Tara Westover on learning and leaving an Idaho mountain
“I had a mountain.” Author Tara Westover offered this simple statement near the beginning of her talk at The Community [...]
The Ruth Melichar Bird Center offers a second chance to Boise’s winged wildlife
Inside the old red barn perched on a rise overlooking the sprawling Quail Hollow Golf Course in Boise’s foothills, a [...]
The magic of Bolin guitars
Inside an unassuming, flat-roofed building that snugs up against the terrain on Hill Road in Boise, there’s musical alchemy at [...]
Known for summer fun, McCall has much to offer in winter, too
Ask a film aficionado who starred in the 1940 classic “Northwest Passage” and the stock response will be Spencer Tracy, [...]
Historic Caldwell Renewed
Founded in 1890, the city of Caldwell originally served as the shopping district for much of the western side of [...]
One Stone tasks students with designing their own education
When you hear the phrase “alternative school” do you think of kids with learning or physical disabilities, “behavioral issues,” or, [...]
The Idaho Community Foundation celebrates 30 years of giving
In 1992, Ethel and Ronald Rawlinson, a nurse and a doctor from Emmett, Idaho, contributed $500,000 earned in their careers [...]
In its 22nd year, Winter Garden a Glow spreads light and love
Frances Bacon once famously said that dark must be present for light to shine brightly. In Boise, hundreds of thousands [...]
The new design addresses emerging library trends
Since the 1970s, Boise’s children and adults have wandered the tall orange shelves throughout the main library downtown. The building [...]