. Preservationists fought to save the station in the 1970s. → Read More
Growth in Meridian, a Boise, ID suburb, is outpacing previous estimates. As the number of residents increases, the amount of car trips will also rise. The number of jobs is also expected to grow. → Read More
Frank VanderSloot, billionaire founder of Melaleuca, is donating $500,000 to fight Medical Recovery Services, a debt collection agency founded by GOP activist Bryan Smith. State Rep. Bryan Zollinger is its lawyer. → Read More