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The Boise City-Nampa, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (commonly known as the Boise Metropolitan Area or the Treasure Valley) is a region in southwestern Idaho which officially includes Ada, Boise, Canyon, Gem and Owyhee Counties. It includes three of Idaho's five largest cities, Boise, Nampa and Meridian. It is the state's largest officially designated metropolitan area.
According to an official United States Census estimate, as of 2006 the population of the Boise Metropolitan Area is 567,640. The metro area is currently the third largest in the Pacific Northwest (after Seattle and Portland), and the 87th largest in the United States.

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Some businesses still passing on fuel surcharge

Nov 22, 2008 1:16 am

BOISE -- As prices at the pump dip below $2 a gallon, many business owners want to know why they're still getting charged extra. As gas prices started climbing over the past couple of years many deliv...

Collecting unemployment surges 20% in one week

Nov 22, 2008 12:31 am

BOISE -- The Idaho Department of Labor reports that the number of people collecting unemployment checks this week surged over 20 percent from the previous week.

Warm Springs Avenue reopens after rock removal

Nov 22, 2008 12:16 am

BOISE -- Ada County Highway District crews have finished removing more than 100 boulders and rocks on Warm Springs Avenue along the Warm Springs Mesa.

Boise State, Nevada set for another shootout

Nov 21, 2008 9:31 pm

Watch the game on Channel 7 - pre-game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, kick off at 2 p.m.

Mountain goat charges Idaho home

Nov 21, 2008 7:32 pm

Firefighters in northern Idaho relied on back up from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office while fighting off a mountain goat that charged and damaged an Athol home.

Judge allows 9 parties to join mining suit against Simplot

Nov 21, 2008 7:32 pm

POCATELLO -- A federal judge is allowing nine separate parties join a lawsuit challenging plans by the J.R. Simplot Co., to expand its phosphate mining operation in southeast Idaho.

Some Idaho schools to cut programs

Nov 21, 2008 7:31 pm

PARIS -- Officials in Eastern Idaho's Bear Lake School District say they'll cut school programs rather than ask voters to approve an override levy in a worsening economy.

Dozens of animals seized from Fruitland farm

Nov 21, 2008 7:16 pm

Horses, dogs & cats rescued

Governor Otter to discuss state budget next week

Nov 21, 2008 6:01 pm

BOISE -- Idaho Gov. Butch Otter will hold a press conference to discuss the state's budget next week.

BSU Comm Dept. chair says this is not an easy major

Nov 21, 2008 5:31 pm

BOISE -- Boise State University's Department of Communication is defending its reputation after a national newspaper alleged that many students athletes at BSU major in the field because it's easy.

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