Financing of $12 million came together during the last week of January for a six-story building in Twin Falls. The 15,000-square-foot mixed-use project will include workforce housing, commercial offices and retail space. The new building will be at 160 Main Avenue ...
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Idaho Treasurer’s office loses eviction lawsuit appeal 
For anyone new to town or just not paying attention, ever since January 2018, the Legislature has been working to take over the offices of the Idaho State Treasurer on the first floor of the State Capitol Building. After refusing ...
Read More »Idaho returns to Stage 3 but vaccines are still scarce 
Governor Brad Little announced on Feb. 2 that Idaho has once again progressed to Idaho Rebounds Stage 3. “When we moved back to Stage 2 in November, case counts were spiking and hospitals were bracing for the worst,” Little remarked. ...
Read More »Analysis: Could electrifying Idaho really get these results? 
This article was updated on Feb. 10 to incorporate a response from Rewiring America. An analysis by a renewable-energy think tank estimates that electrifying every home and vehicle in Idaho could save $1.3 billion and create 35,314 jobs. For the ...
Read More »Ada citizen committee recommends uses for Expo Idaho 
The final 2018 demise of horse racing at the Ada County-owned Expo Idaho site led county commissioners to form a citizen committee in January 2020 to advise on the future of the 247 acre site — a public property that ...
Read More »What makes Boise a top home rental market? 
The Treasure Valley is one of the leading markets in the nation in the rapidly growing single-family home built-to-rent market. The reasons behind this was one of the major topics of a Jan. 28 virtual roundtable on family rentals, held ...
Read More »How many vaccinations has Idaho given? It’s not simple 
National news outlets are not reporting accurate Idaho vaccine data. Much of the blame for this is due to both data entry delays and from using data from U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention instead of from the State of ...
Read More »Midas Gold reaches cleanup agreement for Stibnite 
Midas Gold Corporation of Vancouver, B.C., has forged an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. National Forest Service on a three-phase plan to remediate the abandoned Stibnite mine in Valley County. The firm announced the agreement ...
Read More »Analysis: Idaho hospital price transparency lacks clarity 
A new health care transparency rule went into effect on Jan.1, requiring hospitals to publish all prices, including those negotiated with private insurers. Hospitals have implemented the new rule around the state with some highly variable results. The new rule ...
Read More »Rise in multifamily living boosts self-storage units 
Self-storage businesses in Idaho can pop up faster than mushrooms after a rainstorm. Two market factors drive this trend: Idaho’s growth and regional economic metrics that favor investment in this asset class. In a sound bite: Idaho self-storage makes money. ...
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