According to fire officials, a fire to clear ditches got out of control Monday afternoon between Ten Mile and Black Cat Roads West of Kuna sent a plume of smoke seen for miles around. The fire quickly got out of control, burned 4-5 acres and threatened several buildings including a small home. Fire officials responded [...]
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A pair of Kuna men found out over the weekend it is not ok to have a bonfire on a city street — and may have to pay around $1,000 to fix the melted pavement the blaze left behind. Kuna police cited Gregory Mcatee and Timothy Cope for placing (lit) debris on a highway, which [...]
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Matthew Coomes doesn’t really remember how he ended up inside a stranger’s house at 6:30 a.m., naked, flooding the kitchen and having just defecated on the floor. But after just having moved in to their new house, Tricia Gillaspy and her husband Jake awoke to the strange 25-year-old in their bedroom and discovered feces on [...]
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Calls to Melba Fire Department went out around 3:30 Tuesday afternoon for a fire at 205 2nd Street in Melba between Broadway Avenue and Carrie Rex Avenue. At least four outbuildings on the two lots that burned were completely destroyed by fire. Some of Melba’s Fire Department was working with a BLM Fire crew south [...]
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The recall election to oust Kuna School Board Trustee Michael Law failed to gather enough votes from Canyon and Ada County residents within school zone 4 at Tuesday’s election. The recall was petitioned and called for by voters who felt that Law’s campaigning efforts against the school levy that first failed in March by less [...]
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An Apache helicopter crashed Thursday evening around 7 p.m. just south of Gowen Field killing two Idaho Army National Guard soldiers. Jon L. Hartway, 43, of Kuna and Stien P. Gearhart, 50, of Meridian were on a local training mission when the accident happened. Both men were assigned to the 1-183rd Attack Reconnaissance Battalion and [...]
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According to Kuna City Hall, due to the high volume of rain, the city of Kuna will be shutting down the irrigation system beginning May 20, 2015 and will remain off until the moisture has moved on. This will prevent waste and help conserve water for the hotter part of the year.
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Early Friday evening emergency responders were called to the offices of Swan Falls Family Dentistry where Zach Haws was found dead. According to the Ada County Coroner’s office an autopsy was performed but an official cause of death will not be released until tests are completed. The investigators did not suspect any foul play was [...]
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The Paul’s Market chain of grocery stores was purchased by Albertsons in a deal announced last Monday by company officials. Paul’s Markets was founded in 1955 by Paulino “Paul” Zatica, the son of Basque immigrants in Homedale. His sons took over the business when he passed away in 2011. At the time of the acquisition, [...]
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Pioneer News Group, parent company of the Idaho Press-Tribune, purchasing weekly newspaper KUNA – Pioneer News Group, parent company of the Idaho Press-Tribune, is in the process of purchasing the Kuna Melba News, a weekly newspaper in Kuna. Pioneer is purchasing the paper from RIM Publications, a Seattle-based company that has owned the Kuna Melba [...]
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KUNA — Anne Hankins has watched the Kuna Public Library grow since 1993. What once was a library with a small number of books in a spare room at Kuna High School is now looking to expand to shelve over 84,000 books, host 40 programs and have access to multiple public utility rooms. All Hankins [...]
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KUNA — A California man is now in the Ada County jail after hitting a Kuna man with a rifle and shooting towards the victim. The Ada County Sheriff’s Office says a fight broke out at a home on the 3700 block of East Kuna Road at about 1:45 a.m. on May 3. Deputies say they [...]
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Kuna ICCU future is foggy KUNA — Whispers of new businesses, including a new Idaho Central Credit Union, have been heard around Kuna, leaving residents to wonder what will be built on Meridian Road in the near future. According to city planning and zoning documents, a new Tractor Supply Company is coming to Kuna starting [...]
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