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ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston plans by Sept. 6 to shut down one of its potato processing lines in Twin Falls, affecting up to 120 employees. Workers were notified Feb. 22. The company told the Times-News that it expects to offer ...

Zions Bancorporation has been recognized by financial services consulting and research company Greenwich Associates as one of the nation’s top banks in nine national and two regional categories in middle market banking. The survey is conducted annually with nearly 13,000 businesses ...

Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare has successfully replaced its outdated human service benefits eligibility system with the support of global management consulting firm Accenture. The new Idaho Benefit and Eligibility System replaces a 30-year-old eligibility system that could not ...

The 39,000-square-foot building that will house a Caldwell branch of Treasure Valley Community College is externally complete. Representatives from TVCC, Oppenheimer Development Corp., Petra Construction, architect CSHQA, Caldwell East Urban Renewal Agency and the city of Caldwell planned to gather ...

Stephen Mountjoy, Northwest Nazarene University School of Business acting dean since August, has been named dean and will transition to the new assignment immediately. Mountjoy brings strong academic credentials and a background in business leadership to the dean’s post, the ...

Wabtec Corp., the Pennsylvania parent company of Boise-based locomotive manufacturer MotivePower, announced its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 financials on Feb. 23, reporting earnings per diluted share of $2.39 on sales of $1.4 billion for the year. Cash flow ...

A program launched Feb. 23 by Portland, Ore.-based venture capital firm Pivotal Investments aims to highlight clean technology business leaders in the Northwest region. Nominations are currently being gathered for inclusion in Pivotal Leaders – a community-nominated and peer-selected network ...

Boise-based Idaho Power parent Idacorp Inc. on Feb. 23 reported fourth quarter 2009 net income of $23.5 million, or 49 cents per diluted share, compared to $7.4 million, or 16 cents per share, in the year-earlier quarter. Analysts, on average, ...

Construction is complete on the 50,000-square-foot North Canyon Medical Center in Gooding, and officials are preparing to open the doors to patients on March 2. Sandy, Utah-based Layton Construction, which has an office in Boise, began construction on the new ...

Staff from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission plan to conduct a public workshop Feb. 25 in Boise regarding the possible creation of commission-established bidding guidelines for Idaho Power Co. The workshop is set to begin at 9:30 a.m. at 472 ...