According to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Health Foundation, Idaho ranked dead last in the country for the number of physicians per capita. The foundation’s most recent data indicates the state has 1.68 physicians per 1,000 people, below the national ...
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KETCHUM — Virus-blighted Blaine County just might be Idaho’s canary in a coal mine. Stronger legal measures than the Governor’s stay-home order are now in force in Blaine, shutting down all residential and commercial construction projects, related trades and services such ...
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When will the money arrive? That’s the urgent question for small business owners who have been devastated by the coronavirus outbreak. They’re awaiting help from the $2 trillion rescue package signed into law Friday. But with bills fast coming due, ...
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This article was updated on March 31 to correct the spelling of a name. Don Kostelec would like to put every mayor in Idaho in a wheelchair. Not permanently, mind you. Just long enough to traverse their cities and see ...
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A San Jose, California, startup — with a major Boise office — is launching a chip intended to enable sensor devices such as smart cameras to analyze what they see right on-site rather than having to ship the data elsewhere for analysis. ...
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Just like refinancing a mortgage can save a homeowner money, refinancing municipal bonds can save a city or other municipal organization money. In the case of the Nampa Development Corp. (NDC), the city’s urban renewal agency, that amounted to almost ...
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A tributary of the Boise River, Indian Creek lay buried beneath concrete in Caldwell since the early 1950s. That is until 2009, when a revitalization project to restore Indian Creek exposed the waterway to daylight again and introduced suspended bridges, ...
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A Seattle-based company with ties to Idaho is offering 90 days of free use of its virtual private network product to companies that suddenly have employees working from home. Tempered makes VPN hardware and software that provides a more secure way ...
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Gov. Brad Little vetoed a bill on March 25 that would have allowed a homeowner to appeal a property tax assessment and substitute a recent documented sale price instead. The veto came despite the passage of the bills by a majority ...
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In response to COVID-19, a number of banks and credit unions are taking steps to protect their customers and employees, including converting to drive-thru only, limiting hours and closing some branches. “We are hearing from both credit unions and banks ...
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