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01/14/2026

Congrats to Kaitlyn McGee from on being the latest Great Idaho Athlete Award winner from !

01/14/2026

Sun Valley again says Skiing World Cup will return in 2027

Last spring, BoiseDev reported that the World Cup would return to Sun Valley, after a resort leader told the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce’s annual leadership conference that the event would return. Later, the resort’s PR firm said this wasn’t confirmed at the time, and the announcement was ...

01/14/2026

One of the longest-standing restaurants in the Treasure Valley, the Stagecoach Inn, will have new owners with a familiar name. John Jackson, owner of several businesses, including Jacksons Food Stores, has agreed to purchase the 66-year-old restaurant and bar on Chinden Blvd. in Garden City. Fans of...

01/14/2026

Boise startup raises $8M to tackle rental housing headache

Boise-based startup OurPetPolicy raised $8 million in Series A funding to modernize how rental housing operators manage pets and emotional support animals. The funding for the project was led by RET Ventures, with participation by Boise firm StageDot O and Meridiam firm Capital Eleven. OurPetPolicy....

01/14/2026

Wilks brothers pitch 700+ homes, stoplights, trails & more near McCall

A new concept plan for a commercial village and hundreds of homes southwest of McCall was submitted to Valley County late last month.  The plans, submitted on Dec. 29 by Texas-based DF Development, call for 722 homes and townhomes on 2,250 acres along West Mountain Road. The development, known as R...

01/13/2026

Story on BoiseDev: New restaurants and more could be coming to The Village at Meridian.

As BoiseDev reported, the shopping center is currently working on a three-building expansion that would add 65,000 square feet of retail space to its overall size. New preapplication documents recently filed with the City of Meridian show that another phase of the expansion is coming, this time adding an additional 45,896 square feet.

01/13/2026

More expansion at The Village: Three new buildings added to plan

New restaurants and more could be coming to The Village at Meridian. As BoiseDev reported, the shopping center is currently working on a three-building expansion that would add 65,000 square feet of retail space to its overall size. New preapplication documents recently filed with the City of Meridi...

01/13/2026

Stagecoach Inn owners have deal to sell to well-known local family

One of the longest-standing restaurants in the Treasure Valley, the Stagecoach Inn will have new owners with a familiar name. John Jackson, owner of several businesses, including Jacksons Food Stores, has agreed to purchase the 66-year-old restaurant and bar on Chinden Blvd. in Garden City. Fans of....

01/13/2026

Note from us: BoiseDev announces AI policy: 'humans should write the news for other humans'

Artificial intelligence — and specifically large language models — are impacting businesses large and small in every corner of our economy. A few months ago, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told a crowd at Harvard that he thinks AI will change pretty much everything. “Maybe there’s a job in the wo...

01/13/2026

Crowd ousts canal board over opposition to recycled water project. Board pres. calls it 'lynch mob mentality'

It took seven hours, an endless stream of interjections from the audience, and hundreds in attendance to elect the first new board of the Farmer’s Union Ditch Company since the mid-1980s. On Saturday, Farmer’s Union held its annual meeting for shareholders and interested HOA residents who get ir...

01/13/2026

Hayden Beverage will exit Montana, keep focus on Idaho

Boise-based Hayden Beverage is selling its operation in Montana and will exit Big Sky Country. Last week, KECI-TV in Missoula reported layoffs were underway at the beverage distribution company and claimed that “Summit Beverage… bought the company.” Dodds Hayden, owner and board chair of Hayde...

01/13/2026

Stop scrolling. Take a breath and enjoy today’s Idaho Wonder with &

The Selkirk Mountains rise along North Idaho’s Panhandle, part of the Northern Rockies, stretching nearly 200 miles into Canada.
In winter and spring, prevailing winds carry moist Pacific air inland. When it meets these high peaks, the moisture lifts and spills into the range, pouring down as snow and rain like a cascade of waterfalls.