The future site of Boise’s Esther Simplot Park has been used many ways over the years, few of them compatible with a city park. In the 1940s, some of the land was used as an airfield to train student ...

BOISE, Idaho — One of the latest additions to Boise's parks, and one of the most popular, is Esther Simplot Park, named after the widow of the famous Idaho potato magnate. Almost 50 years ago, ...

BOISE -- Two ponds at Boise's Esther Simplot Park have been cleared to reopen after the city successfully rid the water of potentially-dangerous cyanobacteria, also know as blue-green algae. The ...

The popular swimming ponds at Esther Simplot Park have closed multiple times since the park opened because of bacteria. City officials are crossing their fingers that won’t happen again, writes Idaho ...

The city of Boise announced Monday that both ponds at the Esther Simplot Park are again open to the public, after a potentially toxic blue-green algae bloom forced their closure on Sept. 25. Pond No.

BOISE - DNA test results show that fecal bacteria from dogs, geese and humans contributed to the recent E. coli contamination in several Boise ponds, city officials said on Sunday. Ponds in Esther ...

BOISE — The city of Boise has closed Esther Simplot Park ponds due to the discovery of blue-green algae. Ponds number one and two at the park have been closed after testing showed the discovery of ...

If you drove through Boise’s West End 10 years ago, it looked a little different from today. In 2015, crews were building Esther Simplot Park along Whitewater Park Boulevard, Jerry’s 27th Street ...

This story was updated Tuesday, April 1, to add two paragraphs of comment from the city of Boise. Change may be coming soon to Simplot Hill, the site just off Bogus Basin Road where the mansion ...

RICHARD RODRIGUEZ KTVB ROYCE MCCANDLESS rmccandless@idahopress.com Dec 5, 2024 Dec 5, 2024 Updated Dec 6, 2024 BOISE — A man is in the hospital after police said he drove into a pond at Esther Simplot ...