BOISE, Idaho — The City of Boise is warning visitors to Esther Simplot Park to swim at their own risk after elevated levels of E. coli bacteria were found in two popular ponds at that location. The ...

BOISE — Just a day after it was announced that water recreation was suspended at Eagle Island Park because of the discovery of blue-green algae, the City of Boise followed suit with the closure of ...

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.

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 ...

BOISE — 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. Ever ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...