...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...An extended period of stagnant air, with light winds
and little vertical mixing.
* WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest and west central
Idaho and northeast and southeast Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 1 PM MST Friday, and this time may be extended.
* IMPACTS...Periods of air stagnation can lead to the buildup of
pollutants near the surface.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will be strong enough today,
Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons in portions of the Upper
Treasure Valley and Western Magic Valley to limit stagnation.
However, parts of the zones will experience stagnant air and
were therefore included in this advisory.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
An Air Stagnation Advisory concerns itself with meteorological
conditions only. For more information on air pollution in Idaho,
visit website www.deq.idaho.gov. For Oregon, visit website
www.oregon.gov/deq.
If possible, reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to
air pollution, such as outdoor burning, and the use of
residential wood burning devices. Reduce vehicle trips and
vehicle idling as much as possible.
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Happy brand-spanking new year, “fresh with no mistakes,” as Anne with an “e” of “Green Gables” would say.
This is a precious moment of hope. I know it won’t last but as long as it’s here, let’s cherish it, let’s relish this fabulous fleeting flicker of time.
I love the looking forward. You don’t have any idea what’s ahead. Looking back stinks like last week’s garbage. Today, well, today is what we have to live with. It’s what we’ve got on our plates right now. For good or bad, better or worse, we have to deal. As my mom used to say: such is life.
But tomorrow! So shiny, it hurts my eyes to look at it. So full of promise and who knows what! My friends over at City Cast Boise asked me to send them my predictions for the new year. Unfortunately, I missed their deadline. But, looky here—I’m right on the mark for this week’s BW deadline.
So here you go: my three predictions for Boise in 2023.
1. Public transportation will kick it up several notches. Valley Regional Transit will up their hours to midnight (!) and increase both service hours and areas served. And a sales tax increase to fund a light rail from Boise to Nampa (and maybe, perhaps to Bogus?) will be voted on (a similar approach to Denver’s successful light rail funding). Sigh. A girl can dream.
2. Ammon Bundy and the far right extremist group, the People’s Rights Network, will lose in an upcoming defamation lawsuit being brought by St. Luke’s. Bundy will also serve some well-deserved time behind bars. (I’m still dreaming, as you can see.)
3. Finally, the “Add the Words” bill will finally pass in the Idaho legislature this session. If you’ll recall, Add the Words is the movement to include gay and transgender people in Idaho’s non-discrimination laws. This (along with the ERA, I might add) should have been passed years ago. To this day, under Idaho state law, it remains legal for a business to refuse to serve or do business with a person simply because they are gay or transgender. This must not stand. Let’s fight to make this a reality and not a dream.
And speaking of getting real about the future, Bill Cope takes a stroll through his annual “what ifs” on page 4.
On page 5, take a walk through the second half of ‘22, Boise Weekly style.
Yours truly had the pleasure of sitting down with City Cast Boise host Emma Arnold on page 10.
And on 14, Lex Nelson introduces a new “Field to Fork” food festival.
All of your favorite regulars are in the back—Minerva, a Find for the New Year, your next furry friend, a little history, top 10s, Tom Tomorrow, horoscopes, puzzles and our bursting at the seams calendar (for more things to do go online).
