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Erin Retelle loves the science and the quantitative thinking required of her academic field, geology. But when Retelle was laid off from her job as a geologist in 2008, she spent little time hunting for a new geology position. With ...

Fed up with a futile search for work in construction, Boise resident Stephen Wells plans to parlay his beekeeping skills into a different kind of living. Wells, 29, maintains about 60 hives now and would like to expand that number. ...

Idaho has lost 6,300 of its high tech jobs – about 11 percent in that sector. But there’s good news too: Between 2007 and 2009, Idaho gained 250 small high-tech companies. Entrepreneurs who lost their jobs or just left them ...

With eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms to fill, LaVon Grandy decided to capitalize on her 13-year-old country home in Medimont by opening a bed and breakfast inn. Grandy contacted local authorities to find out what she needed, and it was ...

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 ...

Note: Idaho Tennis Association is just one of many organizations planning to participate in the Boise Rec Fest June 26-27 in Ann Morrison Park. The association will offer clinics throughout the event. Other organizations offering participatory activities include Wing Center, ...

Lawmakers in Washington are debating a measure that would limit the amount of money charged to retailers for a credit card “swipe.” But Java, a busy coffee shop in Hyde Park, isn’t waiting for the outcome of congressional action. The ...

Lowell Scott Middle School student Gaia Kutkuhn says she was the only girl in her seventh-grade science class last year who actually wanted to dissect a frog. Kutkuhn found plenty of company at Chip Camp, a summer experience put on ...

Regence BlueShield has launched an all-Spanish Web site hoping to make a closer connection to Idaho’s largest minority group. Like its English-language site, Regence BlueShield’s Spanish site includes information about health and wellness issues important to the Latino community, information ...

Although Idaho residents don’t like the property tax and think it’s unfair, the state’s largest city relies more heavily on that tax than others of similar size to pay for its police, parks, and other services. In a survey of ...