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Not too long after Amtrak rolled away from the Boise Depot in 1997, thus ending regular passenger service to the Treasure Valley, there have been several efforts to reintroduce the service. But even supporters of those efforts would admit that they didn’t get too far beyond the conversation stage. But something in 2022 is very, very different.
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Anyone in a hurry to stereotype a man or woman searching for their next meal in a dumpster should know that a growing number of them are employed and in fact, more than few have more than one job just to keep the lights on.
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As we approach the end of meteorological summer (June, July, August), Boise has already set plenty of weather records this year and is poised to set another.
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If you’re worried about climate change, you’ve got a lot more in common with Idahoans than you thinkMost Idahoans are deeply concerned about climate change, but incorrectly believe most of their fellow Idahoans are not, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications. In fact, the analysis says Idaho is in sync with the majority of Americans who support a range of climate policies, but they’ve been led to believe that they’re in the minority.
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A robot created at the University of Idaho uses sensory technology to detect and compensate for lost movement.
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There’s the “do nothing” approach. Simply put, it's the archaic idea of leaving the environment alone in hopes that nature will fix itself. Then there are a multitude of efforts to stall climate change. But then there are concepts, such as “solar geoengineering,” and the controversial notion of deliberately reflecting sunlight back into space, resulting in a so-called “white sky.” It’s all chronicled in the new must-read, “Under a White Sky,” penned by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert.
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The law, signed by Gov. Brad Little last November, gives debt collectors a faster way to reach consumers. It also gives way to scammers.
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Rosemaling is a decorative painting that adds colorful embellishments to wooden platters, containers and furniture of Norwegian homes. Immigrants came to the U.S. with their most precious possessions stored in hand-painted trunks. In Boise, Idaho artist Joanne Hultstrand is carrying on the tradition of rosemaling.
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The Idaho camp, which sometimes held over 9,000 Japanese-American detainees, operated from 1942 to 1945. A National Historic Site now lies there, outside Jerome and Twin Falls.
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We asked you on social media which books you feel best represent Idaho.