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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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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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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, ...

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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The owners of Intelligent Office wanted to hold an open house in March to mark the expansion of their Intelligent Office franchise, but the COVID-19 pandemic canceled their plans for it. “If I can’t hold a real open house, then ...

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The Legislature wants to give potential first-time homebuyers a tax break to encourage them to save up to buy a house. House Bill 589, which establishes first-time homebuyer savings accounts, passed the Idaho House with a vote of 47 – 23 ...

Marking the end of a decade-long effort, construction crews placed the last steel beam for the office building at 11th & Idaho during a topping-off ceremony on March 17. The event was attended by employees of general contractor ESI Construction, frame assembler ...

Over the weekend, the Federal Reserve Bank took bold action in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including cutting interest rates to 0% — a move a number of regional finance experts said should help the economy. “The actions by the FRB will benefit ...

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Affordable housing innovator indieDwell Holdings Inc. has a new CEO. The company announced on March 10 that Christina Ortiz-Bluth will take over as CEO from co-founder Scott Flynn who will transition to a new role, Chief Impact Officer. Prior to ...