🌱 Bronco Win + Natural Slide + Hockey Player Home

Happy Sunday, people of Boise! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today.

With some of us still working on a pot of coffee, the Boise State football team picked up win two for the year. The second bear of the year has been killed in Boise and the Idaho Supreme Court is returning to COVID-19 restrictions. Idaho has a hidden natural water slide and a hockey player has returned home to play for his childhood team.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 86 Low: 56.

Here are the top stories in Boise today:

1. The Boise State Bronco football team found their defense, holding the Utah State Aggies to only a field goal in a 27-3 win Saturday morning. KTVB-TV's Devin Ramey breaks down the Broncos' second win of the year. (KTVB)
2. After receiving reports of a bear near Hill Road, Idaho Fish and Game staff assisted by Boise Police shot and killed the bear. After attempting to tranquilize the bear, according to a press release published in the East Idaho News, the bear fell out of a tree and took off toward houses. (eastidahonews)
3. With a surge reported in COVID-19 cases, the Idaho Capital Sun's Kelcie Moseley-Morris reports the Idaho Supreme Court is returning to online court hearings and delaying all new jury trials. (idahocapitalsun)
4. We all love water slides, but in Idaho is a natural water slide. Sophia Doumani will begin a series of articles for BoiseDev on hidden gems of the gem state. In the first installment, Doumani takes a look at the granite slide at Lion Head Creek. (BoiseDev)
5. A Boise native is coming home. Boise's professional hockey team, the Steelheads, have signed Boise born, Boise raised Zachary Walker. Lynsey Amundson of KIVI-TV speaks with the newest pro hockey player on his memories of playing hockey as a child and his goals as the newest Steelhead. (KIVI)

Fact of the Day

The Idaho Steelheads have reached at least the conference semifinals in six of the past nine seasons and hoisted the Kelly Cup in 2004 and 2007, narrowly missing out in 2010.

Today in Boise:

• Stop by anytime between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sundays and Mondays to explore the historic Boise train depot. There are historical displays to check out and feel free to explore the Platt Gardens in front of the building. Rides also available up to the top of the bell tower. (11:00 a.m.)
• Nampa's founders wanted their town to be a haven of piety, refusing to sell plots to anyone who was planning on building a saloon or gambling hall, earning Nampa the nickname "New Jerusalem". The default prohibition would not last long though; the town would end up with three saloons before it even had a church. Take a walking tour of Nampa history. (6:00 p.m.)
• With COVID restrictions in place and the future of live performances uncertain, it will not surprise you to learn that Opera Idaho made the difficult but necessary decision to postpone the remaining operas of the 2020-2021. (8:00 a.m.)
• Come enjoy great wine and live music featuring Jordan Shaw at HAT Ranch Winery. (2:00 p.m.)
• Looking for a fun, educational activity for kids and parents alike this fall? Check out Old Time Farm Day at the Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead on Sunday from 12:00pm-4:00pm. Catch a glimpse of what Idaho life was like in the 1860’s while watching the Dry Creek Quilters and Blacksmith-Scott Webster practice their crafts. The Fort Boise Garrison Living History Volunteers will be on hand to demonstrate early Idaho life in period costume and arms. Smarty Pants actors will be performing as historical characters from the Farmstead’s history. (Noon)

Boise Patch Notebook

• Zoo Boise: "Happy #Caturday! Our sand cats are enjoying a box enrichment this morning. Enrichment is an important aspect of animal welfare, it helps to stimulate animals physically and mentally, while encouraging their natural abilities." (Facebook)
• US National Weather Service Boise Idaho: "Increasing smoke aloft today for hazy conditions. Smoke will remain around the region through Monday with the next trough clearing it out on Tuesday. #idwx #orwx" (Facebook)
• US National Weather Service Boise Idaho; "We're at that point in the year when nighttime is growing longer than daylight. Days will continue to get shorter as nighttime gets longer - until the winter solstice on December 21st, which will have the shortest period of daylight." (Facebook)
• Boise Hive: "If you're a vet or active duty, join us now until 5pm for workshops in guitar, vocals, drums and keyboards or just show up and jam with the vets in the Ballroom of the Gowen Field Activity Center, building 710." (Facebook)

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