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Idaho employers expect to hire at a conservative pace in the third quarter, according to Manpower Employment Outlook Survey results released June 8. The staffing firm’s net employment outlook for the state is 5 percent in the quarter, company spokeswoman ...

Erin Yinger, executive director and co-owner of Coeur d’Alene-based A New Hope Social Services, has been named U.S. Small Business Administration 2010 Idaho Small Business Person of the Year. A New Hope, which also fields offices in Kellogg and Sandpoint, ...

To create partnerships between researchers and businesses, the Idaho National Laboratory and its research partners look for problems needing solutions. They recently found one at the Meridian water treatment plant, where officials want to find a way to capture some ...

Idaho’s two senators want the federal government to add fresh white potatoes to the list of foods available to low-income pregnant women, infants and children as part of a federal nutrition program. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are among ...

Representatives from the Pacific Northwest’s (PNW) largest Soft White importing country will be hosted by the Idaho Wheat Commission in Lewiston, June 8-10. The five team members are from the Japanese Milling Association. Japan currently buys about 5 million tons ...

The City of Ketchum received $13,185 from Idaho Power Co. for completing energy-efficiency upgrades. Company officials presented the incentive check to Mayor Randy Hall and City Administrator Gary Marks for upgrades to the city’s fire, street and park facilities. Ketchum ...

Recent statistics from the U.S. Government Accountability Office reports Idahoans pay the lowest rates nationwide for high-risk pool plans. Idaho’s risk pool has been in operation since 2001. Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal says, “The success of Idaho’s program ...

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical has received recognition for its imaging center. Following a survey by the American College of Radiology, the ultrasound department and Breast Care Center was cited as the highest, most accredited ultrasound facilities in the state of ...

Bechtel BWXT Idaho, the company that manages a waste treatment project at the Idaho National Laboratory site near Idaho Falls, has received a U.S. Department of Energy award for small businesses. Bechtel was selected as the recipient of the DOE’s ...

The Idaho Department of Water Resources during the week of June 7 will send notices about water right claims in the Northern Idaho Adjudication to residents of the Cataldo, Harrison, Medimont, St. Maries and Worley areas of Kootenai County. The ...