Shaun Goodwin

Boise, Lawrence

Boise State Football and Basketball Reporter at Idaho Statesman

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Idaho 55 Rainbow Bridge undergoing more maintenance. Here’s when, why

4 days ago | idahostatesman.com | Shaun Goodwin

Idaho’s iconic Rainbow Bridge is undergoing yet more maintenance that began Tuesday to install 20-foot steel support beams. The Idaho Transportation Department announced the closures by saying both lanes of Highway 55 along the bridge would be closed for approximately 15-minute intervals. ITD did not say how often the closures would happen, aside from the fact that they would occur over the next several weeks.
Idaho 55 Rainbow Bridge undergoing more maintenance. Here’s when, why

4 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Shaun Goodwin

Idaho’s iconic Rainbow Bridge is undergoing yet more maintenance that began Tuesday to install 20-foot steel support beams. The Idaho Transportation Department announced the closures by saying both lanes of Highway 55 along the bridge would be closed for approximately 15-minute intervals. ITD did not say how often the closures would happen, aside from the fact that they would occur over the next several weeks.
This Boise man robbed Idaho bank, led police on I-84 chase. He’s prison-bound

4 days ago | idahostatesman.com | Shaun Goodwin

A Boise man was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Tuesday for a bank robbery in Mountain Home, which resulted in a police chase that went both directions on Interstate 84. Leon Jason Fortner, 57, entered a Chase Bank in Mountain Home last August and threatened the teller station that his backpack contained an explosive device that he would detonate if they didn’t hand over “all their cash,” according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Here’s how a former Bronco hoops player ended up back at Boise State for football

5 days ago | idahostatesman.com | Shaun Goodwin

Boise State basketball fans are likely familiar with the name Kobe Young. The 6-foot-7 redshirt senior hooped at Boise State for three years, seeing action in 52 games for the Broncos from 2022 to 2024. When Young transferred to Cal State Fullerton last year, fans and athletic staff alike would be forgiven for thinking that was the last they’d see of him in a Bronco uniform.
Here’s how a former Bronco hoops player ended up back at Boise State for football

5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Shaun Goodwin

Boise State basketball fans are likely familiar with the name Kobe Young. The 6-foot-7 redshirt senior hooped at Boise State for three years, seeing action in 52 games for the Broncos from 2022 to 2024. When Young transferred to Cal State Fullerton last year, fans and athletic staff alike would be forgiven for thinking that was the last they’d see of him in a Bronco uniform.
Chris Petersen joins iconic Bronco on ballot for College Football Hall of Fame

5 days ago | idahostatesman.com | Shaun Goodwin

Former Boise State head coach Chris Petersen was named to the 2026 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot on Monday, joining Kellen Moore as Boise State’s two representatives on the ballot. Petersen is one of nine FBS coaches on the 2026 ballot, which also includes 79 FBS players. Petersen coached at Boise State from 2006 to 2013 and is the winningest coach in program history with a 92-15 (88.5%) record.
Boise State AD says playoff seeding changes a ‘point of pride’ for program

5 days ago | idahostatesman.com | Shaun Goodwin

The College Football Playoff seeding format underwent significant changes last month, ostensibly making it much tougher for Boise State to appear in a major playoff bowl game in the future. Just months after Boise State unexpectedly crashed the party by winning the Mountain West championship and earning a first-round bye as the No. 3 seed, the CFP committee voted to award first-round byes to the top four teams in the rankings.
Boise State AD says playoff seeding changes a ‘point of pride’ for program

5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Shaun Goodwin

The College Football Playoff seeding format underwent significant changes last month, ostensibly making it much tougher for Boise State to appear in a major playoff bowl game in the future. Just months after Boise State unexpectedly crashed the party by winning the Mountain West championship and earning a first-round bye as the No. 3 seed, the CFP committee voted to award first-round byes to the top four teams in the rankings.
Boise State reaches ‘first major achievement’ on North End Zone Project

1 week ago | idahostatesman.com | Shaun Goodwin

In early 2021, Boise State deputy athletic director Cody Gougler sat at his desk in his brand new office in the Allen Noble Hall of Fame at Albertsons Stadium. He was still in his first month at Boise State, and with coffee in hand, was getting settled down for another typical day. That was until then-new athletic director Jeramiah Dickey entered his office with his arms wrapped around a giant bin. “He just kind of dumped it on my desk,” Gougler recalled on Friday evening.
Nearly 200 Ulta Beauty stores got robbed. Two people were arrested in Boise

1 week ago | idahostatesman.com | Shaun Goodwin

Boise police arrested two men from Texas on Wednesday who are suspected of being involved in at least 195 robberies at Ulta Beauty stores nationwide. Police estimated that over $100,000 in products was stolen. The Boise Police Department’s Organized Retail Crime Unit was alerted to the presence in Idaho of the suspects after one allegedly stole things from an Ulta Retail store in Burley.