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Ten Mile & Franklin rezoned, gas down to $4.58, and rain holds off until 7 on Halloween

Crave eyes Ten Mile Crossing, a Circle K plans Chinden, and a sunny 56 Tuesday

Meridian's Costco sets a Nov. 5 opening, a restaurant eyes the Scheels lot, and a rainy 55 Friday

Syringa Crossing waits until Dec. 1, a Costco-side plan nears 640 homes, and a sunny 70 Thursday

Doral Academy eyes a second south Meridian campus, therapy dogs fill Storey Bark Park, and a Monday in the upper 50s

Idaho drought despite normal precip, hundreds of roadside signs pulled, and a cloudy 59 Sunday

Plus Prop 1 campaign money, bingo at Lakeview, and why Chinden Boulevard has that name.

Eagle Rd. apartment plan shrinks to 210 units, I-84 closes near Ten Mile Thursday night, and a cooler 64

Meridian Local Scoop — Saturday, October 10, 2026

Meridian weighs sewer lines for Nampa land, Giving Machines end at The Village, and Friday's Food Lovers Fest

Plus Friday night football, a Saturday Halloween hangout, a Jon Pardi postponement, and a sunny 86 before Saturday drops to the 60s.

A 62-year-old Meridian lifter wins a world title, The Village adds shops Friday, and a sunny 86

West Ada borrows $56.4M for school projects, a 6,800-home plan near Micron, and a sunny 86

Costco's traffic signals go up in south Meridian, 250 foster-care backpacks, and a sunny 79

Plus Thursday's Local Business Spotlight: Nazca Coffee

A 71-home subdivision waits on its neighbor, a stacked Saturday ahead, and a sunny 76°

Plus: a Wednesday coworking demo, Thursday D&D at Phoenix Fire, and the Scentsy trivia you didn't know you needed.

Rocky Mountain blanks Meridian 31-7, a Renaissance Faire heads to Cherry Lane, and a sunny 72

Plus: a recovery breakfast at City Hall, Oktoberfest's back downtown, and a park with a very specific disc golf schedule.

A 584-acre annexation reshapes north Meridian, Alo opens early at the Village, and the kitten cruelty case gets an outcome

KJ's American Grille closes after 34 years, and ISU breaks ground on a $7.9M Meridian lab

McMillan Rd. shuts till November, and West Ada weighs closing a 172-student school

Issue sixty-eight — Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Holes by a bus stop for nine months, a wall of names, and 231 new white coats

Meridian Local Scoop — Monday, September 21, 2026

A city seat with your name on it, two race nights at the Speedway, and Kuna takes its cameras down

Your ACHD vote just changed, a Utah boutique lands near Hobby Lobby, and storms Thursday afternoon

Meridian Local Scoop — Thursday, September 17, 2026

The mayor weighs in on the rats, no school Wednesday, and a sunny 81

400 homes go back before council, a second Boran opens, and a sunny 78

Syringa Crossing gets its third hearing, a Thai-and-Persian coffee lounge cuts its ribbon on Overland, and the creamery City Hall is standing on.

The Warriors finally beat Owyhee, bears keep turning up in valley backyards, and Sunday drops 20 degrees

The council says no to a hospital at Eagle and Overland, Target picks a date, and an 87° Saturday with a front behind it

Your water bill goes up Oct. 1, the new Costco finally has an opening month, and an 80° Friday

Ustick is open again, Idaho out-farms Washington, and pumpkins on Friday