Troy Oppie
Troy Oppie grew up playing trombone in Seattle, developing an interest in jazz at an early age thanks to many great music teachers. That interest in music became an interest in radio, and Troy was eventually blessed with an opportunity to host overnight jazz programming on KPLU-FM in Seattle for nearly five years.
In 2006, he started a television career at KECI-TV in Missoula, Montana. Less than three years after arriving in Missoula, he was hired at Boise's KBOI-TV (then KBCI-TV), where he spent five years as a sports anchor and reporter.
After leaving television in fall 2013, Troy transitioned to a full-time career as a financial associate for Thrivent Financial. When not in his office or the studio, Troy might be playing trombone with the Boise Modern Jazz Orchestra or Phatazmagoria!. But, he's more likely to be home with his wife Carly and daughter Brooklyn.
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Police are investigating reported harassment of the University of Utah women's basketball team while staying in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, for the NCAA tournament in nearby Spokane, Wash.
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In Boise's Warm Springs Mesa neighborhood, a new alert system is the latest step in efforts to improve the community's response and communication in the event of a wildfire or other emergency, as the memory of the Table Rock fire is still fresh for most residents.
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Refineries are still ramping up after the pandemic tanked fuel demand. That's causing shortages at the airports where firefighting tanker planes and helicopters fill up.
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Twenty-five years after wolves were reintroduced to Idaho, state lawmakers want most of the animals killed, despite different advice from wildlife managers.
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A new law authorizes and encourages killing 90% of Idaho's wolf population: about 1,350 animals. That goes against professional wildlife managers' advice, and not all hunters like the idea either.