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Boise State University’s Taco Bell Arena will host two days of the March Madness NCAA men’s college basketball championship in 2018, the first time the on-campus arena has hosted March Madness games since 2009. The first- and second-round games, on ...

Tagged with: Boise State University College Basketball Don Holley Taco Bell Arena Tom Scott

Capital Matrix is accepting grant requests from nonprofits and local governments for economic development projects in southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon. Capital Matrix has $120,000 for grants. The money comes from the earnings from the certified development corporation’s U.S. Small ...

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In the last eight years or so, the national discussion about higher education has focused on science, technology, engineering, and math – the so-called STEM areas where employers say they are having the most trouble filling jobs. Meanwhile, employers also ...

Emerging investment schemes have latched on to the latest headlines, featuring scams related to digital currencies and the marijuana industry, say state regulators. Idaho Department of Finance Acting Securities Bureau Chief Jim Burns says that investors need to be wary ...

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Veggie Evolution has raised $100,000 from investors out of a planned $400,000 round and its vegetable chips are now in 260 new Sprouts and Albertsons grocery stores, tripling the grocery store distribution for the Ketchum-based brand. Sheila Plowman, CEO of ...

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Monsanto Co. will pay nearly $2.4 million to settle a dispute with farmers in the Pacific Northwest over genetically modified wheat. No genetically engineered wheat has been approved for U.S. farming, but it was found in Oregon in 2013. That ...

Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal will retire at the end of 2014. Deal was appointed at the start of Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s first term in 2007. He was previously the owner and managing partner of the W.W. ...

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In two years, there could be 13 large-scale solar plants spread across southern Idaho, generating enough electricity to power more than 60,000 homes. State regulators are reviewing the contracts for all 13 projects, which could pay out $1.4 billion in ...

Two Boise restaurants, Eddie’s Diner and Eddie’s Restaurant, paid more than $26,000 in back wages to 58 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that found minimum wage and overtime violations. Eddie’s co-owner Phil Bird said the restaurants made ...

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A judge in Boise has voided a $60 million statewide contract to provide broadband in public schools after finding the Idaho Department of Administration violated the state’s procurement law. The ruling by 4th District Judge Patrick Owen means the state ...