It's exactly what it sounds like. Each New Year's Eve, a giant potato is lowered at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise to count ...

The Idaho New Years Commission wants to make the Potato Drop the state’s “signature holiday event.” Established on New Year’s ...

Fireworks light up the sky as the giant potato is lowered to celebrate the arrival of 2022 at the Idaho Potato Drop in downtown Boise by the state Capitol. Sarah A. Miller smiller@idahostatesman ...

The Idaho Potato Drop is an unusual way of observing New Year’s Eve in Boise, Idaho. This celebration consists of a huge fiberglass potato that is dropped at midnight of the new year.

But Pennsylvania, not Idaho, is America's leading producer of potato chips. Why is that the case ... founded by the ...

Enter the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, which will be played on Boise State’s Smurf Turf between Northern Illinois and Fresno ...

The other drop that deserves a nod happens in the small town that drops a tribute to another iconic Idaho crop.

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Boise to see the infamous Idaho Potato descend from the sky to ring in 2025.

The Northern Illinois Huskies (7-5) and Fresno State Bulldogs (6-6) meet Monday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Kickoff from Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET (ESPN).