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Idaho Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keith Allred wants to cut the state’s gas tax 3 cents to 22 cents per gallon but leave the diesel tax at 25 cents. Neither tax has changed since 1996.   The move would help families ...

Consumers will pay more if the trucking industry pays a greater share of Idaho highway maintenance costs, the industry says.   Big trucks have been underpaying and passenger vehicles have been overpaying, according to a preliminary 2010 Idaho Highway Cost ...

Home Federal Bank of Nampa expanded its reach into Oregon with the July 30 purchase of the company’s second failing bank in less than a year. The bank agreed to buy LibertyBank of Eugene, Ore., in a deal driven by ...

Novelty ice cream producer Matterhorn Group Inc., with Idaho ties, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to court documents, the case was filed on July 26, in Sacramento, Calif. In 2005, the Caldwell-based Matterhorn Ice Cream Company merged with ...

Tamarack’s event center could be re-opening in the next two months. The Pelorus Group of Salt Lake City purchased the foreclosed property from Bank of America for $975,000.The sale was finalized on July 28. Pelorus Group owner Aaron Wernli said ...

By John Miller Passenger car drivers pay a disproportionate share of Idaho highway maintenance costs compared with big trucks, according to a study released Tuesday that state leaders predict could become a political “hot potato.” The study concludes that cars ...

BP squared off against a squad of lawyers representing thousands of victims suffering from the oil company’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill during a hearing in a Boise courtroom July 29. The two sides clashed before a panel of seven ...

A panel of federal judges gathered in Boise is deciding where to consolidate several lawsuits against Google Inc. that allege the company violated wiretapping laws. At least nine lawsuits seeking class-action status have been filed in the United States so ...

Meridian Middle School band and orchestra teacher Gabe Sandvik in the past two years has been doing more fundraisers and seeking more grants to buy school instruments than ever before. More students are giving up music because they can’t afford ...

The only way to track Pat McEntee down is by cell phone. As the vice president of Boise-based Central Paving Co., he’s the first to admit that he’s all over the Treasure Valley these days – and constantly on the ...