Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A couple of years ago, the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office pulled one of those April Fools jokes by posting on social ...

BOISE, Idaho — An assay office is a facility where the quality and purity of precious metals, such as gold, silver, and platinum, are tested and certified. The process, called assaying, involves ...

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. A construction project at the historic Assay Office building in Boise has unearthed artifacts of items that were thrown away and buried as far back as 150 ...

On May 1, Boiseans will get a chance to see a historic building in a new light and kick off a month of celebrating history throughout Idaho. Members of the public are invited to take part in a May 1 ...

A couple of years ago, the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office pulled one of those April Fools jokes by posting on social media that it had to sell the iconic Assay Office building in Boise to ...