An estimated 6,000 people came to support Idaho’s Black community Tuesday evening—despite a pandemic. All 50 states have participated in protests and vigils for the slaying of George Floyd.
On June 1, the Federal District Court for the State of Idaho gave state officials a firm reminder that it cannot enforce one of two transphobic laws it passed during the 2020 legislative session. The court’s memo came just a month before the enforceability of a law that bars transgender peop…
Police have arrested an 18-year-old Boise woman, accused of spray-painting Black Lives Matter graffiti on the Idaho State Capitol.
The city of Boise has adopted a resolution to expand patios on Eighth Street for restaurants and businesses to provide proper social distancing.
The Idaho Black History Museum has stood as a tribute and reminder of African American culture in the Gem State since its founding in 1995. With its plain, white walls and black trim, the former chapel sits quietly on the outskirts of Julia Davis Park. But on the week of June 3, a dozen bouq…
An estimated 6,000 people came to support Idaho’s Black community Tuesday evening—despite a pandemic. All 50 states have participated in protests and vigils for the slaying of George Floyd.
When I arrived at the Capitol the evening of June 1, a three-way standoff between Black Lives Matter protesters, counter demonstrators waving Confederate flags and police in riot gear seemed to be underway, and at the drop of a hat, it looked like the kind of violence in other cities we’ve a…
We are officially in Stage 3 of the reopening, and slowly but surely, places are re-opening and people are returning to work and having small social gatherings. I have stepped up my mask game and now have a couple patterns to choose from when venturing out. I have a hair appointment coming u…
For three years, the Idaho chapter of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies planned to host the society’s annual competition for the first time in the state’s history. But all that planning seemed to crash down in a heap when the COVID-19 pandemic prompted organizers to cancel the o…
Growing up in an Idaho family that built cars and motorcycles, Brandon Wurtz got his first bike when he was eight.
