Schools

West Ada weighs closing McMillan Elementary, a bus route through Meridian, and a sunny Wednesday

Plus a second Idaho flu death, Thursday's D&D and trades night, and a Haunted Hollywood Saturday

Idaho's student holiday card contest, Tuesday bingo, and a showery 60 Monday

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

West Ada swaps an acre for school resource officers, death cap mushrooms are back in the Valley, and a sunny 72 Sunday

Chaparral kindergarteners get bikes, a Meridian climbing group for Parkinson's, and a sunny 75 Friday

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

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

A protein-bowl chain eyes Eagle Rd., Idaho schools seek $307M in levies, and a sunny 85

Meridian police warn about kids and crosswalks, West Ada sets 2027 graduation dates, and a sunny 84

Plus Tecovas and Kendra Scott open at the Village, a Harvest Night Market, and a board-game swap meet.

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

Meridian reviews its license-plate cameras, a hoax call hits Rocky Mountain High, and a pumpkin patch that runs on trust

Plus: Thursday's Local Business Spotlight, and the hottest day of the week before a 20-degree drop

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

Owyhee knocks off a 4-0 Madison, a dark corner by Chaparral Elementary, and a recovery breakfast at City Hall

Meridian Local Scoop — Sunday, September 20, 2026

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

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

West Ada digs in without a bond, the Village's lemon building explains itself, and a trophy shaped like the water tower

Rocky Mountain shuts out Owyhee, a sheriff calls the ramp closures "ridiculous," and it's twenty degrees cooler today

The road district signs off on $261 million, a grass fire flares south of Kuna, and football is back tonight

The Curb throws a party for its own staff, City Hall gets a new art show, and 93 today

West Ada tops the state on test scores, Micron drops $10 billion on Boise, and 101 again today

Last in the country on kindergarten shots, the heat advisory lifts at 9 tonight, and Meridian hits 101

Idaho's schools are shrinking but ours aren't, The Village gets a date, and 94 with morning smoke

Eagle Road drops to 45 in rush hour tomorrow, the smoke comes back, and 200 cars took downtown

The dive-in movie is tonight, the sheriff says don't post that first-day photo, and 88 with storms