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“Rags to riches” may be a cliché, but for Jessi Roberts, it rings true. The founder and CEO of Cheekys has come a long way from a tough childhood in Texas — where she and her mother, an exotic dancer, sometimes ...

Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Susan Kim relocated to Idaho from her native Pennsylvania. Since then, she has played a major role in pediatrics across the Treasure Valley, serving as medical director of pediatric hospitalists at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center ...

The moment you sit down with Ralph May, the stories start pouring out — snapshots of his intrepid journey from a rural Idaho farm to Catholic lay missionary work in some of Peru’s poorest and most violent barrios. During his decade ...

When Angela Hemingway was 7 years old, she wrote a book about becoming an astronaut and exploring the universe. In second grade, she got her first telescope, followed by a microscope in third grade, both Christmas presents from parents who ...

As the Gem State’s tech industry booms, so does its demand for smart, skilled employees. The University of Idaho is working to fill some of that void. In spring 2018, the Moscow-based school formed a partnership with the Fenway Group, ...

IBR’s email newsletter subscribers will be seeing more from us in 2019. Over the next few days, we will roll out two new offerings: Development and Most Read Stories of the Week. Development, delivered on Tuesdays, will compile our best ...

When I’m asked what I love about journalism, I always mention the pleasure of interviews – the singular opportunity this career offers to talk to people from all walks of life on all sorts of topics. There are few things ...

Silicon Valley is becoming Silicon Nation. Google announced Monday it will spend more than $1 billion to build a new office complex in New York City that will allow the internet search giant to double the number of people it ...

The judging panel for the Idaho Business Review’s 2019 Women of the Year awards had its work cut out for it. This year, IBR received a record 110 applications for the honor, which recognizes 50 outstanding women for excellence in ...

Across the country, homeowners’ tappable equity declined for the first time since the beginning of the housing recovery, a change driven by price drops in some of the nation’s most expensive markets, according to a new report from Black Knight. ...