The ongoing lawsuit over the permitted Caldwell Canyon Mine continues to grind its way through the U.S. District Court of Idaho, with Judge B. Lynn Winmill presiding. Recent activity in the case includes the submittal of all the defendant responses ...
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Boise has $570M water infrastructure bond on ballot 
The City of Boise wants to issue $570 million in bonds spread over a 10-year period that will finance the replacement of water treatment equipment, much of which is over 70 years old in a system that still includes water ...
Read More »Lamb Weston to issue new notes
Taking advantage of lower interest rates continues to be popular with Idaho firms and local governments and taxing districts. This time around, it is the french fry giant Lamb Weston jumping on the opportunity to reissue some of its debt ...
Read More »Boise residential real estate spurs conflicting rankings 
Is the residential real estate market in Boise really that great? The Idaho Business Review (IBR) took a look at both the good and the not-so-good aspects of the current state of the Boise area home buying scene as we ...
Read More »Cobalt mine not completely out of the blue 
The decades-long saga of bringing a cobalt mine online in the mountains 25 miles to the west of Salmon has been on and off the burner since the 1990s. Today, Australian cobalt firm Jervois Global plans to ship its first ...
Read More »Remaining farmland in central Idaho Falls dwindling with recent sale 
The last big unincorporated piece of farmland in the center of Idaho Falls has been sold. The 60-acre property on S. Holmes Avenue between the Home Depot and E. 25th Street is the last large piece left undeveloped in what ...
Read More »Snake River Holdings buys Kodiak America 
Kodiak America in Burley became part of Snake River Holdings on Sept. 29 in a move that brings this manufacturer of heavy snow removal equipment under the same corporate umbrella as another Burley company: potato equipment company Double L. “Kodiak ...
Read More »A hard year for farmers 
Between the drought and the extreme heat this summer, the crop outlook isn’t great for Idaho. Now on the last downhill toward the end of harvest, it’s time to take a look at what this year’s been like for Idaho ...
Read More »New Census resource provides Idaho-specific retail data 
One of the richest data sources that the Idaho Business Review (IBR) uses for economic analysis is the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau published a recorded webinar session in the last week of September for its new experimental monthly ...
Read More »Idaho Falls OfficeMax to close 
The OfficeMax store on the Northgate Mile in Idaho Falls will close its doors permanently. The store has been a fixture for many years, located in the same shopping center as the Idaho Falls Fred Meyer store. Closing this OfficeMax ...
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