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Hi there, Boise! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Boise State's new construction could change your daily campus route
  • How Boise schools are actually using AI in classrooms this year
  • Why Boise is the launchpad for record international wildfire reinforcements.

Also on today's calendar: Experience The Night and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Record-tying temperatures, with a high of 101 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Very hot, temps: high: 99, low: 69.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 91 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Improving the campus experience': Updates coming to Boise State campus this academic year (ktvb.com) — If you're heading to Boise State this fall, expect detours: major steam tunnel work through the Quad, Greenbelt pathway widening near campus, and upcoming elevator overhauls in the Education Building will reshape how students, staff, and visitors move around. Campus officials say the disruptions should pay off with better heating, safer routes, and improved accessibility over the next year.
   

• Boise School District implements AI policies into classrooms (ktvb.com) — Boise students are heading back to class under Idaho's first statewide rules for using generative AI in schools, and the Boise School District is already weaving the technology into lessons from kindergarten through high school. District leaders emphasize "human-first" learning, using AI mainly for tutoring, proofreading, and research support while promising to adapt their classroom framework as the technology evolves.
   

• Amid intense U.S. fire season, Australia and New Zealand send largest ever contingent of firefighters to help (boisestatepublicradio.org) — Hundreds of Australian and New Zealand firefighters just mustered at Boise's National Interagency Fire Center before heading to massive wildfires across the West. The story follows their training on Boise's airport campus and explains how this record international deployment supports an unusually intense U.S. fire season threatening many communities.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • This dog has been loose and running through our street ( Bandon Pl) for the past few days.
    Please let us know if this one is yours. She? is very skittery and appears to be very thirsty but too shy to drink the water I put out. You can call… (Nextdoor Lakeland Village)
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    We have bird feeders in the back yard and normally have to fill them up every couple of weeks and it has been a month now. Still full. We see no… (Nextdoor Brookhollow)
  • Builders FirstSource posted a job opening for Inventory Control Specialist in Boise. Apply here.
  • FedEx posted a job opening for Material Handler - Part Time (Warehouse like) in Boise. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Boise here.

🗞 Nearby News

Garden City

  • Idaho Job and Career Fair happening today in Garden City (boisedev.com)
  • 2026 Western Idaho Fair: Everything you need to know before you go (kivitv.com)
  • New Agreement Could Bring More Nuclear Waste to Idaho. (1043wowcountry.com)

Meridian

  • Idaho State Police to break ground on $29M forensic lab in Meridian (idahonews.com)
  • More land, more homes OK'd for South Meridian development. What's coming (idahostatesman.com)
  • New Apple Store Planned for Meridian Near Boise, Idaho (tuaw.com)

Ok Boise! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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