Boise bookworms broke a personal reading record in 2025. The Boise Public Library reached more than 1 million digital checkouts in 2025, setting a record, according to a Jan. 21 news release from ...

During the closure, materials can be returned at one of the other four Boise Public Library locations, or library users can ...

The Boise Public Library and several community partners are hosting an afternoon of activity to turn the page toward the summer.

BOISE, Idaho — Boise Public Library is one of only 10 libraries in the U.S. to receive a $15,000 grant from the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) as part of the Civic Makers Lab for Adults initiative. The ...

It’s never too late to return a lost library book. That’s what the Boise Public Library let its patrons know when a book returned to its facility more than a century later. The book in question – the ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Boise Public Library is putting an emphasis on people’s mental health. Just one month ago, the library welcomed its first mental health coordinator, Ashley Hammond. Her primary role ...

A children's book checked out from the Boise, Idaho, public library in 1910 vanished for 111 years only to be returned anonymously, library officials said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

A library book due in 1911 showed up at the Boise Public Library in Idaho earlier this month, 111 years past its return date. Now the mystery of its disappearance has been replaced with the mystery of ...

Here's some of our recent reporting on how the Treasure Valley is changing.