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Beware of the Hidden Costs of Halloween
Halloween will really ding you if you let it because, well, Twix ain't cheap. But it's the hidden costs that will take a huge bite out of your budget.
Doing This Now Could Save Your Life
It's Fire Prevention Week, and this is the time to plan your family's escape. Would your family know how to get out of the house within two minutes, and where to meet afterward?
Today's Date Could Be The Biggest Wedding Day of 2020
October 10th is a pretty great date because 10-10 is so neat and tidy and even, and when you add the year 2020, well, it's going to be over-the-top fantastic for numbers geeks who want to get hitched. This is why you'd better book the wedding venue now.
Free Event Tonight in Boise for 'Girls Who Code'
An event tonight at a Treasure Valley library will help girls 7 to 18 learn more about the art of telling computers what to do. Just show up, and the coding class is free.
Idaho Has a Major Shortage of Substitute Teachers
If you're looking for a side hustle, now is a great time to check into becoming a substitute teacher, and pocket about $75 per day.
Signs That Your Phone Has Been Hacked
If your phone battery drains quickly, it may not be due to all the music you're listening to. A quickly dying battery is one sign that your phone may have been hacked.
How to Help Kids in Caldwell After Their Bus Was Vandalized
Who would throw rocks and bottles through the windows of the Caldwell Wrestling Club's bus?! While police work to figure that out, we can help them raise funds for a new one.
Foods That Are Poisonous to Cats
Cats hack up plenty of things on their own, and cat owners sure don't need an increase in volume because of something simple like an avocado. Guacamole and several other human foods can make cats sick.
5 New Ways to Eat Candy Corn
Candy Corn is still one of the top Halloween candies in Idaho, and that's probably because there are so many ways to eat it, besides plain. Here are the 5 best ways to level-up your candy corn experience.
I Got 11 Dollars From This Class Action Settlement
Are class-action lawsuits really worth it? One class-action lawsuit was filed after people used a certain hair product and their hair started falling out in chunks, and I filed a claim and got eleven bucks.
Costumes and Masks Are Banned at Some 'Joker' Screenings
If you're planning to dress like The Joker when the movie opens this weekend, you might want to keep a change of clothes in the car. Most theaters will turn away people wearing costumes and masks.
Maggie Smith's Best Lines From the Downton Abbey Movie
Maggie Smith had some real zingers in the TV series, and she's at it again in the new Downton Abbey movie. It's razor-sharp with that doesn't offend anybody, and nobody delivers it like Maggie.
The Biggest Reason You Don't Want to Flip a House in Boise
TV shows might make it look easy, but flipping a house is incredibly hard work and it's getting harder. There's one big reason why you don't want to take on a project right now in the Treasure Valley.
Boise State Students Put Side Hustles to the Test Today
Boise State students have been perfecting their ideas for side hustles this month through workshops and training, and today is the day investors will decide if their products will win. This could be fun.
If You're Using Hand Sanitizer Like This You're Doing It Wrong
Here comes flu season, and keeping your co-workers' germs away involves more than a quick squirt of hand sanitizer. There's an art to killing viruses, and it requires more patience than we've had so far.
Boise Celebrates Banned Books This Week
Sometimes books like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "The Catcher in the Rye," and "To Kill a Mockingbird" are banned from curriculums and school libraries because of challenges made by parents or administrators. Those books and others are being celebrated this w…
Running Tips For Those Who Hate Running
FitOne is coming up next weekend, and there are many more events like it happening later this fall. And you can totally conquer these things. Here's how.
5 Positive Ways Kids Can Use Screens
There's no way to keep kids off screens completely, so how can parents make sure the screens help kids and don't hurt them? There are at least five ways.
The 3 Best Days to Travel This Thanksgiving
If the thought of getting stuck in the middle of a huge crowd at the airport doesn't appeal to you, book these three travel days this Thanksgiving and avoid the headaches.
Stranger Things Costumes Will Be Huge This Halloween
There's a good chance that a Dustin Henderson wig may show up at your door this Halloween, or God forbid that awful slimy monster that crushed the mall last season. Stranger Things costumes are expected to be big, and a few sequined movie characters too.