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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Five of the largest entities releasing wastewater into the Spokane River have submitted their plans to limit a cancer-causing chemical from spilling into the waterway. Those plans all argue that a legal limit for polychlorinated biphenyls, ...

Idaho is the only state that had annual home price growth over 10% in May, according to a new CoreLogic report. Home prices increased nationally by 3.6% from May 2018, reported CoreLogic, a global property information and analytics firm based ...

BURLEY – Just in time for a popular county fair and rodeo, the city’s newest hotel is now open for business. Hampton Inn by Hilton Burley welcomed its first guests on June 25, according to a news release. As a ...

Environmental groups have sued the U.S. Forest Service, claiming a plan to improve wildlife habitat in eastern Idaho would remove hundreds of trees and shrubs while taking an illegal shortcut around environmental laws. Alliance for the Wild Rockies and two ...

CALDWELL — An Idaho company claims to have a unique solution to the country’s affordable housing shortage: converting decommissioned shipping containers for transport by rail or ship into sustainable homes. At a warehouse in Caldwell, indieDwell is rolling out a ...

Downtown Mobility Collaborative program to launch in October A newly formed group of public and private partners have come together to address mobility in downtown Boise, expand available transportation options and increase connectivity, convenience and accessibility of current transportation options. ...

Idaho Women’s Business Center sites will be located across the state through 2020, according to more detailed information about the project from the organizer. The Small Business Administration announced June 17 that it had agreed to fund two Women’s Business ...

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RUPERT – Two Idaho-based growers and shippers said they will team their sales and marketing departments to promote commodities that are popular items in produce aisles: potatoes and onions. The agreement between The Mart Group and ProSource is scheduled to ...

Idaho Power expects to use more solar and less coal to generate electricity for the next 20 years. That’s the conclusion of the Idaho Power Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), released on July 1, which it updates every other year. Some ...

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A recession could be looming in the next 18 months, but fortunately businesses still have time to prepare. That’s according to Steve Scranton, chief investment officer for Washington Trust Bank, who spoke at the Treasure Valley Chief Financial Officers Forum ...

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