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A bill that could limit the ability of Idaho cities to offer their citizens broadband internet passed its first hurdle in a legislative committee on Feb. 10. “It is the muni killer,” said Bruce Patterson, technology director for Ammon, whose ...

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With Washington raising its minimum wage from $12 to $13.50 at the beginning of the year, some Idaho employers along the border can’t compete. In Post Falls, Northwest Specialty Hospital Human Relations Director Christopher Gregg told KREM Channel 2 that ...

CenturyLink recently informed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it failed to meet a deadline to implement rural broadband in Idaho, for which it had received $500 million nationwide. The Monroe, Louisiana-based company received funding to implement 10 Megabits per ...

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Vacation rental company Vacasa has a new CEO, a move that might presage it’s going public. “After 10 years as CEO of Vacasa, our founder Eric Breon has decided to step away from day-to-day operations, and focus on vision and ...

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Realtor.com has released a report showing that U.S. housing inventory has declined to its lowest point since the company began tracking it in 2012. National inventory declined by 13.6% from January 2019 to January 2020, amounting to a loss of ...

A turf battle over office space is underway in the hallowed halls of the Idaho Capitol Building. The Legislature wants to evict the Idaho State Treasurer from her first-floor office in the Capitol Building, but Treasurer Julie Ellsworth doesn’t want ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced on Jan. 28 that it will cut 2020 payments to 10 Idaho hospitals with high readmission rates. Two of those hospitals, Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls and St. Joseph Regional ...

Concordia University in Portland announced Monday that is shutting down its Portland campus after 115 years, though its leaders say they are in discussions to keep the School of Law in Boise operating. In an interview with the Idaho Statesman, ...

Macy’s rocked the world of retail on Feb. 4 when the company announced the closure of 125 additional stores and loss of 2,000 corporate positions. The flip side of this story is that, other than the shuttering of the Lewiston ...

Hotel Ketchum is continuing its retail and eatery expansion with another addition to its property as Barrio75, a new taco lounge and tequila bar, prepares to open at the hotel. The brainchild of Chef Daniel Asher and Josh Dinar, publisher ...