🌱 Boise Bad Driver Group + Record Low Unemployment + Pest Share

Good morning, neighbors. It's me, John Braese, your host of the Boise Daily — here to impart everything you need to know about what's happening in town.

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Boise Daily. We start with good news if you are a job seeker, bad news if you are looking for employees-unemployment in the state hit a record low. A new online group is inviting Boise drivers to tell or show their harrowing adventures on local streets. Authorities are warning of a new state group looking for white members only and a new Boise start-up is trying to make getting rid of those ants in your kitchen easier. Finally, drive out this week and look at some new homes on the market.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 71 Low: 45.

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Here are the top stories today in Boise:

1. If you are currently looking for work, you are in a minority. The Idaho Capital Sun's Audrey Dutton writes Idaho's unemployment rate of 2.6% is a record low. Jobs in natural resources and wholesale trade saw huge gains while jobs in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector saw a dip. For April, there were 2.1 jobs in Idaho for every unemployed Idahoan looking for work. (idahocapitalsun)
2. Have a story about someone cutting across two lanes for jump on the Connector? How about a car trying to turn left from the right hand lane on Fairview? Or stopping in the middle of Broadway to let someone out? KTVB-TV carries a story written by Idaho Press reporter Carolyn Komatsoulis of a new online group titled "Boise — Bad Driver Spotted". Currently, over 23,000 of your neighbors belong to the group and post both complaints and apologies for their own driving. Remember, Idaho has the 18th-worst drivers in the country, according to a 2021 study. (KTVB.com)
3. Our neighbors to the north are reporting a group is standing on street corners displaying a banner with a message "Its great to be white". The Lewiston Tribune's Eric Barker reports the Nez Perce Prosecutor's Office has notified local law enforcement of a group recruiting members in north central Idaho. (lmtribune)
4. So you find bugs are invading your rental home and driving you nuts. You call the landlord who calls a pest control company who calls you back to set a time and calls your landlord with a cost estimate. A new Boise-based startup is trying to make the process easier and less expensive and how has some seed funding from a venture capital firm according to BoiseDev editor Don Day. Pest Share provides a software program to landlords, cutting down on time, frustration and expenses according to the company. (BoiseDev)
5. A new week translates to 5 new homes on the Boise market and Boise Patch has the information you need to become a new owner. (Boise Patch)

Today in Boise:

• The City Council for Garden City will meet Monday evening. (6 p.m.)
• The Historic Preservation Commission for the City of Boise meets Monday evening on the 3rd floor of City Hall. (6 p.m.)
• The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Site for Monday is Meridian Republic Services located at 2130 W Franklin Rd. (Noon)

From my notebook:

• Boise State University: "Alum Andrea Dorantes (finance, 2019) has set a lofty goal for herself – to become the youngest Latin American to scale the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each continent." (Instagram)
• US National Weather Service Boise Idaho: "Cool for a few more days, then really heating up on Thursday! Here's the latest forecast for daytime max temps for the coming 6 days" (Facebook)
• Idaho Shakespeare Festival: "Join us this week- great seats available! Thank you Dana Oland and Idaho Statesman. https://www.idahostatesman.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article261319392.html" (Facebook)
• Zoo Boise: "Sometimes you just have to rock! Our vervet monkeys have really been enjoying their new enrichment items." (Facebook)
• Boise Weekly: "We may never know what dinosaurs exactly looked, sounded and smelled like, but with Sue the T-rex, we are getting closer everyday. Discovered in 1990, Sue is the most complete, well-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever found." (Instagram)
• Downtown Boise: "Local Boise-based musical sensation @MrGrantOlsen will be headlining on Wednesday, June 22 at our Alive After 5 Free Summer Concert Series on The Grove Plaza in the heart of Downtown Boise." (Instagram)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Muir Woods-Pepperwood: "My dog went missing last night and I posted about it. - I received a text from someone saying they had my dog but wanted me to verify a code they wanted to send me. Does anyone know what this scam is?" (Nextdoor)

You're all caught up for today! I'll see you soon.

— John Braese

About me: Welcome to the Boise edition of patch.com. I am the community editor in this exciting endeavor for the Boise area. I was born and grew up in Boise, attending Bishop Kelly High School before graduating from Borah High School more than a few years ago. I have seen Boise grow substantially in the last few years, but still maintain my hometown appeal. I want to hear about what is important to you and the stories you wish to see on patch.com. Feel free to reach out to me via email at john.braese@patch.com or drop me a phone call or text at 208 954-9585.

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