Sandpoint attempts to drive mixed-use projects 
By Dani Grigg
The northern Idaho city of Sandpoint wants to go further than most cities have gone to get people living downtown. A new zoning code would allow buildings over 35 feet in certain areas only if the building’s mass above that point contained a certain percentage of housing - 50 percent downtown and 100 percent in two [...]
ISU’s Feit given award from counseling association
Idaho State University interim dean of the Kasiska College of Health Professions Stephen Feit has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Idaho Counseling Association for 2010. Feit is also a professor of counseling and former chair of the ISU counseling department. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire, with a degree in sociology. Feit [...]
Former industrial sales rep opens Twig’s Cellar
By Gaye Bunderson
When Twig Munro decided she wanted to own a restaurant, she did her homework. In fact, she studied every tome she could get her hands on that would instruct her in opening a noshery. “I read every book the Boise Public Library had on operating a restaurant,” Munro said. Now, she’s the proprietor of Twig’s Cellar, [...]
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What's in a business name? A lot, it turns out
By Pete Butler
This is the first in a series of articles that will describe the trials and tribulations of starting a business - in this case, my new business valuation, litigation support and management consulting firm. If I do not get the name “right” and want to change it later, my future headaches could be substantial. Thus, I [...]
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Green building report examines barriers, best practices
All over the world, individuals, corporations and nations are pledging to "go green," but progress too often is slowed or stopped by lack of information, [...]
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Green building report examines barriers, best practices
All over the world, individuals, corporations and nations are pledging to "go green," but progress too often is slowed or stopped by lack of information, [...]
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Idaho Banking Co. enters agreement with regulators
Idaho Bancorp and subsidiary Idaho Banking Co. on March 10 announced that they entered a written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco [...]
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Survey: Idaho employers tight on health benefits
Idaho employers continued reining in access to health care coverage between 2007 and 2009 as the state's economy moved from creating more jobs than any [...]
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House panel agrees to full hearing for Internet sales tax measure
A House committee voted narrowly to consider a bill that would let Idaho officials participate in talks with two dozen other states about collecting sales [...]
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Sandpoint attempts to drive mixed-use projects
The northern Idaho city of Sandpoint wants to go further than most cities have gone to get people living downtown. A new zoning code [...]
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Energy Resources announces grants to municipalities
The Idaho Office of Energy Resources on March 8 announced the award of second-phase Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program funds to 17 municipal [...]
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Hoku receives $50 million from Tianwei loan to finance polysilicon plant
Hoku Materials, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, established to manufacture and sell polysilicon for the solar market, has received the second half of [...]
By Robb Hicken
For years, the Idaho Supreme Court has been a leader in management practice for the justice system in its innovation and constant improvements to serve the people of Idaho.
By Michael Tomlin
It seems like a magic bullet. Out of payroll money? Just furlough some folks and the money comes back to you. That is the University of Idaho’s plan, and they are not alone.
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