Northern Idaho airplane industry group lifts off 
By Brad Iverson-Long
Aerospace companies in northern Idaho have gotten together to launch a new alliance that will advocate for their interests. The Idaho Aerospace Alliance will focus on worker training programs, and will share information and resources among regional manufacturers and suppliers that work with the aerospace industry. “We’re ready to let the world know we’re there,” said Jim [...]IBR Digital Edition
Law firm expands staff, hires paralegal O’Tyson
Parsons Behle & Latimer has expanded the paralegal team in its Boise office (formerly Zarian Midgley and Johnson) with the addition of Julie O’Tyson. O’Tyson brings more than a decade of experience as an intellectual property paralegal. Her extensive background includes management of foreign and domestic intellectual property portfolios for clients and preparing trademark applications and correspondence [...]
Goodbye, fine dining; hello, hot dogs
By Gaye Bunderson
Mark Makin has been a building contractor, owner of one restaurant, co-owner of another, general manager and chef at a fine dining spot, and when he wanted to slow down from that whirlwind career, he plunked down his own money to start selling untraditional hot dogs at a downtown Boise spot that had been the [...]
Some businesses blowing smoke over health care
By Dan Bobinski
Soon you might get fired for eating too many Krispy Kreme donuts. Why? To save on health care costs, your company has instituted a policy that allows them to fire overweight people. As of this writing, the above policy is fictional. However, some organizations actually have policies that prohibit hiring people who consume legal products in [...]
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Turning the nightlights back on in downtown Nampa
As the season of film glamour and award ceremonies gets underway in Hollywood, a film campaign of a different sort is gaining ground in [...]
Education
Idaho teacher unions see decline in membership
Idaho's new school reform laws have gutted the collective bargaining powers of teachers' unions, and membership in some of the organizations is waning. That's leaving [...]
Financial Services
Equity fund looks to accelerate Idaho companies in the short term
A new private equity fund in the Treasure Valley aims to bring middling manufacturing firms into profitability. But slow returns would likely mean [...]
Health Care
Report: Many health care providers still unhappy with Medicaid claims system
One out of every three Medicaid providers is still unsatisfied with Idaho’s relatively new system for processing Medicaid claims in Idaho, which is a dramatic [...]
Law & Government
Idaho Supreme court rules on loan transfer
The Idaho Supreme Court has weighed in on the nationwide mortgage banking industry’s system of registering and tracking loans. The court, in a Jan. 25 decision, found [...]
Real Estate
Builders extend subdivision permits, await market change
Builder-developer requests for subdivision extensions have been increasingly common in Nampa in response to the housing slowdown. “A lot of ground annexed in the [...]
Resources
Idaho solar plant faces deadline to pay Idaho Power electric bill for December
A struggling southeastern Idaho solar-industry manufacturer has paid its November bill of $1.9 million to Idaho Power Co. and has until Jan. 26 to pay interest [...]
Technology
Premier Technology gives birth to three startups
After building up Premier Technology Inc. to a 350-employee staple in southeastern Idaho, Doug Sayer is ready to start all over again. Sayer is [...]
By Gina Bliss
Over the years, I’ve heard many, many sermons on tithing. It’s a difficult topic for pastors, priests and rabbis. I’ve heard great sermons on the topic, and I’ve heard some that were not great. Churches are businesses, in a way. Their missions are not about money, but their missions can’t be carried out without money. So, [...]
By Christy Rezaii
Many small businesses feel the pressure to join the social media party, encouraged to spit out tweets, posts, likes and other chatter meant to enhance their brand. Maintaining an online presence is an important part of business strategy for many industries, but it’s crucial to include your company’s most valuable resource—customers—in the conversation. And a valuable [...]
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