Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 1st of October.
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🏘️ Community
City leaders celebrated the opening of New Path II on Fairview Avenue, which offers permanent housing and on-site support for people leaving homelessness.
The six-story development — built with city funds and a private partnership — builds on the original New Path community that produced significant cost savings, officials said.
Local orchards began offering hot mulled cider on Sept.
30, and community members are invited to the Idaho Cider Fest on Bannock Street on Oct. 3 from noon to 6 p.m.—the event, hosted by Meriwether Cider Company, welcomes local cider makers, food vendors and games.
The American Red Cross and the Boise Fire Department will host a Sound the Alarm event on Saturday, Oct.
17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Boise Bench where volunteers install free smoke alarms (followed by a celebration barbecue at Cassia Park at 2 p.m.).
🎭 Culture
Egyptian Theatre (downtown) is showing a mix of classic and modern Halloween movies throughout October.
Movie fans and families are invited to enjoy spooky films in a cozy fall setting.
🎓 Education
ISU’s Meridian campus will expand the Treasure Valley Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories with 16 new stations and a two-station embalming suite starting this fall.
The $7.9 million project will let more health science students train locally and create the first in-house willed body donation program.
🏛️ Government
The Boise Fire Department will add nine firefighters starting in May after receiving a $2.3 million FEMA grant that supports four-person staffing at three stations for three years, with the stations to be identified by Oct.
9.
🏈 Sports
Boise State basketball released its new Pac-12 schedule; the Broncos will open against Utah State, play Gonzaga in Spokane on Jan.
16 & return Feb. 10 in Boise to close with San Diego State.
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