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View ArticleNational Wildlife Federation Prepared to Sue Montana Over Mega-loads
While Idaho saw a string of legal challenges to the four ConocoPhillips mega-loads Montana courtrooms have been relatively quiet on the issue. That's about to change, as the National Wildlife...
View ArticleSenate Takes Up Medicaid Debate Tomorrow
In a legislative session packed with drama, the Idaho Senate takes up one of its last controversial issues on Monday: a bill that would slash $35 million dollars from state funding of Health and...
View ArticleNeed Something to do Monday?
Rock 'n' roll should be outrageous. A rock show is one of the few opportunities we're afforded in contemporary society to let our emotions run unfiltered and do as the Rolling Stones put it: "Get yer...
View ArticleQuest for Karaoke—Chapter 13: Neurolux
January was a ghost town for live music in Boise. That turned out to be a great thing for the other kind of live music: karaoke.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleSenate Approves Medicaid Cuts, Bill Heads to Otter
The Idaho Senate passed House Bill 260 on a 27-8 vote today, cutting $34.6 million in state general funds from Medicaid programs, which when added to missing federally matched dollars, will undercut...
View ArticleLibyan Woman Accuses Libyan Troops of Rape
On March 26, a Libyan woman charged into the Rixos Hotel restaurant in Tripoli and told journalists there that she had been raped and assaulted by Libyan troops. Read more about it at globalpost.com.…...
View ArticleSloppy Joe Food Truck to Open in Boise
Sloppy joe sandwiches are coming to a street near you ... in a food truck. Gernika veteran Jason Farber told BW today that he's about a month out from opening up Archie's Place, a food truck...
View ArticleBrewforia Beer Market Raises Money for Cancer Research with Pork
Over the weekend, Brewforia Beer Market in Meridian hosted Pigapalooza, an all-you-eat celebration of pork. To list all the varieties of tasty swine at the event would come across something like a...
View ArticleTeens Get Rowdy at VAC
A good band name is a thesis for the band. Boise quartet Teens, certainly live up to their name, both by their raw percussive exuberance and developmental status.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the...
View ArticleAlan Heathcock's Volt Gets Some New York Times Love
We here in Boise already knew that local writer Alan Heathcock's debut short story collection,Volt, was a big deal, and now it seems like the rest of the country does as well. The New York Times...
View ArticleDetroit Gets a Robocop. Should Preston, Idaho Get a Napoleon Dynamite?
Big news in the robo-reboot camp. Virtually unknown screenwriter Josh Zetumer has been hired to pen a reboot of the late-80s cyberpunk noir classic Robocop.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments...
View Article"Steak" Author Mark Schatzker Defends Foodism
On March 18, food writer Ian Brown published the piece “Foodies: Are food crazies getting their just desserts?” in The Globe and Mail. In it, he used the story of a snobby dinner companion sending...
View Article2011 Sage Brush Scramble Short Track Mountain Bike Race
With spring in the air, the first few mountain bike races of the season are just around the corner. On Sunday, April 3, the Knobby Tire Series officially kicks off its 2011 circuit with the Sage Brush...
View ArticleUnscientific Poll: Boise Wants Cheap Curbside Glass Recycling
Boise Weekly readers have spoken on glass recycling. They overwhelmingly majority would like to have curbside glass service and most respondents would like to pay less than $4.99 monthly for the...
View ArticleNeed Something To Do Tuesday?
Drinkin’ and guitar pickin’ go together like peanut butter and jelly. Or like Tyler Fortier and Ninkasi beer.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleKeeping the Lone Star State's Pig Population Down
When fate offered me an opportunity to redeem myself I took it. I was unlucky enough to have gone on a search for a wild Idaho hog last December and found nothing—not a track, a pile of poo or even a...
View ArticleThe Creperie Grows from Cart to Cafe
The selection of sweet and savory crepes are packed with tender meats, cheeses, fresh fruits and vegetables and house-made sauces. by Josh Gross A good crepe isn't as much an alchemical combination of...
View ArticleMail and Commentary, March 30, 2011
"'Go On!' To an out-of-state college if you possibly can ..." "'Go On!' To an out-of-state college if you possibly can ..."… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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