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More than a hundred people attended this year’s CEO of Influence dinner and award reception, which honored nine Idaho CEOs for their achievements in business and philanthropy. Now in its ninth year, the event was held on May 9 at ...

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Idaho’s tax revenue collections came in higher than expected in April, but the state is still falling short of the forecast for the fiscal year. The Legislative Services Budget and Policy office says general fund revenue collections came in about ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Desperate for help when a mental health emergency led her to intentionally cut herself, Norma Lueras turned to a new community resource. The Idaho State Journal reports the 57-year-old Pocatello woman checked herself into the South ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Some eastern Idaho businesses are struggling to find seasonal workers under new, stricter visa rules for non-agricultural workers. “It’s been very difficult to deal with,” Mandi Wilkinson, a controller for MD Nursery and Landscaping, told ...

More than 350 people, ranging from the governor to students, recently attended a free cybersecurity training that emphasized the shared efforts of the public and private sectors. The Fifth Annual Idaho Cybersecurity Interdependencies Summit, held on April 29, was sponsored ...

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A Utah-headquartered mortgage lender is looking to get a slice of the home financing market in the Boise area. Castle & Cooke Mortgage has expanded its operations in the Treasure Valley, opening its second location in Idaho at 512 N. ...

The Gem State made the largest improvement on Chief Executive Magazine’s 2019 poll of the best and worst states for business, rising nine spots to No. 19. Ranked as the fastest-growing state in the nation, Idaho is “noted for its quality ...

Washington Federal Bank’s headquarters will remain in Seattle, but the bank is expanding back-office operations in Idaho because of lower costs. “The bank realized that continuing to house our back-office operations in Seattle was not going to be cost-efficient,” said ...

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  Investment deals dropped to $1.73 billion in 2018, compared with $2.04 billion the previous year, but showed an 11% increase in the number of deals, according to the Deal Flow Report released May 8 at the Idaho Technology Council’s ...

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Nonprofit organizations throughout Idaho banded together on Thursday, May 2, to raise money as part of Idaho Gives. The one-day event brought in nearly $2 million, with more than 12,000 individual donors. A total of 589 nonprofit organizations participated, and ...