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Carolyn Komatsoulis
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Boise/Latino affairs reporter for the Idaho Statesman. Aspiring 🐕 owner. My name is pronounced comet-sue-lis.
Haha not finally! Shaun Goodwin also wrote this detailed story about one of BSU's largest crowds ever
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‘Dream come true:’ Boise State to play before one of its largest crowds ever
“From ‘Rudy’ to South Bend to Touchdown Jesus. ... I mean, there’s so much amazing history attached to Notre Dame,” BSU coach Spencer Danielson said.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
And finally, Shannon Tyler was there to witness the grief after an 8-year-old was struck by a car in Boise

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‘Shine like Mora’: Hundreds light candles at Boise vigil to remember young girl
“We have felt your love for Mora,” read a statement from the family of 8-year-old Mora Gerety, who died after being hit by a pickup truck.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Not a sports story, but this story by Rachel Roberts
lives rent free in my mind with its "Crappy start" and "happy ending."

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Crappy start, happy ending: How Boise-area plumbers saved an engagement ring
A newly engaged Garden City couple needed a miracle after a freak accident. They got one after two plumbers with “a heart” kept fighting through “dookie.”
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
@michaellycklama.bsky.social filed records requests to find the reasons why schools wanted to get harder or easier competition
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11 Boise-area high schools want to change classifications. Here are their reasons
We broke down all the requests from Southwest Idaho, plus the petitions from every 6A and 5A school in the state.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Something so many of us have experienced. Sally Krutzig dove into how Idaho 55 traffic from Boise to McCall is worse than ever

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Idaho 55 traffic is worse than ever. Everyone struggles with how to handle it
“This year … we’re getting pretty close to what we consider to be capacity on the road on certain days and for certain hours.”
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Mark Dee wrote about how the land for a divisive 3,500-home subdivision is now in the city of Boise www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
‘Do it right’: Land for divisive 3,500-home subdivision now in city of Boise
The City Council finalized the annexation of property for the proposed Murio Farms development southwest of the Boise Airport.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Shoutout to Nick Rosenberger for this lede:

"There’s an invisible killer in Idaho, and it comes from beneath our floorboards."

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A radioactive gas fills many Idaho homes, but there are few protections. Why?
The gas is invisible and odorless, and can cause lung cancer after becoming trapped in homes and buildings. But there are almost no rules governing it as the Treasure Valley grows.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Angela Palermo wrote about the doctor who filed a six-figure medical lien filed against a patient "instead of billing his insurance company."
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‘They wanted to take $184,000’: Boise man sues neurosurgeon over medical lien
The legal battle went all the way to the Idaho Supreme Court.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A double feature from @alexbrizee.bsky.social and Rose Evans about the police bullets that shot into a water park as children played.
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‘Instant panic’: Families break silence over police shooting by Roaring Springs
Four bullets were recovered from the wave and kiddie pool areas of the popular water park.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Our education reporter Becca Savransky wrote about how disabled Idaho students can't access parts of school.

One child couldn't join his classmates on the playground. Instead he watched as a staff member stood with him.
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Disabled Idaho students can’t access parts of school. Historic funding won’t fix it
Dozens of superintendents across Idaho said they still face challenges with accessibility in at least one of their buildings.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Sarah Cutler wrote about how Idaho's conflict of interest rules are a 'recipe for corruption' #idpol #idleg
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Idaho Republican’s bill would have let her husband sue Boise. Rules say it’s OK
The lawmaker said she was following ethics laws, and that there was “nothing to disclose.”
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
From Kevin Fixler, a profile of the prosecutor overseeing the Bryan Kohberger case

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Idaho prosecutor in Kohberger case has history of plea deals over death penalty
“I can’t think of anybody else I’d rather have doing this case,” another longtime county prosecutor and friend to Bill Thompson said.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
First up, Nicole Blanchard wrote about a ‘disgusting’ larvae infestation in an Eagle home that led to the discovery of a beetle never before documented in Idaho
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‘Disgusting’ larvae infestation in home led to beetle discovery near Boise
Here’s how to keep the invasive insect at bay.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hell yeah Haadiya!! Can't wait to see you at Boise events ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
ok that's good to know, I've been wondering if I should get it or not
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
omg I love powerwash simulator
October 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM