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We're very pleased to launch our new New West Boise page - a new look and lots of new features. We'll post at greater length shortly on the thinking behind all this, but in the meantime let us know what you think. The main box on top is called Editor's Pick - a story specially chosen to be...  

Rising costs and slower growth mean a municipal budget that's tighter than ever at Missoula's City Hall. Missoula Mayor John Engen has asked department heads to cut costs, and he has planned with Alec Hansen of the Montana League of Cities and Towns to lobby for a local option sales tax at the...  

As newly elected legislators prepare to join returning Westerns in the halls of Congress they have an opportunity to help build a new economy in the rural West. By supporting programs that unlock the entrepreneurial spirit of rural America, Western legislators can deliver on their promise to...  

As newly elected legislators prepare to join returning Westerns in the halls of Congress they have an opportunity to help build a new economy in the rural West. By supporting programs that unlock the entrepreneurial spirit of rural America, Western legislators can deliver on their promise to...  

Anglers lined the Boise River near the Parkcenter Boulevard bridge, shoulder to shoulder, in anticipation as Idaho Fish and Game released another 300 steelhead into the Boise River Thursday afternoon, November 13. Fish and Game managers plan to release another 300 in the river Thursday, November...