Troy Oppie
Host/ReporterI'm your local host for NPR's All Things Considered, 3-6 p.m. weekday afternoons. You can also hear some of my reporting during Morning Edition and Idaho Matters.
When I'm not in the studio, I'm probably home cooking, or maybe in the garage brewing some beer – using the hops I grow in my backyard. Well, that's what I used to do, anyway. Most of real life these days involves activities for my two girls, and trying to complete the many projects around the house in as few trips to the home center as possible. Shout-out to 'This Old House' on PBS and youtube searches.
Drop me a note or story tip at troyoppie@boisestate.edu.
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Twelve hundred acres of land around Payette Lake have been leased for recreational purposes by Valley County through 2024, in partnership with advocacy group United Payette. -
The U.S. Forest Service this month made permanent a years-long ban on motorized vehicles in the Rapid River area northwest of New Meadows.
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Snake River Waterkeeper, a nonprofit advocacy organization claims its water tests near Simplot’s Grand View Feedlot show dramatically higher bacteria content due to runoff from livestock waste.
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The Boise City Council this week confirmed Interim Boise Police Chief Ron Winegar to the position permanently. The vote to approve the 28-year BPD veteran was unanimous.
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“Perfect is the enemy of good,” Commission Vice Chair Chris Danley said of the first major update of the city's zoning code in 60 years.
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Opening statements began today in Boise in the murder and conspiracy trial of Lori Vallow Daybell. She’s charged in the deaths of two of her children. Portland-based journalist and author Leah Sottile has written a book about the case, called “When the Moon Turns to Blood.”
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"When The Moon Turns To Blood" author Leah Sottile speaks with Boise State Public Radio's Troy Oppie about her book on Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell. The pair face murder and conspiracy charges in the deaths of two of her children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, and Chad Daybell's ex-wife Tammy. Vallow-Daybell's trial is getting underway in Ada County this week.
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Command Sergeant Major Alice Randolph was installed as the first female Senior Enlisted Leader of the Idaho National Guard on April 1. Her role is to implement Guard policy and support enlisted members for both the Idaho Army and Air Guard units - which includes assets in four different states.
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The grant is the largest of its kind Boise State has ever received. The University's 'Healthy Schools Initiative' team will use the funds to boost awareness and infrastructure to get more local foods into up to 70 schools. Grants to schools will run in two periods, from spring of 2024 to 2028; half will be distributed in the first two years exclusively in rural areas.
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Idaho Power first proposed the B2H line in 2008, meant to expand connection capacity between power providers in the northwest and mountain west regions. The utility considers the project critical to reaching its goal of 100% clean energy by 2045.
