Idaho Business Review IBR

Idaho workers laid off by HCL America Inc. because their jobs were shifted overseas may be eligible for re-employment services under the federal Trade Act (TAA), according to the Idaho Department of Labor. The U.S. Department of Labor certified a ...

Idaho is growing, employees are having trouble finding child care and people are looking for new ways to have their own business. The result is that, a number of franchise businesses in child care and preschool education are spreading across ...

It’s almost too good to be true. We can actually go places? Thanks to the COVID-19 vaccine, the pandemic has eased enough, at least in the United States, that people can start to travel. That’s a real boost to Idaho ...

After a year where for some of us our big travel was going from the living room to the kitchen, it’s looking like 2021 — thanks to the coronavirus vaccine — is shaping up to be a bang-up year for ...

Carol Barkes has an MBA in conflict management and negotiation and is currently pursuing a PhD in peak performance psychology with an emphasis in neuroscience and conflict management. Barkes runs a private practice/consulting business while also serving as the mediation ...

Traditionally in the news business, things slow down in the summer, as people take vacations, knock off early and otherwise take living easy, to paraphrase George Gershwin. You couldn’t prove it by us. I’m not sure if it’s because we’re ...

Coeur d’Alene-based Continuous Composites received a $750,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Department of Defense. The SBIR topic focuses on Attritable Structures, Engines, and Sensors of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems and Space Systems. The contract ...

This year it seems like it’s been one dam issue after another. (Yes, we’re 12.) In fact, this issue has not just one but two dam articles. One is about the plan to make Anderson Ranch Dam six feet taller ...

It shouldn’t be surprising that after 2020, a year unlike any other, we had the 2021 Legislative session, which was also unlike any other. We didn’t expect that last year when we were planning this year’s Breakfast Series panels; in ...

One of the things I like to point out is that this publication is the Idaho Business Review, and consequently covers business news from all over the state. While the Treasure Valley is certainly important, it’s not the be-all and end-all of ...