Sally Krutzig

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sally Krutzig

Officials have released the name of a woman who died Tuesday night after being pulled from a Boise Bench waterway. Boise police and fire rescue units found the woman “fully submerged” in the Ridenbaugh Canal near the 2900 block of West Rose Hill Street just after 8 p.m., the Ada County Coroner’s Office said in a Thursday news release. The coroner identified the victim as Alyssa Bistline, 30, of Boise.

3 weeks ago | idahostatesman.com | Sally Krutzig

Boise police arrested an 18-year-old Boise resident Wednesday for allegedly committing armed robbery at a business before escaping with the money on a skateboard. A man entered a gas station in the 800 block of South Cole Road at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, approached two employees and demanded money from the cash register after pulling out a knife, the Boise Police Department said Thursday in a news release. Police said the suspect took the cash and fled — slowly but surely.

3 weeks ago | idahostatesman.com | Sally Krutzig

A woman died Tuesday night in a local hospital after being rescued from a Boise canal. Boise police and fire units responded to a report of a person in a canal at 7:51 p.m. Tuesday near the 2900 block of West Rose Hill Street on the Bench, the Boise Police Department said in a news release. Firefighters rescued a woman in the canal near Latah Street, then provided her with medical care until medics transported her to a local hospital for treatment, police said.

3 weeks ago | idahostatesman.com | Sally Krutzig

A Boise-area crash ended in a roadside fatality on Tuesday evening. A 46-year-old man driving a pickup truck north on Idaho 55 was attempting to turn onto West Floating Feather Road in Eagle when he collided with a motorcycle in the southbound lane of the highway, the Ada County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Eagle Police Department deputies responded to the incident at 9:03 p.m.The 32-year-old man on the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.

3 weeks ago | idahostatesman.com | Sally Krutzig

Locals have long enjoyed easy access to Quinn’s Pond by way of a large parking lot near the water. But that lot will soon be closed to the public. Beginning June 15, the city will no longer be able to lease the 10-acre lot at the corner of West Main Street and North Whitewater Park Boulevard, said Doug Holloway, Boise Parks and Recreation Department director.