#SaltLakeCity and #BoiseIdaho make #PrideFlags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and REBECCA BOONE
Updated 7:57 PM EDT, May 7, 2025

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week showing support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of their states’ Republican-controlled Legislatures, which have banned traditional rainbow pride flags at schools and government buildings.

"Utah’s capital of Salt Lake City created new flag designs while Boise, the capital of Idaho, made the traditional pride flag one of its official city flags. The move in Utah came hours before a ban on unsanctioned flag displays took effect Wednesday."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/boise-salt-lake-city-pride-flags-law-13c8f9f7269d1b33daaa7ef041c6c497

My wife and I had dinner at a place in Boise, Idaho called The Stagecoach Inn, a restaurant that has been around since 1959! We also made friends with this lovely couple lol.

Blistering #HeatWave to have interior [Western United States] searing into second week of June

Millions across the West will bake under intense June sunshine as the hottest weather since last summer builds over the region into the weekend.

By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

Published Jun 5, 2024 3:06 PM EDT | Updated Jun 6, 2024 10:46 AM EDT

"The notoriously hot cities of #LasVegas and #Phoenix will have high temperatures on multiple days in the neighborhood of 110 F. However, even in these sizzling summertime cities, the temperature is 10-15 degrees above the historical average for June.

"#SaltLakeCity will have multiple days with highs in the 90s through Sunday. #BoiseIdaho, can expect highs in the 90s through at least Tuesday, and the temperature could make a run at the 100-degree mark Saturday when the record is 101, set in 2016.

"#DeathValley may even crack the 120-degree mark for the first time this year, a level of heat not usually experienced in the hottest place in North America until June 24. "

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/blistering-heat-wave-to-have-interior-west-searing-into-second-week-of-june/1656973
#ExtremeHeat #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe

And, to all a good night #fridaynight #moon #nightphotography #boiseidaho #springishere

Night photos from @BoiseTrainDepot
#MyHomeTown #BoiseIdaho