Margaret Carmel

Anchorage pastor Matt Schultz, a Democrat, and independent Bristol Bay fisherman and educator Bill Hill talked resource development, data centers and rural Alaska’s challenges.

A code compliance case filed by a Boise Bench homeowner sheds some light on how the City of Boise is interpreting its new zoning code rules to protect trees. For years, Sloan Stanley objected to a proposal to raze the single-family home behind his property at 2219 Kootenai Street and turn it into a three-story […]

Any longtime readers of this column know I contain multitudes.

The more than $3 billion investment from Australian company Santos is Alaska’s first new oil project in decades.

If you ever closed a utility billing account with a credit on the balance in Boise, you might be wondering why the money wasn’t automatically returned. A BoiseDev reader recently sold a property on State Street and received a letter in the mail informing him he had a $15 credit on his City of Boise […]

The more than $3 billion investment from Australian company Santos is Alaska’s first new oil project in decades.

A nine-acre lot west of Lake Hazel Middle School on La Grange Street is ready to go with roads, sidewalks and fire hydrants, but no houses. After BoiseDev’s recent reporting on the City of Boise’s decision to lift its sewer moratorium, allowing the lots in Southwest Boise to connect to the city’s sewer network even […]

It took less than 40 minutes for a Southwest Boise patrol stop to escalate into two stabbed K-9s and five officers shooting a suspect. On Jan. 24, 2024, Ada County Sheriff’s Office deputies spotted 37-year-old Jeremiah Gaver peering into the windows of a closed business on Amity Road while on patrol. The late-night stop in […]

One of my favorite things about mythology is its connection to place.

The truest fiction often speaks to our hearts because it is drawn from life.