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Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge needs volunteers to help lead kids’ nature tours

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge needs volunteers to help connect kids with nature by guiding elementary students during field trips to Lake Lowell. The field trips are targeted for 4th through 6th graders. Volunteers will guide students through field stations.

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Nampa Firefighters host free Easter egg hunt

The Nampa Firefighters Local 804, Giving Hand Charity, and The Columbians will host the 2013 Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m., Saturday, March 30 at Skyview Park in Nampa. The children will be divided into groups based on age and ability.  The

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Opera Idaho singers to perform at Boise Co-op

Boise Co-op is hosting Opera Idaho performers during First Friday, April 5. Opera Idaho performances will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the café seating area located in the main store. The community is invited to listen and all

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Treasure Valley students are finalists in Zions Bank video contest

Several videos produced by Treasure Valley students are in the running to win a $1,000 cash prize in Zions Bank’s “Financialize a Film” video contest that promotes making good financial choices. The six videos are posted online for a public

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Needy adults in Ada County will receive free dental care on Friday

Dr. Jacob M. Brown will host a free dental care event through Dentistry From The Heart (DFTH) supporting Ada County residents by providing free dental services to the community. The team of dental professionals at Castlebury Dental, 3209 Bavaria St. in Eagle will

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Have a gargoyle to lend? Boise 150 exhibition needs you

An upcoming exhibition, “Remnants of Boise,” will display architectural remnants and relics of lost Boise buildings as part of the city’s BOISE 150 program. The exhibition is brought to you by the Boise City Department of Arts & History and

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Screening of documentary about biking across the U.S. will benefit Treasure Valley Cycling Alliance

Bicycle Dreams, the award-winning feature-length documentary about the Race Across America (RAAM), will premiere for the first time ever in Boise at The Flicks on Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m. The screening is presented by the Treausre Valley Cycling

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Idaho Returned Peace Corps volunteers host meetings in Boise

The Idaho Returned Peace Corps Volunteers are hosting a Regional Returned Peace Corps Volunteer meeting and helping with a Peace Corps Recruiting effort March 1-3, 2013, in Boise, as part of National Peace Corps Week. http://www.peacecorps.gov/resources/returned/thirdgoal/pcweek/ Registration is FREE unless folks

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County name new board members

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County recently name Larry Price and Brandon Woods to its Board of Directors.  Price is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Syringa Networks. Woods is General Manager of West-Pak Equipment Company.  Corey Surber, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center,

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Idaho gets a new CEO

Jason Sears, a non-profit executive with more than 10-years of mentorship experience in the Treasure Valley, has been hired as the CEO.  Sears replaces Nora Carpenter who left earlier this year to become of the CEO of the United Way

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