Recent Articles from John Sowell Idaho Statesman
Boise was finalist for Oregon sportswear giant’s manufacturing plant. Arizona got it
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
Dairy giant with Boise milk-processing plant files for bankruptcy
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
‘Snowmageddon’ halted construction. Now a contractor and Simplot are fighting about it
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
This store has sold women’s fashions in Boise for 26 years. It will close before 2020
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
Landowners started building 10-room duplexes. Then the neighbors cried foul
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
What a judge has decided about a Nampa home builder accused of bilking investors
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
Ex-wife says Boise startup exec cashed $1.9 million in stocks and left with her share
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
Greyhound to leave downtown Boise. Here’s where riders will soon get on and get off
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
Boise State’s new visual arts center’s design: ‘Looks like it’s falling over’
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
Realtors lash out at Bieter’s proposed restrictions on Boise Airbnb rentals
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
Boise’s unique locomotive maker once employed 750 people. Now its factory is closing
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...
Seattle developer plans to convert rooms at a Downtown Boise hotel into apartments
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students or families. They were larger buildings with four or five bedrooms on each side that ...