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Former Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson will serve as interim chief until a permanent replacement is found, according to the City of Boise. In his tenure as chief of the Boise Police Department, Bill Bones has outfitted his officers with body cameras, put more officers on bikes and on foot, and moved the department toward a precinct-based approach to policing. After 27 years, he will hang up the badge on Thursday, Oct. 24. During my career, I have gone through the highs and lows of serving as a police officer. As a young officer, BPD struggled with a lack of trust and the community questioned our professionalism, Bones wrote in a letter. Since then I have been part of the evolution of a police department. One we built on the shoulders of our past officers to create not only a safer city but a leading model for professionalism, transparency and community trust across our country. Bones started with the Police Department in 1992 as an officer. In his time with the department he oversaw three divisions: patrol, criminal investigation and internal affairs. He stated in his letter that he is excited to go see the world with his wife once hes officially retired. Former Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson will serve as interim chief until a permanent replacement is found, according to the City of Boise.

Boise State has five remaining home games this season with shuttle service available. For more information, visit downtownboise.org. If there are two complaints people have about Boise State Bronco game days, theyre traffic and parking. For those, theres an easy solution: the Bronco Game Day Shuttle. This year, the shuttle will pick up passengers at six locations:Eighth and Bannock streets, Eighth and Main streets, Sixth and Grove streets, Eighth and Broad streets, River Street near 12th and Ash streets, and Sixth and Broad streets. The shuttles run every 15 minutes and drop off on the east side of the stadium on Broadway Avenue. Boise State has five remaining home games this season with shuttle service available. For more information, visit downtownboise.org.

It seems like there isnt accountability anymore. Id hate to see the Co-op go in a direction without people being aware. A deli associate at the Co-op, Forrest Martsch had only worked at the grocery store for approximately 6 months, but had already formed a strong bond with Deli Manager Melissa Craft, whom she said at one point offered to take care of her young son during one of Martschs shifts to help lighten the load. Melissa was just one of the best bosses Ive ever had the experience of working with, she said. When the Co-op fired Craft on Aug. 30, Martsch quit on the spot, as did another of Crafts subordinates, Molly Malone. According to emails obtained by Boise Weekly between Craft and Co-op Director of Human Resources Emilie Schossow, tensions rose between Craft and her employer because of failure to work respectfully with the new Culinary Director Jin Yang, and demonstrated insubordination. Craft, however, said her firing had more to do with disagreements over policy under the Co-ops new leadershippolicies she said depart from what Co-op employees and customers have come to expect. It seems like there isnt accountability anymore, she said. Id hate to see the Co-op go in a direction without people being aware. As a direct result of Crafts ouster, two employees have quit, but the trajectory of the grocer under its first CEO, Michelle Andersen, has resulted in the elimination of two other positions: those of the Employee Communications Handling Officer ECHO, an employee-management liaison job held by Jerry Jarrett, and the relatively new position of training coordinator held by Tracy Labraaten. Jarrett still works for the Co-op, having been rehoused across two departments. Labraaten said her job was meant to standardize and improve skill sets among employees at both Co-op locations, but added she got little administrative support under Andersen. Eventually, she was fired. I was told it didnt have anything to do with me, but she had decided to restructure the organization and they no longer needed me, she said. I was in love with what the Co-op stood for, and I never imagined this would happen here. For Jarrett, the elimination of the ECHO position was a blow to transparency. In an email, he wrote that the position provided an important link between Co-op leaders and workers, and he willingly left that role rather than risk being fired for openly voicing the concerns of employees. Soon afterward, the position was eliminated entirely. Management wanted someone more to give the idea that

Americor Funding leased 49,564 square feet of office space at 1120 South Rackman Way in Meridian. Greg Gaddis and Bill Beck of Tenant Realty Advisors represented the tenant. Three Wood Pizza and Pub leased 2,915 square feet of retail space at 10497 W. Lake Hazel Road in Meridian. Greg Gaddis of Tenant Realty Advisors represented ...

Sunwest Bank has moved all its back office functionality to Idaho from California and is looking for locations for new branches in downtown Boise and south Meridian. The bank, based in Irvine, entered the Idaho market in 2014 when Syringa Bank failed andSunwest took it over, as it did several other failed Western banks. They ...

The gun debate has hit the retail sector, with a number of companies enactingno-open-carry policies and some organizations advocating for bills to limit businesses ability to take that step. Albertsons, Kroger the parent company of Idaho retailer Fred Meyer, Walmart and Walgreens have recently implemented policies asking patrons not to open carry firearms, although it ...

The Granite Bay Rugby Club GBR is a nationwide powerhouse that has launched many young men into objectively successful careers in the sport. Now, Bryce Van Order, Bennet Mantz, Jacob Shafer, Douglas Barnes, Kyle Curry, Matt Karp and Sam Portello have left their Granite Bay den and joined the herd in playing for the Boise ...

Fortnite, World of Warcraft and Apex Legends are just a few video games exploding into popularity throughout recent years. With gaming becoming more widely accepted, college campuses are creating new video game programs and competitive gaming teams. Video game culture continues to grow, and Boise States campus is no exception. Kyle Rennie, a senior studying ...

Views and opinions are my own, and not necessarily reflective of the Arbiter. College is a pretty difficult experience for most students. The Arbiter ran an article recently about the number of college students across the nation who exhibit signs of depression, and the number is staggering with roughly 44 of students affected by this ...

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