🌱 I84 Death + Walkout For Climate Change + House Fire Spreads

Rise and shine, Boise! Let's get this Friday started off right. Here's what's going on today in Boise.

Happy Friday from the Boise Daily. We start with news of a death on the interstate just outside of Boise. The CEO of St Luke's provides an update on the hospital's handling of the recent wave of COVID-19 patients and a group is speaking out on behalf of BSU students wanting to see the Broncos. High school students will be at the capital Friday and a house fire originally engulfing one home spread to a second one.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 82 Low: 55.

Here are the top stories in Boise today:

1. A late evening crash on I-84 turned tragic as a Boise woman is dead after running out of gas and being struck by a vehicle. KTVB-TV staff report 54-year-old Kala Blush died at the scene. (KTVB.com)
2. St. Luke's Chris Roth, CEO of Idaho's largest hospital system, spoke with the Idaho Capital Sun's Audrey Dutton recently on the hospital's handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Responding to a number of questions, Roth said of those laughing over the crisis, "It’s like we’re seeing the de-evolution of humanity, right in front of our eyes." (idahocapitalsun)
3. As the Boise State Broncos take the football field, students must have must show proof of vaccine to sit in the stands, yet the policy does not seem to apply to the ticket buying public. KLIX radio's Bill Cooley reports the Idaho Freedom Foundation is disagreeing with BSU's attendance policy and is making their statements public. (News Radio 1310 KLIX)
4. A group of high school students from around Boise will lead a walkout on Friday at the Idaho State Capital in solidarity with an international "Fridays For Future" climate strike according to Sami Edge writing for the Idaho Education News. Student speeches begin at noon and will go throughout the lunch hour. (idahoednews)
5. A house fire spread to a second house next door on Wednesday evening and staff from CBS2 news were present. Families living in both homes are displaced and being assisted. (Idaho News)

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Today in Boise:

• Capital High School will celebrate Homecoming with a volleyball match versus Kuna on Friday evening. (7:00 p.m.)
• The Household Hazardous Waste Collection site for Friday will be at the Waste Collection Facility located at 10300 N. Seamans Gulch Road. (8:00 a.m.)
• Spend Oktoberfest with us! Bringing the community together to celebrate German tradition for 14 years at the Nampa Civic Center. Live authentic German music, fun games, prizes & food! Precision Axe Range on site with their mobile trailer. Horton Family Farm Petting Zoo for the kids! (5:00 p.m.)
• Join us for the Idaho Pun Slam at the Lounge at the End of the Universe for a night of funs, puns, and cold ones. One by one, 10 contestants have two minutes each to make puns based on prompts they have received ahead of time. Each contestant is judged by five randomly chosen audience members. Judges rank each on a scale of 1-5. (7:00 p.m.)
• Join Rediscovered Books live in Boise on Friday for a book signing of Ash Davidson's Damnation Spring, an epic, immersive story of a Pacific Northwest logging town wrenched apart by a mystery that threatens to derail its way of life. (10:00 a.m.)

Boise Patch Notebook

• #BoiseBucketList: "HAPPY FIRST DAY OF FALL My favorite season is here! I love fall, and Boise doesn’t disappoint when it comes to fall activities. Like this pumpkin patch at @westerncollectivebeer." (Instagram)
• Visit Boise: "Treefort Music Fest is here! For the next 5 days, downtown Boise will be filled with all the music, dancing, eating, drinking, and forts you could ever want." (Instagram)
• Boise Weekly: "Ceramics artist Sasha Barrett was named one of the emerging artists of 2019 by Ceramics Monthly magazine. He makes both functional and decorative ceramic pots and even tries his hand at making clay stools." (Instagram)
• Boise State Public Radio: "On September 18, Ashley Brown worked a 15-hour shift in the ICU at St. Luke's Meridian, after crisis standards of care were expanded statewide. Listen to her full audio diary here: https://bit.ly/2XPK2An" (Facebook)
• Radio Boise: "Happy Treefort everyone! Have fun, stay safe, be kind, wear a mask, and join us for some stellar sets at Radioland starting tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon." (Instagram)
• US National Weather Service Boise Idaho: "The mountains were a bit #foggy this morning, but skies will continue to clear into the afternoon. Conditions will remain dry & mostly clear through the weekend with above-normal temperatures." (Facebook)

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