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Meat cutters from Albertsons Companies had the opportunity to train with the University of Idaho Meat Science department. (PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO)
Jun 27, 2025

Albertsons sharpen cutting skills at U of I meat science training

Bass seeks to give workshop participants a more wholistic view of meat science, which helps meat cutters better respond to customers’ questions about how to use various meat products.

The James A. McClure Federal Building & United States Courthouse, which houses the U.S. District Court, in seen in Boise, Idaho, on Jan. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Troy Maben, File)
Jun 27, 2025

Idaho doctor, patients sue over new law halting public benefits to immigrants in US unlawfully

The complaint says the new law is vague, contradicts federal law and makes it impossible for health care providers to determine exactly what kind of immigration status is excluded and how to verify that status for patients.

Micron will be building a second fabrication facility at it's Boise headquarters, the company stated. (PHOTO: MICRON)
Jun 26, 2025

Micron earnings beat Wall Street expectations

The chipmaker posted revenue of $9.3 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts.

The new Nampa residency program developed by Saint Alphonsus seeks to bring students from schools from Idaho and neighboring states. It has also begun networking nationwide to seek interested future physicians. (PHOTO: SAINT ALPHONSUS)
Jun 25, 2025

Newest residency program to open July 1 in Nampa

The new program is one of nine residency programs in Idaho and is the first for Saint Alphonsus in family medicine.

A helicopter ferries a log to the landing Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006, on the Mike's Gulch timber sale in the South Kalmiopsis Roadless Area of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest near Selma, Ore. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard,File)
Jun 24, 2025

Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands

Scientists say that worsening wildfires are driven by a combination of climate change that warms and dries out forests, less logging and decades of fire suppression that has allowed fuels to build up.

Depending on location and size, houses in Star, like those being built in other communities, range in price from around $400,00 up to $900,000-plus. (IBR FILE PHOTO: MARC LUTZ)
Jun 23, 2025

Land Use and Housing Affordability meeting discusses skyrocketing home prices in Idaho

Throughout all parts of the Gem State, many face many difficulties in their quest to own a home, a key point shared by Pond, and a message the committee has certainly heard from him before.

A server tends to customers in an outdoor dining area on The Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif., June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Jun 23, 2025

Moscow restaurant owner says ‘no tax on tips’ budget proposal a ‘good start’ but not enough

“This bill is a very good start in terms of trying to leave more money in people’s pocketbooks, but now let’s finish what we started and make it a great thing for the restaurant industry overall,” he said.

Jun 20, 2025

In the Lead – Startup Businesses

MOSCOW — About 20 meat cutters with Albertsons Companies sharpened their skills during a recent training workshop that University of Idaho‘s meat science team facilitated at the True West Beef ...

Sen. Melissa Wintrow accepts the Icon Award during the 2025 event honoring 10 Icons and 40 Accomplished Under 40 recipients. (PHOTO: PRO IMAGE EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY)
Jun 20, 2025

From accomplished to icon, 50 Idahoans honored at annual event

Collectively, the 50 were honored during the Accomplished Under 40 and Icon Awards ceremony, a dual-recognition awards program hosted by Idaho Business Review June 10 at the Boise Centre.

A house for sale in west Boise. (FILE PHOTO: Liz Patterson Harbauer)
Jun 17, 2025

Despite predictions, home prices up in Treasure Valley

The median sales price in Ada County in May was $579,900 and $433,490 in Canyon County.

Albertsons will launch new digital displays within select stores this summer. (PHOTO: ALBERTSONS MEDIA)
Jun 16, 2025

Albertsons to preview new digital ad displays in stores

Albertsons cited research that showed 75% of adult shoppers were more likely to pay attention to in-store advertising, with “retail media spending to exceed $1 billion by 2028.”

People demonstrate in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, June 30, 2023, after a sharply divided Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debts for millions of Americans. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Jun 16, 2025

Credit scores decline for millions as US student loan collections restart

“The fact that this economy is driven by debt to begin with causes my score to be paramount no matter what financial decisions I’m making, outside of going to the grocery store,” said Andrew McCall of Boise.


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