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Applications to Idaho’s only law school rose 18 percent in 2010, a far greater increase than the national average. Students submitted 859 completed applications to the University of Idaho’s College of Law, Dean Don Burnett said, compared to last year’s ...

Rick Provencher assumes management of the Idaho National Laboratory as nuclear energy appears poised to enter a period of development in the United States. The nuclear industry has been re-energized by support from the White House and from some movement ...

One of the greatest obstacles to further developing Idaho’s high-tech industry is its work force, say entrepreneurs who gathered May 26 in Boise for a workshop on business innovation. About 150 business owners, entrepreneurs and other leaders in Idaho met ...

Bob Everhart, the executive director of the Idaho Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau, had been confident all along that the proposed Eagle Rock uranium enrichment plant would move forward as planned 18 miles west of Idaho Falls. But news that ...

Several Idaho State University faculty, including a young assistant professor who starts work at ISU next month, have won three U.S. Department of Energy grants worth $2.5 million. ISU researcher Brian Williams is collaborating with Richard Schultz and Donald McEligot ...

New Boise State University engineering graduate Hector Ocampo made a conscious decision to steer clear of the high-tech jobs that are open to electrical engineering and computing graduates like him in Idaho. Instead Ocampo, who has years of experience in ...

The Eagle company that is seeking to build a nuclear power plant in Payette County has no plans to use a compact nuclear reactor for power generation there, but might use the new technology later in other locations, a spokesman ...

The College of Western Idaho‘s first trip to the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference was a success, with students placing in the top ten in seven of 51 competitive events. The team of business management, administration and information ...

Eagle-based Alternate Energy Holdings on May 18 announced that its Chinese subsidiary has agreed to work with a company that produces desalination plants. A subsidiary of the Idaho company, AEHI China, signed an agreement with Dalian Shipbuilding and Equipment Manufacturing ...

Dealchirp, a Boise-based Web site that promotes independent, locally owned businesses, this week created an iPhone application with a geolocator that alerts users when they’re walking past a great deal. The free iPhone app lets the user set the size ...