Boise High School Principal Robb Thompson had been considering changing the school’s mascot, “the Braves,” for quite some time. However, when he broached the topic with some members of the community, the same response kept coming back.
Boise High School Principal Robb Thompson had been considering changing the school’s mascot, “the Braves,” for quite some time. However, when he broached the topic with some members of the community, the same response kept coming back.
Each new day brings more concern over the COVID-19 pandemic than the one before it, and the impact of the virus is seemingly inescapable. The physical effects of coronavirus ravage the respiratory systems of those who contract it, but there is another, more stealthy side effect to living in …
Don’t expect a routine trip to the mall anytime soon: It may take more time than you think. Visits to the Pottery Barn are by appointment only, and mall security conducts temperature checks on customers at the Apple Store. In fact, most stores control their entrances. Employees count custome…
At Boise State University, 2,785 students will not get the graduation ceremony they were expecting. Since Boise State first announced the postponement of the 2020 spring graduation ceremony future graduates, families and departments have scrambled at the last minute to create a virtual forma…
Ryan and Nicole work on shift together at a local gas station. For the most part they follow the same sanitization procedures and company guidelines, but Nicole wears a cloth face mask and Ryan chooses not to. Both said they’ve been criticized for their decisions regarding face masks.
Lindsay Hecox has been running since she was in grade school, and she had high hopes of continuing to run as a student at Boise State University, where she’s a freshman. But on March 30, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed HB 500 into law, dashing her ambitions.
Amber didn’t want to use her last name when telling her story. While going through a divorce, she entered into a relationship that became abusive, her abuser picking up on her emotional and economic vulnerability, trapping her in a vicious cycle. With a stay-home order in effect, she said, o…
If it’s approved by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the NuScale modular nuclear reactor system will be one-of-a-kind. That’s not hyperbole, the 12 modular reactors planned for Eastern Idaho’s Idaho National Lab would be the first application of modular nuclear reactors in U.S. his…
When Brad Bigford went to the 2019 premiere of the vaccine-skeptical documentary Vaxxed 2, he got more than he bargained for. It was one of 50 screenings in the country, so Bigford and some of his friends, all medical professionals, went to offer pamphlets with information countering the fil…
Weeks ago, Boise Weekly ran a series of stories on ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,’ but ‘repair’ adds another ‘R’ to the lineup
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