Public outreach doesn’t have to tap taxpayers
POSTED: Friday, July 23, 2010 at 11:27 AM PTBY: Robb Hicken
Tags: Boise Airport, City of Boise
It doesn’t cost any money to convince people of this: the city of Boise needs a stronger airport with improved passenger and freight access to grow its economy.
And that cannot happen unless there is a change in the state’s Constitution.
One of three constitutional amendments, up for a vote in November, would let public airports in [...]
Micron gives $1.2M to U of I to discover why students don’t excel in technology
POSTED: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 09:59 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Dee Mooney, Duane Nellis, Educational Testing Service, Micron Technology Foundation, University of Idaho
Micron Technology Foundation is giving $1.2 million to the University of Idaho for research on why Idaho students don’t do better in technology.
The four-year gift, announced July 21, will pay for the university to study the root causes behind why Idaho students lag behind others in science, technology, engineering and math. The university will also [...]
GBAD chairman wants board to reverse vote on BCVB
POSTED: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 04:42 PM PTBY: Simon Shifrin
Tags: Boise Centre, Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau, Greater Boise Auditorium District
The chairman of the Greater Boise Auditorium District is threatening to reverse his vote to give the Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau three additional months to sort out its future because of “uncovered information that was misrepresented or not presented.”
Mike Wilson has called a special meeting for 3:30 p.m. July 22 and is urging the [...]
Treasure Valley restaurants offer twist on happy hour 
POSTED: Monday, July 19, 2010 at 08:28 AM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: Bardenay Restaurant, Flatbread Community Oven, Mai Tai, restaurants
Call it the happy hour phenomenon. The concept of serving up cheap drinks between the hours of 3-5 in the afternoon has evolved with various factors, becoming both an economic and social trend in the Treasure Valley.
Flip through a restaurant guide, check out a menu, or peruse the drink list, and most likely, your favorite [...]
Stress is still spelled s-t-r-e-s-s
POSTED: Monday, July 12, 2010 at 08:06 AM PTBY: Robb Hicken
Tags: Idaho Department of Labor, unemployment
The numbers add up - that’s what the economists will tell us. By taking the number of goods/sales, crops planted/crops harvested, homes repossessed/homes sold, contracts broken/contracts signed … you get the point, it adds up to show a less stressful environment.
Seriously, The Associated Press released a survey that said nearly two-thirds of the counties in [...]
Future of Eagle city hall uncertain
POSTED: Friday, July 9, 2010 at 08:02 AM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: City of Eagle, Construction
In Eagle, the future of City Hall remains in question, specifically because of its high operating costs. Now a task force is proposing four options that could save thousands of dollars annually.
In 2009, Eagle was forced to slash its workforce by 40 percent, and reduce services for everything from park maintenance to its contract with [...]
Frightening reality of the ‘copy machine’
POSTED: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 01:46 PM PTBY: Robb Hicken
Tags: Technology
Every company these days has one of those copiers that multi-task.
You know, it not only copies, it faxes, receives e-mails, it prints colors, collates, prints two sides, staples and does everything but bring you lunch.
If you think about it, they could help bring you lunch.
We have one of “those” machines in our office, and [...]
And you thought summer camp was for kids
POSTED: Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 08:35 AM PTBY: Robb Hicken
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is due to attend the annual Allen & Co. media conference in Sun Valley.
The Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference is an annual conference hosted and wholly independently funded by private investment firm Allen & Company. The conference has taken place in Sun Valley [...]
Multitaskers rejoice over new Apple iPhone 4
POSTED: Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Apple iPhone, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, Dealchirp
Ben Quintana, the director of public relations for the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, is a proud multitasker.
“I have to be,” said Quintana, who keeps his followers on Twitter and other social media up-to-date with photos and messages about the hundreds of events that the Chamber carries out every year.
Quintana foresees an even brighter future [...]
Border battle crosses the line
POSTED: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 01:00 PM PTBY: Robb Hicken
Tags: immigration
Hundreds of immigrants have begun crossing the border from Canada into Idaho. They are hunkering down in the valley north of Moyes Springs, cultivating their “secret” plans to move into the state and find ways to cultivate drug and human smuggling activities.
Local police and Division of Wildlife agents in Bonner County have posted signs, warning [...]
