Would-be Tamarack buyer faces second lawsuit from a federal agency
By Brad Iverson-Long
The U.S. Department of Labor is suing Matthew Hutcheson for allegedly taking more than $3.2 million from retirement plans he oversaw in an unsuccessful effort to buy the failed Tamarack Resort. Hutcheson, a retirement advisor from Eagle, faces four counts of violating retirement laws in federal civil court. The charges, filed May 15, come a [...]
Scott Soder joins Idaho Public TV 
Idaho Public Television has hired Scott Soder as its new director of major giving. Soder has held development positions with University of the Pacific, University of Idaho and the 4-H Youth Development Program. He has 20 years of nonprofit consulting experience. As director of major giving, Soder will help expand the participation of major investors [...]
Project Update: Buffalo Wild Wings, Pocatello
An approximately 6,000-square-foot Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant is set to open May 21 in the Pocatello Square shopping center. Work is about two weeks ahead of schedule, said Scott Stimpson, vice president of Nampa-based general contractor Radix Construction. Doug Davis, of the franchisee group that owns four other Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants in Idaho, said [...]
Workers want to give you their feedback
The crystal ball of employee surveys is showing us that workers are frustrated with their employers. Their major gripe? Companies won’t put policies and practices in place to support their own goals. In a recent survey of 800 people in the finance, healthcare, retail, aerospace and defense industries, nearly 50 percent of workers surveyed believed [...]
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International Isotopes trims loss in quarter
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BSU sports rank 62nd in revenue
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Niagara Falls pro bono work a major headache for BoDo developer
- Idaho to boost prison medical staff
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New green building code for Ketchum housing
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Federal grant could help add traffic at Boise Airport
- Meridian sees higher-value commercial remodels
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Brewforia moves beer festivals to Meridian after rocky relations with Boise
- Micron’s potential Elpida buyout comes with risk
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C of I hopes football will boost profile, fundraising
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Construction
New green building code for Ketchum housing
Home builders in Ketchum will need to follow new rules for green building. The city approved code changes that went into effect May 16. The [...]
Education
BSU sports rank 62nd in revenue
The Boise State University Broncos brought in $37.5 million in revenues in the 2011 fiscal year, an 82 percent increase from 2006. The Broncos [...]
Financial Services
Cascade Bancorp reports profit
Bend, Ore.-based Cascade Bancorp, which posted its first profitable quarter in years, is getting help from Idaho. “There is a lot of growth potential in [...]
Health Care
Consumer lawyers concerned about medical credit cards
Many doctors and dentists are marketing medical credit cards to their patients, and consumer lawyers say they are a new wave of predatory lending. The [...]
Real Estate
Alleged squatter, tenant farmer, sued
A legal tussle has flared up after a land transaction sparked the new owner to accuse a tenant of trespassing and growing crops without [...]
Resources
U.S. Silver reports higher sales, lower earnings
U.S. Silver Corp. on May 10 reported first quarter net income of $2.85 million or 5 cents per basic share, down 3 percent from more [...]
I’m flying to upstate New York for my college reunion next week, and I’m stockpiling work and reading matter on my Kindle. With stops in Minneapolis and Atlanta, it’s going to take me 13 hours to get there. But that’s the way it is to fly from Boise these days. Direct flights are scarce, especially [...]
Most business owners like the idea of being self-employed and, therefore, the “master of the universe.” But the downside of that dominion is that sometimes the business and/or its owner(s) may be liable in damages for its employees’ conduct even when it doesn’t occur directly “on the job” or with the business owner’s knowledge and [...]
