Thank you for visiting and reading Kuna Chronicle. We are excited to launch what we hope to be an informative and professional news site for the community of Kuna, Idaho. We update weekly on Wednesdays covering issues of specific and pertinent interest to the Kuna community.

Membership is free and open to the public. Kuna Chronicle members are given access to submit articles for publication consideration on our news and opinion pages. Articles may be submitted at any time during the week. Though we will do our best to cover local news and events, we are only a small staff and will likely miss important events/local issues on occasion.

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Community: Kuna Farmers Market Season Kickoff Meeting Posted by Ginny Eggleston on Monday 14 April 2008 By Cheryl McCord The Kuna Farmers Market will hold the 2008 season kickoff meeting Saturday, April 26 from 10:30 until noon at the Kuna Fire Station, 150 West Boise Avenue. The public is invited. Coffee and sweet rolls will be provided. New vendors, not-for-profit organizations who would like to hold fundraisers, entertainers, shoppers, volunteers, and anyone interested in the market are welcome. [ Read the rest ... ] Opinions: Reader explains Jury Nullification Posted by Ginny Eggleston on Friday 11 April 2008 By Rob Oates, Caldwell City Councilman Have you ever served on a jury? Did you know that the jury is one of the most powerful components in our legal system? Unfortunately, a lot of people go to great lengths to make sure they don't get called for jury duty or, if called, that they can be quickly disqualified so they can get on with their lives. If you needed to request a jury trial, how would you feel as the defendant being judged by a jury of the twelve people not smart enough to get out of jury duty? Jury duty is one of the obligations we each share living in our free society. Representative government works because it's a government of the people and people are involved. Juries play a crucial role in our republic. They provide one of the checks that balance the application of government power. The jury is the last line of peaceful defense against a government run amok. [ Read the rest ... ] Government: Legislative Update Posted by Ginny Eggleston on Sunday 02 March 2008 By State House Rep. John Vander Woude, Dist. 21 This week at the Idaho legislature we are still working through the issue of annexation. Previously, HB0524 was introduced into the House State Affairs Committee. Within the last week it has been revised and was presented as a routing slip to the House State Affiars Committee. The revised bill still states that there must be an instrument of consent to annexation. Currently the bill is sitting in the House Local Government Committee. I am also a member of the House Environment, Energy & Technology Committee. On Wednesday, H0482 was presented to the committee dealing with air quality emissions, and is currently being held in committee. The purpose of this bill provides authority to the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a vehicle emission testing and maintenance program. Currently, District 21 already has emissions testing with a maximum cost of $15 per test which is administered by the Air Quality Board. [ Read the rest ... ]

Community: Kuna Chronicle welcomes new staff member! Posted by Ginny Eggleston on Saturday 12 April 2008 We at Kuna Chronicle are proud to announce our new arrival, Lily Virginia! [ Read the rest ... ] Community: Future Boise Aquarium announces poster contest Posted by Ginny Eggleston on Friday 11 April 2008 At the end of this month the Boise Aquarium will announce the location of the future Boise Aquarium. In conjunction with that, the Boise Aquarium and the Aquarium Education committee is sponsoring a poster contest for Boise Valley students The poster contest is open to all school districts in the Boise Valley. Home schooled students can enter through their local assigned school districts. [ Read the rest ... ] Education: Kuna School District to hold alternative school public forum tonight Posted by Ginny Eggleston on Tuesday 05 February 2008 Tonight at 7 p.m. the Kuna School District will be holding a public forum at the Kuna Middle School library to discuss plans to build an alternative high school to serve the Kuna community. Childcare will be available at the middle school for parents who want to attend the forum. The district is looking at building the alternative school on the northwest corner of the current Kuna Middle School property, according to Jay W. Hummel, Kuna's Superintendent of Schools The school will provide a more flexible course of study for high school students within the Kuna district. In the valley, alternative high schools have offered smaller class sizes, giving teachers the opportunity to spend more time one-on-one helping students who are often over-looked in the more traditional high school due to large class sizes. With the addition of an alternative high school, Kuna will be joining the ranks of other local communities such as Meridian (Meridian Academy), Nampa (Alpha I), and Boise (Fort Boise, Mountain Cove, and Booth Memorial). Read the Kuna Melba News next week for a follow-up story on this event.