Meridian News

MERIDIAN, Idaho - Developer Frank Varriale hoped his plans to build shops, apartments and a hotel in this sprawling Boise suburb would have become reality by now.

Nine Drivers Continue on to National Competition BOISE, Idaho, July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jeffrey Halford, of Meridian, was named the best professional truck driver in Idaho after winning the four axle competition and receiving the highest overall score in the nine competing categories at the 2009 Idaho Truck Driving Championships.

From the Idaho Fish and Game Department -- Winners in the first of two Idaho Super Hunt drawings have been selected.

Tere Liberty, Meridian Food Bank volunteer, has empathy for people in hard times.

R.D. Harris, an educator who helped shape the lives of young people growing up in Mississippi for more than 40 years, died in Jackson on Thursday.

Before the backdrop of a gigantic American flag, Mayor-elect Cheri Barry and five city council-members were sworn into office at downtown Meridian's Temple Theater Tuesday.

Nampa police say they have arrested one of the two suspects from Sunday night's robbery at the Jackson's store at Garrity and Stamm.

When Ryan DeLuca combined his hobbies and his willingness to take risks, he transformed himself from a "technically unemployed" 20-something to chief executive officer of Meridian, Idaho-based Bodybuilding.com , the Internet's most-visited bodybuilding and fitness site.

Motorists will soon notice new speed limits posted along stretches of three of Meridian's most popular roadways.

The Ada County Sheriffs Office says officers had to shoot and kill a dog overnight.

Heat Index: 87 F It's a return home for thousands of Meridianites. And it's the old friends and classmates, the mingling, catching up on old times and reminiscing about the good times, and the reunions like this one that many look forward to every five years.

The National Council of Meridianites held its scholarship luncheon Friday. It's part of the 43rd Annual Meridian Convention and Picnic, which came home this year.

Temp: 94.0 F Thousands of former Meridianites are coming into the Queen City this weekend to celebrate their hometown.

Are 8-year-olds ready to stay home alone after school for the hour or two it takes their working parents to walk through the door? And what about summer, when kids are out of school all day while parents work? With household budgets stretched tight, more working parents wonder how to keep their "tweens" - kids ages 8 to 14 - out of trouble.

The Idaho Transportation Department kicked off a major construction project today and soon you'll be able to access Interstate 84 from Ten Mile Road.

KUNA a ' According to the Ada County Sheriffa TMs office, a Kuna man is in jail for allegedly trying to rape his estranged wife and then kidnap their infant son.

Hotels across the Meridian area have been packed this weekend for the State Games events.

Hundreds of cyclists participated in a funeral procession for a southwest Idaho man who was struck and killed by a sport-utility vehicle while biking a popular route in Boise.

Two very interesting reports from yesterday: The old shorelines are in Shalbatana Vallis: "Estimated to be more than 3 billion years old, the lake appears to have covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1,500 feet deep -- roughly the equivalent of Lake Champlain bordering the United States and Canada, said CU-Boulder Research Associate ...

Today is the first day for Meridian Dairy Days. The festival marketplace opened earlier this morning.