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Boise was barely squeezed out of the top 10 state capitals in a study published on Feb. 17. Consumer credit services website WalletHub issued its livability study, ranking Boise No. 11 in its list of best state capitals to live ...

Problems related to growth dominated the 23rd annual commercial real estate symposium held by the Building Owners and Managers Association on Feb. 11. Notable topics included lack of transit and infrastructure, a labor shortage in the trades and the lack ...

A proposed program that would limit the ability of U.S. companies to ship technology to China could end up hurting Idaho companies such as Micron. “The Trump administration is weighing new trade restrictions on China that would limit the use ...

Idaho ranked No. 5 in the list of top 10 states for franchise growth with roughly 100 new franchise businesses projected for 2020. That’s according to the International Franchise Association’s U.S. economic outlook for franchise businesses for 2020. Starting with the ...

The City of Angels is now home to the nation’s least affordable real estate. In the fourth quarter of 2019, Los Angeles supplanted San Francisco for that title, according to a report from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity ...

The Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Idaho’s only medical school, held its first-ever community health fair on Feb. 8. at its campus in Meridian. Nearly 120 first-year and second-year students at ICOM were involved in the fair. Attendees received complimentary health screenings, ...

The Idaho Technology Council (ITC) has two initiatives underway to help both large and small companies progress. Bio Health Alliance The first is the Idaho Bio Health Alliance, which has not been formally announced but has been ongoing for a ...

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Darigold will invest $67 million to expand its Boise plant in 2020. The company will install a new production line to produce its new Darigold FIT milk product. The expansion will add 15 jobs and state-of-the-art equipment, which will use ...

POCATELLO – Blackfoot-based Bingham Healthcare has opened a new 1st Choice-branded urgent care clinic in Pocatello. The clinic is at 1595 Bannock Highway, a street also known locally as S. Main St., located south of old downtown but north of Portneuf. ...

Home prices in Ada County hit a new record high median of $363,000 in January 2020. According to a Feb. 12 analysis released by Boise Regional Realtors, the new record is due to an increasing share of new home sales ...