Andy Propst is CEO of HomeRiver Group, a Meridian company that has acquired a half-dozen property management companies around the nation in the last two years and now manages nearly 5,000 rentals in 20 states. When Propst joined the company ...
Read More »Idaho educators say farewell to PTECH program for high-schoolers
As June winds to a close, so does PTECH, or the Pathways to Early Career High School program, a four-year-old effort that aimed to help rural Idaho students continue their education after high school graduation. PTECH was the work of ...
Read More »Idaho’s Sen. Mike Crapo criticizes bank moves to limit guns
With Gary Ramey’s fledgling gun-making business taking off in retail stores, he decided to start offering one of his handguns for sale on his website. That didn’t sit well with the company he used to process payments, and they informed ...
Read More »Tommy Ahlquist leaves Gardner Company for new venture
Developer and former gubernatorial candidate Tommy Ahlquist has left his position as COO at the Gardner Company to create a new company with four other people, led by CEO Cortney Liddiard of Ball Ventures in Idaho Falls. Ahlquist said June ...
Read More »Boise Pride Fest chooses the mainstream
With new sponsors and a much larger budget for its June 15 and 16 event this year, Boise Pride Fest has moved into the Idaho mainstream. Local LGBTQ groups have long been on the fringes in Idaho’s largest city, and ...
Read More »A banker’s quest for more collaboration on the building site
Remember how carmaker Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing by using the assembly line to build affordable cars? Well, that’s what Rob Perez, the Idaho/Washington regional president of First Interstate Bank, would like to do with commercial construction. Perez doesn’t claim to ...
Read More »A word with Dave Fotsch of Boise GreenBike 
David Fotsch is one of Boise’s leading bicycle boosters, a public presence who serves as advocate and expert as well as director of the state’s first bike share program, Boise GreenBike. Fotsch is a lifelong bicyclist (including a paper route ...
Read More »A word with Karen Appelgren, director of Zions Bank’s Business Resource Center 
Karen Appelgren is the director of Zions Bank’s Business Resource Center in Boise, which provides classes, one-on-one business counseling and guest speakers to existing and prospective small business owners. Appelgren is a former teacher who helped start the Women’s Business ...
Read More »Is there a racist clause hiding in that real estate paperwork?
If you own a home in a subdivision that was created in the 1940s and 1950s, you might want to take another look at the paperwork that was attached to your deed. Some of the restrictive covenants that govern what ...
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Read More »Abundant snowfall meant a banner year for northern Idaho ski areas
Low snowfall early in the season in the Rocky Mountains cut down on skier visits this season at many western resorts. But northern Idaho had a banner season, thanks to record-setting snow, and Schweitzer Mountain saw record skier visits over ...
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