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Ridgeway Industrial, a Meridian full-service mechanical contractor, is filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and closing down for good. The announcement was made to division managers Jan. 28, and employees are now shutting down operations. Brian Schneider, business development manager at ...

Even if the proposed Boise streetcar project was free, George Iliff still wouldn’t support it. “I fervently want what’s best for downtown,” said Iliff, managing partner at Colliers International and a member of Boise Mayor Dave Bieter’s streetcar task force. ...

Hawaii-based solar materials maker Hoku Scientific on Jan. 27 released its third quarter 2010 financials, reporting deeper losses, financing delays and the possibility that a key customer may terminate its supply agreement and seek a refund of its prepayments. Hoku, ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has modified the Record of Decision for the Simplot Plant Operable Unit of the Eastern Michaud Flats Superfund site northwest of Pocatello. The Record of Decision guides cleanup of property or facilities that have been ...

Banner Corp., the parent company of Banner Bank and Islanders Bank, this month reported that it had a net loss of $3.5 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, compared to a net loss of $6.4 million in ...

Cascade Financial Corp., parent company of Cascade Bank (not to be confused with Bend, Ore.-based Bank of the Cascades which operates branches in Idaho and Oregon), reported fourth-quarter net income attributable to shareholders of $521,000, or 4 cents per diluted ...

A south central Idaho man has been jailed for defrauding the unemployment insurance program of nearly $8,000. Richard Lee Roadcap, 49, of Jerome will spend six months under the state’s rider program after which 5th District Judge John Butler will ...

Timber industry veteran Dan Balbach spent five years – and more money than he anticipated – creating a diversified business that he says uses every bit of wood fiber harvested. Each log’s forest-to-home (even home fireplace) progression through Treasure Valley ...

Six programs aimed at job creation were laid out Jan. 27 by the state’s Democratic lawmakers. The plan, Idaho Jobs and Opportunity Blueprint or IJOBs, includes ideas for improving communications and strengthening projects that support and increase jobs. It has ...

When it comes to handling environmental policy changes and climate-related innovation, Boise-based Idaho Power Co. ranks ahead of business giants like Google, Starbucks and Target. That’s according to the Maplecroft Climate Innovation Index, released on Jan. 26, which rated 300 ...