Treasured Valley

Idaho banks check out, Donna Jones a’runnin’, trashy cupcakes and recipes on Twitter…

The Treasure Valley:

• Meridian updates Web site to keep residents informed.
• BW’s Rachael Daigle: On This Week’s Feature…
• Fort Boise: Cycling craze.
• Idaho banks get high marks. Idaho-based financial institutions outperformed institutions nationwide in several key areas, the state Department of Finance said, citing national statistics released recently.
• Laid Off Loser: Unemployment rolls heading in the right direction — for now.
• Idaho Power starts installing new meters for customers. Idaho Power has begun a meter exchange program that it said will result in 157,000 residential, commercial and irrigation customers throughout the Treasure Valley having new technically advanced electric meters installed by year’s end.
• Life and Times of a Gay Man In Idaho: Relax.
• Police: Body found in home. Officers are on the scene of a body found inside a Caldwell house near 11th and Arthur streets. Officials confirm that two people were inside the home and one was deceased when they arrived.
• A Seasonal Disguise: Vacant Stairs is a very kind fellow. Playing tonight at the VAC.
• Famefifteen: American Idol but with better Paula’s — also tonight.
• New West Boise: Conference Underway in Boise; Follow on Twitter #planning.
• More to Love: breathe in… breathe out…
• Ten Mile IC groundbreaking set; apparent low bid $33.8M. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Ten Mile Road interchange with Interstate 84 in western Meridian is slated at 3 p.m. June 23 at the southeast corner of the existing overpass, a brochure mailed to homes and businesses in the area says. State and local dignitaries are expected to attend.
• Kevin Richert: U of I goes into bighorn damage control — but has the damage been done?
• One Bronco Nation Under God: WAC looking to make more money; has anyone thought of a championship game?

Idaho politics:

• IdaBlue: Crapo is undecided; riiiiight.
• Idaho Controller Donna Jones says she’ll seek re-election in 2010. Idaho state controller Donna Jones will seek a second term as the state’s top fiscal officer.
• Eye On Boise story about Donna Jones running again.
• 43rd State Blues: Steele Completes His Final Application.
• Wayne Hoffman: Hoffman: Bonneville School District evades public records requirements.
• Left Side of the Moon: Updating on Events in Iran.

Booze:

• Beer Philosopher: Growing Wheat. InBev to start producing Bud Light Golden Wheat. Yuck, I can only imagine how this will turn out.

Grub:

• ‘Five Guys’ coming to Treasure Valley. This is the same chain that grabbed national media attention when President Barack Obama and vice president Joe Biden went to an East Coast location and ordered burgers.
• Cupcake Rampage: Trashy Cupcakes.
• The Chocolate Chip Cookie Bowl Sundae.
• So Good: Menu Labeling Needs Boundaries.
• Should Recipes Shrink to 140 Characters on Twitter?