As part of its 25th birthday bash, Sockeye Brewery of Boise announced on June 23 that it would establish a second location in northwest Boise, in the retail space formerly occupied by the 36th Street Garden Center & Bistro. The ...
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Idaho’s hottest real estate market is Coeur d’Alene 
For over a year, Coeur d’Alene has outperformed Boise as a real estate market, based on the realtor.com hotness index. Using the most recent data available, from March 2021, Coeur d’Alene was one of the 20 hottest real estate markets ...
Read More »Vaccination hesitancy in Howe second-worst in nation 
New survey data identified part of Butte County as having the second-highest COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in the United States. The area in question is the 83244 zip code, which covers the unincorporated community of Howe and the upper Little Lost ...
Read More »EXPO Idaho panel tells Ada Co.: “You can have it all” 
For the future of EXPO Idaho, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) told Ada County to “think big,” include all the uses it wanted and devote time and effort up front to adequately plan both strategically and financially. The ULI experts ...
Read More »Lost Rivers finds $409,000 in bond savings 
Brad Huerta may have been the happiest man in Idaho when he got off the phone with the Idaho Bond Banking Authority (IBBA). Huerta, CEO of the Lost Rivers Medical Center (LRMC) in Arco, finalized refinancing the hospital’s bonded debt ...
Read More »Perpetua Resources listed on Russell 3000, Microcap indices 
FTSE Russell released the final reconstitution of the Russell 3000 and Russell Microcap indices on June 25. Perpetua Resources, headquartered in Boise, was added to both indices. The inclusion into the Russell 3000 was not too much of a surprise ...
Read More »Preliminary EXPO Idaho survey results: Keep the fair 
Ada County announced preliminary results from its public survey about the fate of EXPO Idaho on June 23, reporting that most of the respondents to date would like to keep the Western Idaho Fair at its current location. In addition, ...
Read More »Mountain Home announces downtown redevelopment 
The Mountain Home Urban Renewal Agency (MHURA) accepted a proposal at its June meeting from Weitz and Company of Boise for the Hub Building in the city’s historic downtown district. What is the Hub Building? The Hub Building is at ...
Read More »Top Idaho pandemic destination was Meridian 
Because the Boise area is a frequent location mentioned by moving studies, it should be no surprise that yet still another of these recently featured the Treasure Valley. A collaborative piece of research by two companies — AllConnect.com, which brokers ...
Read More »Saltzer opens Meridian surgery center 
Saltzer Health opened its new surgery center on June 16 at its Ten Mile Medical Campus in Meridian, at 875 S. Vanguard Way, just off the Ten Mile Road interchange on I-84. Saltzer opened its four-story building at Ten Mile ...
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