Idaho Business Review IBR

Average or above-average snowpack and ample rain and cool spring temperatures have reduced the risk or delayed the onset of the wildfire season from Washington and Idaho to North Dakota. National wildfire experts are predicting a busy and costly fire ...

Members of Idaho’s statewide teachers union have filed a lawsuit against the state, the governor and Idaho’s public schools chief over a new law that phases out teacher tenure and wipes out collective bargaining over salaries and benefits. Officials with ...

The fate of ExxonMobil’s plan to haul massive shipments of oil refinery equipment along U.S. Highway 12 in north central Idaho is at stake in a hearing that started April 25 with objections from residents and business owners along the ...

The College of Southern Idaho’s Board of Trustees has changed the school’s bidding process for selecting which companies receive contracts to build the college’s new $7 million technology center. The change means the school will bid out different facets of ...

A school district in eastern Idaho plans to use a lottery system as a last resort to determine layoffs should budget cuts require leaner staffing. The Blackfoot School District revised its policy for reductions in force this month in response ...

A pocket of open space behind tons of collapsed rock and debris has added some optimism to the search for a missing silver miner, despite dangerous conditions that forced rescuers to take a much longer route toward where he is ...

A wind energy industry lobbyist pushing to extend Idaho’s sales tax rebate for alternative power developers made it clear: If the extension died, Roy Eiguren told lawmakers on April 7, so would hundreds of millions worth of his company’s projects. ...

HAILEY – A new estimate for the cost of building an airport in central Idaho at the preferred site will be closer to $327 million rather than the $185 million predicted a few months ago. Financial consultants in the April ...

Grocer Supervalu Inc.’s fiscal fourth-quarter net income dipped 2 percent, partly weighed down by softer sales and store closings. The earnings topped Wall Street expectations. Supervalu stock surged $1.42, or 16 percent, to $10.50 in premarket trading. The stock has ...

POST FALLS – An Alaska company has stepped into buy the State Line Speedway in northern Idaho. Track officials confirmed recently that Competitive Edge LLC, based in North Pole, Alaska, acquired the 37-year-old speedway from Walt and Joe Doellefeld. Terms ...