The Boise Pulse https://theboisepulse.com/ An editorial magazine for Boise, Idaho — curated Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. en-us Caldwell's fire department isn't cut. It's set loose. https://theboisepulse.com/2026-08-14.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-08-14.html Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The mayor pulled a levy before the ballot and moved to spin the fire department into its own district. A family of four walks into pro golf Sunday for ten dollars https://theboisepulse.com/2026-08-13.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-08-13.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Three of the four days at the Boise Open are already gone. The one nobody fought over is the one worth having. Tonight the budget stops being a proposal https://theboisepulse.com/2026-08-11.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-08-11.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The Council adopts a $1.2 billion budget at 6 PM — and a $395,000 line nobody's watching builds a park. Orange baselines on the Blue, first time ever https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-31.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-31.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Banana Ball comes to Idaho this weekend — and both games are already gone. $3.29M just bought 108 homes regular people can afford https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-30.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-30.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The state quietly allocated its 2026 tax credits — and three Boise projects made the cut. Sales jumped 18.5%. The price didn't move. https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-28.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-28.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Ada County's spring market accelerated against the national grain — but the leverage buyers briefly held is already gone. Ironman returns Saturday — and Highway 21 goes dark https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-24.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-24.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 After ten years away, the 70.3 comes back to Boise on the hottest morning of the summer. The water tower comes down for $90,000 jobs https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-23.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-23.html Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The Boise Factory Outlets die this week — and what replaces them isn't retail. 480 acres of Meridian farmland goes to a July vote https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-17.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-17.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The Fields would add nearly 900 homes near the Nampa line — and the council holds the binding gavel. Sweeney Todd opens outdoors — and the box office went dark https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-16.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-16.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The Idaho Shakespeare Festival's 50th-season crown jewel wants you on the phone, not the website. Boise arms itself to ration your lawn water https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-14.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-14.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 A new Drought Emergency Ordinance hands the mayor the power to restrict watering — after a winter that barely snowed. The Village lands Apple — and the mall keeps emptying east https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-10.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-10.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 80,000 square feet of new space, six buildings, and the tenant everybody's been waiting on. Slice House bets Boise will pay San Francisco pizza prices https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-09.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-09.html Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 A 13-time world champion's fast-casual brand lands near-$50 pies — and a five-star crowd keeps paying. The Greenbelt just got a hard legal line https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-07.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-07.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 An emergency ordinance passed June 30 draws a clear boundary between a pedal-assist e-bike and a 30-mph electric motorcycle — and the clock started July 1. Free symphony, 100+ drones, fireworks: Ann Morrison Saturday https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-02.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-07-02.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The America 250 Fourth of July is sequenced to the minute — here's how to not miss any of it. The Astros bought Brandon Nigh out of Garden City https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-26.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-26.html Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Twenty-four games. A 1.116 OPS. Memorial Stadium is now a legitimate MLB audition stage. Twelve hours, six stages, one planning trap https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-25.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-25.html Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The Boise Music Festival returns Saturday — and the 5 PM no re-entry rule is the detail that will ruin someone's night. Boise needs density. It can't afford what density requires. https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-23.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-23.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 One June 16 council meeting put the city's central budget contradiction on the table — and left it there. The council voted 4-3. Here is what that means for your commute. https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-20.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-20.html Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 How last Tuesday's public process changes your actual Tuesday in Boise. The Jains are closing Spice — and handing over the recipes https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-19.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-19.html Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Meridian's best-kept Indian kitchen is retiring, not folding — and the cookbook means the food outlasts the address. The June 18 edition https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-18.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-18.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Rodgers is out. The blueprint just changed. https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-16.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-16.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Boise State's top portal addition underwent surgery Monday — and the defensive system Leon Rice built around him has no clear answer yet. Soft Landing's clean-label soft serve earns the drive https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-13.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-13.html Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 The Fourcins built a dessert shop without seed oils or HFCS — and now they're taking it to Eagle. The names that matter aren't the ones the wire leads with https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-11.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-11.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 From The Blue, why a Mountain West season is decided at the bottom of the roster, not the top of the highlight reel. Iration brings the roots back to Outlaw Field Friday https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-10.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-10.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Guitar-forward, all ages, foothills at dusk — and parking fills before the gates open. Two Broncos the Pac-12 still hasn't scouted https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-08.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-08.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 A lockdown corner recovering from a spring injury and a true freshman with a highlight already — Boise State's Pac-12 debut will hinge on internal… We keep measuring the wrong thing https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-06.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-06-06.html Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Dani Breck on the number that doesn't mean what you think it means. The last open rehearsal before Pac-12 opens for real https://theboisepulse.com/2026-04-24.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-04-24.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Saturday's Spring Game is BSU's final public audition — and the real competition isn't at quarterback. We keep measuring the wrong thing https://theboisepulse.com/2026-04-23.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-04-23.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Dani Breck on the number that doesn't mean what you think it means. Steelheads draw the Americans — here's what that means https://theboisepulse.com/2026-04-21.html https://theboisepulse.com/2026-04-21.html Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Boise's ECHL team just posted its first-round playoff schedule. The wire won't tell you who's actually stopping pucks.