BOISE -- One of the ponds at Esther Simplot Park Pond was shut down Wednesday after water samples tested positive for a species of algae that can be fatal if swallowed. The pond - officially named ...

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 ...

Esther Simplot Park’s Pond No. 1 and the children’s beach has reopened for swimming following the discovery of cyanobacteria in the water last month. The bacteria, or blue-green algae bloom, was first ...

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 — Esther Simplot Park Pond reopended Thursday after E. coli levels remain consistently low. A press release from Boise Parks and Recreation states Esther Simplot Pond is “well under levels ...

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 ...

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 ...

Does Boise need a new performing arts theater? Esther Simplot thinks so. The widow of billionaire J.R. Simplot is helping to pay for a study to assess whether enough support exists for a midsize ...

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 ...