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Atlantic Power Corp. says it will buy a 27 per cent interest in Idaho Wind Partners 1, which owns 11 wind farms in Idaho, for $40 million. Atlantic will indirectly own an interest in IWP, a partnership among GE Energy ...

Economic woes continue to affect the construction industry, as construction spending declined 8 percent in May, from the same time a year ago. This figure is surprising considering home building and stimulus funded public works increased from a year earlier, ...

Idaho’s forecasted seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped for the fourth straight month in June, but the decline of two-tenths of a percentage point from May resulted from the first contraction of the statewide labor force in a year, state labor ...

A federal jury ruled Wednesday that a family’s constitutional rights were not violated when their infant daughter was given a spinal tap against their wishes. The jury deliberated for five days before reaching its verdict in a civil lawsuit brought ...

A new food alliance between two Northwest groups will provide needed strength and political power in today’s economy with state and federal lawmakers, alliance leaders said June 26. Northwest Poultry Council and the Northwest Food Processors Association formed an alliance ...

Idaho Power Co. plans public meetings for discussion of the 500-kilovolt Boardman to Hemingway transmission line project proposed between northeast Oregon and southwest Idaho. Meetings are set from 4 to 7 p.m. July 13 at Brogan Community Event Center, 5621 ...

Hoku Corporation, a clean energy products and services company, has completed a second credit agreement with a New York branch of the China Construction Bank. China Construction Bank, the second largest commercial bank by assets in China, has agreed to ...

Pilot Travel Centers LLC has completed its $1.8 billion purchase of Flying J Inc.’s chain of truck stops and travel plazas with an agreement to sell some locations to a competitor. The FTC is requiring the Knoxville-based owner of the ...

US Ecology, Inc., a Boise-based hazardous waste disposal company, has been awarded a major contract to dispose of waste from the Hudson River at its facility near Grand View. US Ecology disposes of radioactive, hazardous, polychlorinated biphenyls, and non-hazardous industrial ...

By Maureen Dolan A Seattle-based health insurance provider’s decision to stop covering small employer groups in Idaho will leave 450 people in the Coeur d’Alene and Moscow areas without medical insurance come Jan. 1. Group Health’s decision to discontinue insuring ...