Idaho Business Review IBR

To help promote its economic development efforts, Twin Falls is going to the dogs. The city, which became a Metropolitan Statistical Area in January 2018, launched a website, www.twinfallsidaho.org, to help promote the region and was looking for the perfect ...

Tagged with: nathan murray Twin Falls

The outdoor mecca that is Idaho attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, according to the Idaho Department of Commerce. In and around Treasure Valley, a handful of local manufacturers are making it their business to make outdoor recreation ...

Idaho’s largest health plan will partner with the College of Idaho to fund two full-tuition scholarships for exemplary students pursuing any major. On March 15, Blue Cross said it will underwrite two of the college’s five Heritage Scholarships over 12 years, ...

Idaho is an incredible place to do business, and the economy is keeping place with a quickly growing population. Each year, Idaho Business Review recognizes some of top leaders in business, government and the nonprofit sector who are leading the ...

Stanford University is launching a new institute to study, guide and develop human-centered artificial intelligence technologies and applications. The mission of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) is to advance artificial intelligence (AI) research, education, policy and practice ...

In a nondescript warehouse in west Boise, next door to a recreational vehicle lot, Richard Ellinger is pacing off the size of the new fabrication facility on the concrete floor. That’s because his company recently established a joint partnership that ...

Tagged with: american semiconductor inc. richard ellinger

The Idaho State Board of Education voted unanimously March 14 to approve the University of Idaho’s funding request to build the planned $46 million Idaho Central Credit Union Arena. As part of the financing package, U of I officials asked ...

POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Mikayla Butler is so good at selling Girl Scout Cookies, even the sweet-smelling candles in her house remind visitors that it’s time to put in their orders. The Post Falls High School junior and Troop ...

The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) is doubling the size of the grant available to Idaho for a Women’s Business Center, with the intention that the state could actually end up with two centers. “The SBA has expanded the Idaho ...

Tagged with: small business administration women's business center

A bill to allow Idaho farmers to grow hemp for industrial and medicinal uses, as well as allow neighboring states to transport hemp across Idaho, was passed by the House on March 18. HB122 — approved in a 63-7 vote — now ...

Tagged with: hemp Idaho Legislature