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Editor’s note: This article was updated Dec. 3, 2021 to correct some information. Idaho power companies are working to set rates based on new technology and how businesses are using electricity.  Idaho Power  After several years of debate on how much ...

St. Luke’s Health System has partnered with the Mexican consulate in Boise to develop a Treasure Valley-based booklet about mental health services for the Hispanic community. The resource, called Help is Here!, is based on a similar publication St. Luke’s developed for the Wood ...

While Thanksgiving means the beginning of the holiday shopping season for retailers, for Idaho ski resorts, it means something else: opening day. And many report that they’ve spent the off-season investing in infrastructure to improve skiers’ experiences. Unlike many other industries, ...

Idaho’s newest community college is raising money in hopes of breaking ground next year on a building to support as many as 1,000 career technical education (CTE) students.   The College of Eastern Idaho (CEI), based in Idaho Falls, has raised more than $16 million toward the ...

Jettisoning Bi-Mart’s pharmacy business, which is being acquired by Walgreens, was a matter of survival for the employee-owned membership discount store chain. Vice President of Advertising and Marketing Don Leber, based in Eugene, Oregon, ticked off several reasons the chain’s pharmacy business was dragging down the company. Bi-Mart operates five ...

Researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are using machine learning to teach computers how to recognize utility infrastructure from photographs, including satellite imagery. The project came about to answer a need, said Shiloh Elliott, a modeling and simulation scientist at INL. ...

The Dutch Bros initial public offering (IPO) was more hyper than a six-shot Annihilator. The Bend, Oregon-based company announced on Sept.14 that it intended to offer 21,052,632 shares of stock at $23 per share — which was itself an increase from its planned price range of $18 to $20. That would have ...

Continuing with its expansion into financial services, Walgreens announced on Aug. 16 a credit card that gives users benefits, which can be used in Walgreens stores, based on customers’ health and wellness purchases. There are two versions. The myWalgreens Credit Card is an in-store card; the myWalgreens Mastercard is a ...

Want to carry your wine throughout ArtWalk and other events in downtown Moscow? Now, you can. The city passed an ordinance in August creating an entertainment district downtown. As part of the permitting process, organizers can request to have some or all of the ...

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is using drones, 3-D scanning and artificial intelligence to gauge construction process on a new building — components of digital engineering technology that could eventually help build nuclear reactors.  “65% of mega projects” — anything over $1 billion — fail,” said Christopher Ritter, director of the ...