Stapilus Some stories that ought to have an ending never seem to go away. The Moscow murder case which continued to generate so many Idaho headlines in 2024 began with four deaths in 2022, has gone through various changes of venue and personnel and squabbles over legal issues, but it won’t be tied up until at least well into 2025. And maybe later.
It will reliably generate more headlines in the coming year. And there are stories everyone would like to go away but prove hard to quash. One example would be the invasion of the Snake River system by quagga mussels, which the state has fought since they were spotted in 2023 and hoped were eradicated.
Such eliminations are hard to accomplish and they returned this last year. Will they be back in 2025? We can hope not, but they could be. Then there are other stories with larger implications which have no clear beginning or end point.
They morph into new phases, and Idaho will have to deal with new versions of them in 2025. One example is the state’s massive suburban growth, mainly in the Boise metro area but to some degree elsewhere too, such as in Kootenai County. There’s more than the usual pressure on for more development, as housing supply in Idaho’s big population centers has remained limited and prices have stayed high, even if they’re not growing quite the way they did a few years ago.
Ada County is poised for another massive explosion in the next couple of years, with new developments recently approved by the city .
