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Orthopedic surgeons at the physician-owned Northwest Specialty Hospital (NWSH) in Post Falls now have access to the newest in surgical robotics. The new technology came months after NWSH earned a distinction for expertise in total knee and hip replacement surgeries.  ...

Boise State University (BSU) has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency. A recent partnership with a cybersecurity firm and its monitoring tools will likely enhance that distinction.  BSU garnered the ...

Boise-based Mavik Ventures is seeing significant success after the first year’s run of its new staff recruiting model. James Cramer, executive recruiter for Mavik, said the startup company placed 137 candidates with companies across North America with its OnCall Recruiting ...

Blue Sky Bagels owner Mark Hansen told the ‘hole’ story: later this year, he’ll celebrate 20 years of providing fresh-baked bagels with all the fixings to hungry Treasure Valley folks.  Hansen and partner Scott Lung opened the first Blue Sky Bagels in downtown Boise in 2002. The site, at 407 W. Main St., had been home to ...

A startup company designed to help women advance their careers with tech sales is moving forward with its mission after tying for second place in the pitch competition during Boise Entrepreneur Week (BEW) in October.  Jenny Anderson’s presentation on her startup firm, ...

Flashpoint Building Systems co-owners Nick Stoppello and Pat Churchman are hammering away at the concepts that garnered them the $10,000 first-place award in the Hacking for Homebuilding (H4H) competition in October 2021.  The public-track winners in the second annual H4H competition shared their concept ...

A “rag-tag group of individuals” needed less than a week to snatch the $12,000 first-place award in the Micron Cybersecurity Entrepreneur Challenge (CEC) in October. Now they’re poised to use their winnings to bring their company to full potential.  TAC Security successfully responded to the ...

Winners in Boise State University’s inaugural Cybersecurity Entrepreneur Challenge (CEC) and the second annual Hacking for Homebuilding (HH) competition were announced Oct. 21 during Boise Entrepreneur Week.  For the latter, organizers expanded the competition to include a public track along with the student track. First place in each track captured ...

Boise State University’s Venture College has partnered with its College of Innovation and Design, College of Engineering and business partners to challenge students and the public in the second annual Hacking for Homebuilding (HH) competition. Students and the general public compete in their own tracks for $20,000 in prize money ...

Teams of higher-education students from across Idaho will compete for more than $30,000 in the inaugural Cybersecurity Entrepreneurship Challenge (CEC) in October, dubbed Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Participants in the challenge will choose a problem statement provided by industry partners to Boise State University’s Institute for ...