Idaho
Songwriter Josh Ritter to headline Idaho America250 celebration in Boise
Josh Ritter, a professional songwriter and graduate of Moscow High School, will headline the America250 in Idaho celebration in Boise on July 4, event organizers announced Tuesday at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise.
Members of the America250 in Idaho Advisory Council unveiled the details about the patriotic celebrations they have been planning and promoting in Boise – and across the state – to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
For the July 4 America250 in Idaho Capitol Celebration at Cecil D. Andrus Park in downtown Boise, planned events include a veterans breakfast, the Idaho 4th of July parade that you can watch live on CBS2 which includes military fly over, a performance by the Army Band, food trucks and concerts by Idaho musicians.
In addition to Ritter, artists scheduled to perform include the Afrosonics, Jeff Crosby and Chad Marvin, officials said.
“We finally have a run of show and (confirmation of) who will be performing,” Jesse Barcroft, the chief of staff for the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office, told the advisory council. “I’m really excited about it; I think that Idahoans are going to be really excited about it. It’s a really cool lineup.”
In addition to planning and promoting the celebration in Boise, members of the advisory council have also approved grants of up to $2,500 each to help local America250 celebrations in communities across the state.
Organizers initially awarded grants to 29 different Idaho arts and nonprofit organizations, but changed gears by cancelling those grants in March 2025 to focus narrowly on patriotic celebrations of America’s founding and 250th birthday, the Idaho Capital Sun previously reported.
So far, members of the advisory council reported that they have spent $474,425.51 and have $54,967.53 in available funding on the bottom line.
For more information about America250 in Idaho celebrations in communities across the state, visit america250.idaho.gov.
Idaho
Locations announced for new Latter-day Saint temples in Idaho and South Carolina
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the site maps and locations of future temples in Idaho and South Carolina.
The Caldwell Idaho Temple, first announced in April 2025, will be built on a 19.2-acre site located at the southwest corner of West Orchard Avenue and South Florida Avenue in Canyon County, Idaho, according to a press release published Tuesday on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
Plans for the Caldwell temple site call for a multistory temple of approximately 82,000 square feet, accompanied by a meetinghouse and an ancillary building.
The Caldwell Idaho Temple was announced in April 2025 general conference by then-church President Russell M. Nelson, and was one of the last 15 temples President Nelson announced before his death on Sept. 27, 2025.
Ten other temples in Idaho are currently in operation, under construction, or in planning or design stages. Of these 10 temples, one — the Montpelier Idaho Temple — is currently scheduled to be dedicated this October.
The Greenville South Carolina Temple, to be the state’s second Latter-day Saint temple, will be a single-story structure of approximately 18,850 square feet.
It will be constructed on an 8.8-acre site located at the south intersection of Independence Boulevard/Ponders Road and Roper Mountain Road in Greenville, South Carolina.

Like the Caldwell temple, the Greenville South Carolina Temple was also announced by President Nelson in April 2025.
As the state’s second Latter-day Saint temple, the Greenville South Carolina Temple will join the Columbia South Carolina Temple (dedicated in 1999) in serving the nearly 47,000 Latter-day Saints that live in South Carolina.
Learn more about the Caldwell Idaho and Greenville South Carolina temples and others worldwide on the Church News’ temple almanac.
Idaho
Fundraising platform FlipCause owes millions to charities nationwide, including nonprofits in Idaho
The Fundraising platform FlipCause filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December, according to court documents. But the Oakland-based company owes more than $29 million to charities nationwide, including two in Idaho.
Allison Terenzio-Moody is the executive director of the Treasure Valley Children’s Theater. They put on productions for youth in the Boise Area like High School Musical Jr., and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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Treasure Valley Children’s Theater
Before the company went bankrupt, she used FlipCause to take donations, sell tickets to performances and manage classes. The company owes her organization about $20,000, and she’s not sure she’ll ever see it.
“Basically, they took money away from our kids, and they took money away from our donors,” she said.
In November, California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent a cease and desist order to Flipcause to stop all operations, including taking charitable donations.
“Donors placed their trust in Flipcause to ensure their contributions reached those in need. Instead, charities are experiencing significant financial stress due to the platform holding these funds back. This is simply unacceptable,” said Attorney General Bonta in a statement on the California Department of Justice website.
”I’ve basically been told that, that money’s gone. You’re not going to see it, so you need to move on,” Terenzio-Moody said.
Despite switching to a new app and fundraising in December and January, Terenzio-Moody said the nonprofit is still operating in the negative.
“I want to make sure people know that we aren’t going anywhere,” Terenzio-Moody said. “We are so in love with what we do and the community that we create for young people. Our education programs and our productions are going to continue, but we need some help.”
Most of her efforts are focused on fundraising to recoup the lost costs, and Terenzio-Moody said that’s taken the focus away from the organization’s education programs.
Up in Hayden, Ds Connections – a nonprofit that helps people with Down Syndrome – also lost around $20,000 from FlipCause. But they’ve had better luck in turning things around.
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Susan Villelli, founder and board president at the nonprofit, said the organization was able to raise all the lost funding and more after an Idaho Gives campaign, and the support of the local North Idaho community.
“We have not lost any programs, or canceled anything due to the FlipCause case, and because our budget is now back to its original design for 2025, it’s full steam ahead with everything as planned, including new projects,” she said.
There is a new wrinkle in the bankruptcy case which could allow these nonprofits to recoup some of their losses after all. Last month, Jeffrey T. Testa, the trustee for FlipCause, asked a Delaware court to convert the case to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and the motion was granted.
“The trustee has been given the authority to try to claw back some of that money for the nonprofits,” Heidi K. Abegg, a lawyer in Washington D.C. who has clients who are owed money by FlipCause.
Terenzio-Moody said she plans to look into her legal options in light of the new developments, and Villelli said her nonprofit is going to fight for whatever funding they can recapture through the legal system.
Idaho
GALLERY | East Idaho Memorial Day displays honor the fallen – East Idaho News
People across eastern Idaho spent Memorial Day visiting Field of Honor Displays in Idaho Falls and Pocatello.
The Idaho Field of Heroes Memorial display at Century High School features thousands of white markers and flags honoring fallen service members from the Global War on Terrorism and Idahoans who have died since September 11, 2001.
At the Field of Honor display at Russ Freeman Park in Idaho Falls, 1,000 American flags were on display as a tribute to benefit local Veterans Groups, local Child Abuse Prevention Agencies, and Bonneville-Idaho Falls Crime Stoppers.
Here is a collection of photos from both locations.
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