The first communal bomb shelter in the United States was constructed in Boise in 1961, during the height of the Cold War.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the U.S. was going to start building fallout shelters. Boise's was the first. That shelter is now for sale.

According to the Boise Police Department, the discovery on Thursday, May 15, prompted officials to issue a shelter-in-place order for the neighborhood, as bomb squad specialists were called to the ...

The Boise police bomb squad safely detonated explosive devices found while serving a narcotics warrant on Alfred Court. Residents sheltered in place for hours.

The men, a 58-year-old from Boise and a 50-year-old from New Plymouth, now face felony charges of possession of a destructive device or bomb, according to a police news release.

Two men were arrested in Boise this week after police discovered they were in possession of homemade bombs, police said.

The Idaho Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a Boise neighborhood association’s fight to stop the shelter.

Two men were arrested in Boise this week after police discovered they were in possession of homemade bombs, police said.