Searching for Quartzburg
"The idea is that we're searching for something that we're either never going to find or that it'll be totally romanticized even if we do find it." by Tara Morgan When legendary Idaho loner Richard...
View ArticleNote: Busting Immigration Myths
I'm going into this week's edition hoping for the best and expecting the worst on Prentice's story. by Rachael Daigle In 2006 I wrote a story about two undocumented workers here in Boise. One was 19...
View ArticleNeed Something to do Wednesday?
In college I participated in competitive debate. And while those debates offered no shortage of thrilling dissections of the math behind the subprime mortgage crisis and ethical and First Amendment...
View ArticleHot Tunes at VAC Tonight
SXSW in Austin is apparently some kind of fun. Nearly every band in the world played, Snoop Dogg eulogized Nate Dogg, and the singer for Starfucker got arrested.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the...
View ArticleGiving Guide to Local Aid Efforts for Japan
This list of businesses, organizations and do-gooders are donating all or a portion of sales or proceeds to aid efforts in Japan. We'll update the list as we hear of new events, promotions, etc. Drop...
View ArticleSenate Passes 20-Week Ban on Abortions
The state Senate has passed a measure that outlaws any Idaho abortion past 20 weeks. The bill makes one exception: if the mother's life is at risk.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this...
View ArticleColumbia River Reopening, More Mega-loads on the Way
River traffic is slowly coming back to life today on the Lower Snake and Columbia navigation system. Locks at the Dalles and Bonneville dams are reopening today following a three-and-a-half month...
View ArticleElizabeth Taylor Memorial Haikus
Two-time Academy Award winner, eight-time bride and perfume magnate Elizabeth Taylor died this morning. As has become BW's tradition with notable passings, we invited our readers to submit memorial...
View ArticleRosauers/Huckleberry's Join Boise Supermarket Bingo
Competition is coming to the natural foods market in Boise, and no, we're not talking about Whole Foods. Rosauers Supermarkets, based in Spokane, Wash., announced it would be breaking ground this fall...
View ArticleAppeal Filed in Closed Primary Ruling
A group of independent Idaho voters have filed an appeal, challenging a federal judge's decision to throw out Idaho's open primary system. "A third of Idaho voters have lost their right to vote in the...
View ArticleFalconcam!
Spring is here. It's falconcam time! The Peregrine Fund, Idaho Department of Fish and Game and Fiberpipe have launched the 2011 edition of falconcam, affixed to a nest box on the 14th floor of One...
View ArticleScenes From a Scene #024—Jonathan Warren and the Billy Goats
A weekly gig should be the Holy Grail for a working band. But sometimes people get so used to seeing a band's name on flyers, they think they've actually seen them play even if they haven't.… [ Read...
View ArticleFederal Judge to Consider Gray Wolf Yet Again
The debate over the gray wolf focuses on a courtroom in Missoula on Thursday, March 24. Anti-wolf activists have scheduled what they call a "Rotten Deal Protest" outside the U.S. District Courthouse...
View ArticleVideo of the Day: Fingerboard Championships
Proof that no matter what activity you like, there are other people in this world who like it, too. And no matter how ridiculous the activity may be, there might even be a tournament to prove who is...
View ArticleRuling: Same-Sex Marriages Still On Hold
A federal appeals court refused today to let same-sex marriages resume in California while it considers the constitutionality of a 2008 ballot measure that defined marriage as the union of a man and a...
View ArticleTickets On Sale: Cake, June 17, Wood River Cellars
Woodriver Cellars in Eagle just scored a big booking for Friday, June 17, with a band that has firmly said, "Genre? We don't need no stinkin' genre," for 20 years now: alterna-legends Cake.… [ Read...
View ArticleNeed Something to do Thursday?
Nuclear danger in Japan. Air strikes in Libya.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleMichael Manring: Virtuosic Bassist Comes to Boise
You don't hear the term "virtuoso" used in reference to guitar players much these days. According to local musician Dan Costello, that's because the word has gotten a bad rap.… [ Read more ] [...
View ArticleStudy: 16 Percent of Idaho is "Food Insecure"
Saying, "It's worse than we thought," representatives from the Idaho Foodbank unveiled startling statistics today, indicating nearly 16 percent of Idahoans are "food insecure" and nearly one in five...
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