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The newest requirement thrust upon businesses in the Internet era has become a tangle of complexity for a relatively simple goal: Good search results. It’s called search engine optimization — or SEO — and any companies that once relied on ...

Dynamis Energy, the company chosen to design, build and manage a waste-to-energy plant in Ada County, has a three-month wait ahead of it as regulators and the public prepare to weigh in. The company is operating under intense scrutiny. It ...

The Southfork Landing development in Garden Valley is losing 61 parcels of land to the tax man after it failed to pay more than $60,000 owed to Boise County for back taxes. Boise County Treasurer April Hutchings said July 25 ...

Coeur d’Alene may never completely escape the stigma of its unwanted ties to the Aryan Nations, but the city has spent 30 years wiping away as much of the stain as possible. The unflattering reputation that arrived with Richard Butler, ...

In counter-lawsuits rife with claims of misconduct, the Blaine County School District and McKinstry Essention are battling over about $8 million in the price tag of geothermal projects. McKinstry alleges that the school district owes it $8 million for work ...

Every year, not long after the heat rolls in for good in northern Idaho, the employees of The Creamery, Harrison’s ice cream shop, know it’s time to pick up the pace. “When July and August hits, we have a line ...

A group of foresters in Shoshone County are trying to turn a severe fire hazard into industry, but ambitions that go beyond thinning forests are meeting resistance from environmental groups. Henry Nipp, a former Forest Service employee, said he and ...

When the Vietnamese Restaurant at Franklin and Curtis burned down in 2010, owners Dat Vuong and Kim Li thought they had a fire insurance policy to cover the damage. They were in for a rude surprise. Despite assurances to the ...

The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld that businesses in Idaho can’t seek damages from the state for a loss of visibility in their locations. The court ruled that the former airport Holiday Inn in Boise could not claim business losses ...

It seems like a win-win situation for the city of Boise and its recycled glass contractor, Environmental Abrasives. But while the symbiotic relationship saves Boise residents some cash and provides free material to the company, Environmental Abrasives has to convince ...