Dairyman Convicted of Polluting Waterway
A Magic Valley dairyman has been convicted discharging wastewater from his Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation into a federally protected waterway. A federal jury in Boise found Mike Vierstra of...
View ArticleIllinois Man Charged with Sex Inticement of Idaho Teen
Federal law enforcement hauled an Illinois man in front of U.S. District Court in Boise today, charging him with trying to entice an Idaho girl across state lines. Michael Stewart, 35, of Mahomet,...
View ArticleSenate Approves Lowest Higher Ed Budget in More Than a Decade
Along a party-line vote of 28-7, the Idaho Senate approved a spending plan calling for 3.5 percent cut to the state's universities and colleges. The $209.8 million general fund budget is $7.6 million...
View ArticleIdaho Senate Votes 20-15 to Approve Third Luna Bill
As day gave way to night, the Idaho Senate gave Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna his wish: passage of his third and most controversial bill to change the state’s education system. After...
View ArticleThe Projector: Movies opening Friday, March 25
Whether you're into seeing brothers facing off in a battle of wills, a Spanish spy manipulating D-Day or girls kicking some serious butt, it's all at the movies. by James Ady OPENING Diary of a Wimpy...
View ArticleDelicate Steve Offers Musical Delicacies Delicately
Fresh off their appearance at SXSW, New Jersey's Delicate Steve paid Boise a visit Wednesday to drop tunes that featured a catchy mix of indie-pop guitars and Calypso-esque drumming. Here's a little...
View ArticleNight Skiing Ends Saturday at Bogus
That warble you hear in the background is the fat lady warming up because she's about to sing in the end of the 2010-2011 ski season. The first movement of her work means you have just a few final...
View ArticleMP3 of the Day: William Fitzsimmons' "I Kissed A Girl" (Katy Perry cover)
This is a soft, hairy 2010 re-imagining of Katy Perry's breakout single "I Kissed A Girl" by the haunting William Fitzsimmons. His new album, Gold in the Shadow, (Nettwerk Records) dropped March 22.…...
View ArticleIdaho Senate Says No Guns on Campus
Today the Senate State Affairs Committee tabled HB 222, known casually as the Guns-on-Campus Bill. According to reports from the Spokesman Review and the Associated Press, Senate Majority Leader Bart...
View ArticleOnline Filmmaking Website Xtranormal Starting a "Festival"
In December, BW wrote about xtranormal.com, a website that allows anyone to make digitally animated movies just by typing dialogue and actions into text boxes and selecting from pre-existing...
View ArticleLast Chance to See Eliza Fernand at VAC
Since early February, the Boise-based textile artist Eliza Fernand has had work at Visual Arts Collective. The show closes Saturday, March 26.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleNeed Something To Do Today?
It only happens occasionally. But when it does, it might behoove you beer connoisseurs out there to take advantage of the situation and stock up: Local brewery Sockeye is bottling some beer.… [ Read...
View ArticleLesbian Teen Who Sued to Go to Prom is ACLU Keynote
Like most high school seniors, Constance McMillen wanted to go to her prom. One problem: she wanted to take her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo but her Fulton, Miss., high school’s policy required prom...
View ArticleNeed Something To Do This Weekend?
You have a space on a shelf that would be perfect for a vintage Scooby-Doo lunch box like the one you had as kid. You could really use a set of antique porcelain tea cups.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe...
View ArticleBoise Council Will Consider Funds for Interfaith Sanctuary
The Boise City Council will take a resolution next week designed to funnel a community development block grant funding to Interfaith Sanctuary, the Treasure Valley homeless shelter that has been...
View ArticleMassy Ferguson Rumbles Into RX on Saturday Sans Tractor
If the first thing you think when you hear Massey Ferguson is big ol' tractors and Rodney Atkins—Massey Ferguson is the 2011 official tractor of the country singer (what the hell does that even...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Americas
After the 1990 direct-to-video stinker, it didn't seem like it was possible to make a worthwhile film based on the Captain America comic character. The concept was too dated for modern viewers, the...
View ArticleUPDATED: Salt Tears Grand Opening Tonight; Green Chutes Grand Opening Tomorrow
Though Salt Tears Coffeehouse and Noshery has been slinging housemade mozzarella sammys and bacon-wrapped jalapeno shrimp bites since its Jan. 17 opening, the restaurant will celebrate its official,...
View ArticleFCC May Soon Require Mobile Data Roaming
The nation's communications chief has told Congress either they can do something about mobile data roaming or he will.In a letter to members of Congress, Federal Communications Commission Chairman...
View ArticleAlaska/Horizon Grounds 60 Flights
Spring break is not going as planned as hundreds of passengers have been stranded in Boise and across the Western United States. Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Air affiliate grounded dozens of...
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