Cassia Regional Technology Center duo heads to Ford HQ for competition 
POSTED: Friday, May 18, 2012 at 02:19 PM PTBY: Blair Koch
A pair of graduating high school seniors from southern Idaho is headed to Michigan in June for a national auto skills competition that has already won them thousands of dollars in scholarships. Taylor Grisham and Slade Beck, both 18, won the May 4 Idaho state Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition in Boise. They earned a [...]
Commercial development restarting in Twin Falls
POSTED: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 09:26 AM PTBY: Blair Koch
Plans for a 250,000-square-foot retail center on 12 lots in Twin Falls have been dusted off and restarted, a sign of growing confidence in southern Idaho’s economic recovery. The Twin Falls City Council this month approved a zoning map change to allow the development of Canyon Park on the Snake River canyon rim in Twin Falls. [...]
Twin Falls mosaic promotes glass recycling
POSTED: Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 11:54 AM PTBY: Blair Koch
The shattered glass mural taking shape on the exterior wall of Woody’s Bar in Twin Falls is an open-air artpiece, and it’s an advertising campaign for a local woman who would like to keep discarded glass out of the landfill. And with any luck, a 34-foot-section of the colorful mosaic, which was designed by a [...]
Federal grant helps small dairy add yogurt to its line
POSTED: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 11:17 AM PTBY: Blair Koch
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture
A Buhl dairy is getting ready to launch a new line of yogurt with help from a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grant, from a program called Value-Added Producer, will help Bill and Donna Stolzfus buy advertising and labels for the yogurt they make at their Cloverleaf Creamery. Cloverleaf is carrying [...]
Idahoans are raising yaks for meat, fiber
POSTED: Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 02:47 PM PTBY: Blair Koch
Mark and Tina Bolduc’s pastured yaks in the Hagerman Valley make the country road look a little like Yellowstone National Park. But the wildlife isn’t buffalo; they’re fenced-in yaks, cattle-like animals with handlebar horns, long shaggy coats and shoulder humps. The Bolducs are raising yaks for the fiber from their coats and for their meat. But the [...]
Budding optimism for spring residential construction
POSTED: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 12:00 PM PTBY: Blair Koch
Tags: National Association of Home Builders
During the wild time that was the housing-market boom, Pocatello real estate agents were selling nearly 130 newly built homes a year. In 2011 that number was 27, said Greg Johnston of the Home Specialists Real Estate Co. He said there are a few signs that 27 will not become the new normal, including an [...]
AARP advocating to keep the lights on for seniors
POSTED: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 10:00 AM PTBY: Blair Koch
Tags: AARP Idaho, David Irwin, IPUC
AARP Idaho is working to create a consumer advocacy group to respond to rate hike requests filed with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. Forty percent of Idahoans 50 and older report they have difficulty affording their utility bills, said David Irwin, AARP Idaho communications director. A consumer advocacy panel gives “the least able to afford [...]
Stay ahead of the curve by being aware of tax changes
POSTED: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 02:52 PM PTBY: Blair Koch
Tags: Ames & Co., Cooper Norman, Deagle, Stevens Pierce & Associates
Although you won’t know your tax liability until your profits and losses are established, it’s always best to be ahead of the curve by being aware of tax rule changes for the year ahead. Knowing about the various tax law changes will help you plan for the coming year and boost your bottom line. Small [...]
Glanbia Foods, Uptown Developers seals deal with Twin Falls URA
POSTED: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 01:08 PM PTBY: Blair Koch
In the spring of 2013, Glanbia Foods will move into two new downtown Twin Falls buildings paid for by the company itself, a developer and the city’s Urban Renewal Agency. Glanbia and Uptown Developers signed an agreement in mid-January with the Twin Falls URA to build a “cheese innovation center” and corporate office complex on the [...]
Sun Valley, Eddie Bauer in partnership this winter
POSTED: Monday, January 23, 2012 at 05:09 PM PTBY: Blair Koch
Tags: Sun Valley Resort
The clothing retailer Eddie Bauer chose Sun Valley as the backdrop for its catalogue this year, promoting the ski resort and some of its local residents in the pages of its holiday catalogue. The Bellevue, Wash., company uses a different mountain town each year for its holiday catalogue. Its “Christmas in Sun Valley,” marketing campaign [...]
