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What causes the northern lights?
When conditions are just right, the dark night sky can light up with a curtain or ribbon of green light waving across the sky. These are the northern lights, and they happen when solar winds from the sun crash into the atmosphere, causing an eerie and awe-inspiring green glow. Dr....
Heatwave headed towards Idaho could send temps well above 100 in Treasure Valley
BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Temperatures across the Valley are getting hot, and this weekend they look to be getting hotter. The National Weather Service is forecasting that temperatures will be near 100 degrees this weekend and nearing 105 by next Tuesday. Temperatures could reach as high as 108 in Ontario and Weiser.
Inside The Highlander: Boise's only year-round rooftop bar
BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Located inside Hotel Renegade, The Highlander says they're the only rooftop bar in Boise to offer year-round service. "There are several rooftop bars that deliver great cocktails and great food, but eight floors up with the amount of views and capacity that we're able to hold kind of separates us from everybody else," said beverage operations manager for Hotel Renegade, Forrest Ostrander. "The Highlander is a craft cocktail bar and lounge with a 180-degree wraparound rooftop terrace patio that oversees the Owyhee Mountain Range, the Boise Foothills and the downtown's landscape of Boise itself."
Idaho’s Largest Fireworks Show Is Not In Boise
We're only a few days away from the Fourth of July in Idaho and across the country. It's a time when Americans, young and old, come together to celebrate our nation's independence with parades, barbeques, and awe-inspiring fireworks displays, a true testament to our patriotism. . Some folks will get...
Geis seated on national forensic committee
Boise’s Leo Geis has been seated on a federal NIST Forensic Sciences Committee on digital imaging. NIST provides expertise in science enhancing the U.S. economic competitive posture and integrity. Geis’ foci include admissibility and veracity of visual evidence; his expertise includes optics, ocular physiology and neurology, and other photonic...
Registration opens for recently renamed Tobin Bolter Memorial Kids’ Duathlon
BOISE, Idaho — In April, Ada County Deputy Tobin Bolter was killed in the line of duty, and the community came together to honor him throughout the Treasure Valley. Tuesday marks the official registration opening for the recently named Tobin Bolter Memorial Kids’ Duathlon, which was previously known as the Ada Counties Kids' Duathlon. The event will continue to have a 250-participant cap, so officials urge the public to register soon.
Is It Illegal To Shoot Down A Drone in Idaho?
Paranoia is at an all-time high these days and honestly, we get it. You never know who you can trust and shoot, throw in the fact that we're in an election year... it feels like we all have to watch our backs these days. Don't let your paranoia get you...
A Big Volcano Near Idaho Could be Ready for a New Eruption
Good news and bad news. One volcano could go boom, another is calming down. If you’re old enough to remember May 1980, you recall the days of darkness and the cold summer after Mount St. Helens blew its top. I graduated high school that year and then spent the summer at a family camp where we were building a house. My role was to guard the tools and lumber. It was chilly. I had a fire going on almost every night. The following winter was also no picnic.
Washington on guard for troublesome mussel found in Idaho last year
Washington is upping efforts to keep an invasive freshwater mussel from gaining a shell-hold in the state’s rivers and lakes, using tactics ranging from DNA testing to shellfish-sniffing dogs. Quagga mussels can cause major problems as layers of them crust over components of hydroelectric dams and locks, or clog drinking water or irrigation systems. Fisheries […] The post Washington on guard for troublesome mussel found in Idaho last year appeared first on Idaho Capital Sun.
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