Long before they made a name for themselves in the Boise State football program, players like Tyler Crowe and Austin Bolt were running wild on the fields at the Optimist Youth Sports Complex in Boise.

The happiness of others is important to Ashley Makley. Two seconds of her kindness could turn the day around for someone else ...

REDLANDS – Redlands High School sophomore football player Zack Lindsey was making the best of his day during Friday’s Optimist Games. Lindsey was walking around with his Optimist Buddy, Tifon, and the ...

Over 50 kids braved 40-mph wind gusts to wet a line on opening day at the annual Trout Rodeo sponsored by the Valley Forge Optimist Club. The event was held at the pond behind the Upper Merion ...

NAMPA -; About 1,000 kids will play football this fall thanks in part to fundraising efforts assisted by a former Boise State University sports star. Brock Forsey joined 200 supporters of Nampa ...

The Fort Morgan Evening Optimist Club recently joined with local grade schools in letting students come and pick pumpkins from the Optimist pumpkin patch. For years the Optimist Club has provided this ...

COLUMBIA — Five kids stood in front of colorful illustrations on a mural splashed across the Downtown Optimist Club building on Grand Avenue Thursday evening. Intermingled in the illustrations were ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A local nonprofit marked 75 years this week of providing support and joy to local Gallatin County ...