C-store chain Stinker buying instead of building
POSTED: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 11:38 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Commercial Real Estate, retail, Stinker Stations
Boise-based Stinker Stores Inc. in mid-January grew its chain of convenience stores to 50 units by acquiring what had been a Chevron-branded store at the northwest corner of Cole and Ustick roads, Boise. Terry Debban was the seller.
Stinker Stores has purchased and re-branded several successful convenience stores in the last four years, said Charley Jones, [...]
When should I buy?
POSTED: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 03:08 PM PTBY: Dani Grigg
Tags: Residential Real Estate, state of Idaho, tax credit
When my husband and I started to consider the possibility of buying our first home last September, we consulted a mortgage banker. The advice we received was: “Hurry! Buy now! The tax credit will not be extended and interest rates are going up!”
Well, we didn’t buy then. Fast forward six months to today, and here’s [...]
Some good news found in state employment picture
POSTED: Monday, March 1, 2010 at 04:54 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Employment, Idaho Department of Labor, jobs, state of Idaho
The recently released Idaho Employment newsletter for February, produced by the Idaho Department of Labor, opens with a not-so-positive recap of job and wage losses during the year ended June 30 of ‘09, but some positive news can be found.
Some sectors added jobs, and there are signs that work hours are starting to increase even [...]
Idaho Commerce Department helps make connections
POSTED: Friday, February 26, 2010 at 04:06 PM PTBY: Robb Hicken
Tags: Idaho Department of Commerce, stimulus funding
The federal government has tried to stimulate the economy through a number of programs and the infusion of billions of dollars into grants. The hope is that small businesses will take advantage of these grants and begin to use the money to make the right hire.
Idaho’s economic recovery has been pegged by more than one [...]
Why the immigration bills will die
POSTED: Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 11:27 AM PTBY: Simon Shifrin
Tags: Alex LaBeau, Brent Olmstead, E-Verify, Idaho Legislature, immigration, Michael Tomlin
There are plenty of reasons why Idaho is not going to follow states like Arizona and Oklahoma and turn state and county prosecutors into enforcers of immigration law.
I disagree with my co-blogger Mike Tomlin, who claims that lawmakers are simply hiding behind the argument that immigration is a federal issue. Yes, that is one of [...]
West Pocatello: Idaho’s best old house neighborhood
POSTED: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 10:50 AM PTBY: Dani Grigg
Tags: City of Pocatello, neighborhoods, North End, This Old House
There’s an old neighborhood in Idaho that has been singled out by a national magazine for its historic charm.
And to you Boise people, if your mind jumps to the same neighborhood mine does, you’re wrong.
With Boise’s North End’s growing collection of magazine write-ups, another recognition probably wouldn’t be cause for much more than a smile [...]
Signs of economic life appear at Bannock Development office
POSTED: Monday, February 22, 2010 at 02:26 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Bannock Development Corp., Gynii Gilliam, Hoku, Nordic Wind Power, Premier Technology
Something unusual happened to Bannock Development Corp. Executive Director Gynii Gilliam on the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Her phone started ringing.
“Something happened then, and since then I don’t think we have slowed down,” Gilliam said.
She oversees economic development in Pocatello and in Bannock County, and assists in various eastern Idaho economic development projects. The recession hit the [...]
It takes only one to recycle
POSTED: Friday, February 19, 2010 at 11:36 AM PTBY: Robb Hicken
Tags: City of Caldwell, College of Idaho, conservation, recycling
The College of Idaho, together with the city of Caldwell, has launched a recycling program. It is one of the largest efforts across Canyon County. College of Idaho President Marvin Henberg is dedicated to supporting a greener campus, and together with allied waste and the city, it is just the first step.
Student run programs such as [...]
Tax me, please
POSTED: Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 11:15 AM PTBY: Simon Shifrin
Tags: Amazon.com, Apple, Idaho Legislature, taxes, The Record Exchange
I don’t do all that much shopping online these days, but when I do, I’m happy to see a company tack on a separate line on my bill for sales taxes.
That might sound strange, but when I see that, I know I’m not going to have to worry about saving receipts and remembering to pay [...]
Construction industry declares stimulus a success
POSTED: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 04:21 PM PTBY: Dani Grigg
Tags: Associated General Contractors, Construction, Economy
It’s been one year since President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the stimulus package, into law.
The anniversary isn’t a very happy one for the construction industry.
In the past 12 months, the construction industry has lost close to a million jobs around the nation. One in [...]
