Idaho Business Review IBR

U.S home prices climbed 6.3 percent in June from a year earlier, as affordability is becoming a greater obstacle for would-be buyers. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose at a slightly slower pace than the 6.5 percent ...

Horizon Airlines made its last flight into the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport on August 25, leaving local travelers with just one direct flight option. The Lewiston Tribune reports Delta/SkyWest is now the only air carrier still serving the Lewiston ...

Vegetarian food-maker Tofurky filed a lawsuit in Missouri on August 27  seeking to defend its right to describe its products with meat terminology such as “sausage” and “hot dogs,” as long as the packaging makes clear what the ingredients are. ...

Confidentiality agreements have come under fire during the #MeToo movement as one way abusive men have been able to hold on to their jobs, and keep harassing more women. State lawmakers are listening. They introduced bills in at least 16 ...

Idaho State athletic director Jeff Tingey has been placed on administrative leave by the school. The school says President Kevin Satterlee felt it was in the best interest of the university to place Tingey on administrative leave, but didn’t give ...

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will pay about $360,000 a year to retain public recreation access to nearly 3,600 square miles of state land. The state Fish and Game Commission agreed on August 23 to pay the state endowment ...

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced his office has reached a settlement with an Idaho Falls-based magazine publisher. According to Wasden’s office, Gary and Sharon Mueller — owners of the Idaho Life LLC — will pay roughly $8,400 in refunds ...

Sales of new U.S. homes slumped 1.7 percent in July, the second straight monthly decline as the broader housing market appears to have lost some of its momentum despite an otherwise solid economy. The Commerce Department said August 23 that ...

Idaho officials say tax fraud from identity theft is decreasing in the state. The Idaho State Tax Commission in a news release August 23 says it stopped more than $129,000 fraudulent income tax refund requests so far this year. The ...

Murray City Council voted to continue its investment in exploring the country’s first small modular nuclear reactor. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Murray, with its additional $15,000 investment approved August 21, has now committed $30,000 to the Carbon Free Power ...