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Eve Knudtsen heard about a nationwide shortage of skilled auto mechanics and expects it to hit her own auto dealership soon. Knudtsen, co-owner of Knudtsen Chevrolet in Post Falls, already has trouble filling openings for mechanics and technicians. And several ...

Holding up a small vial the size of a fingernail polish bottle, University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene‘s Shiva Rastogi points to unseen danger. The brownish, red-colored liquid inside swirls about. When dealing with pathogens in water and the food chain, ...

Micron Technology Foundation is giving $1.2 million to the University of Idaho for research on why Idaho students don’t do better in technology. The four-year gift, announced July 21, will pay for the university to study the root causes behind ...

Some Idaho business leaders say they’re concerned about a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau that ranks Idaho 50th in per-pupil spending on K-12 education, but they’re troubled by a lot more than that. For one thing, students aren’t ...

About 300 Idaho teachers are deepening their knowledge of science instruction at four-day institutes in north and southern Idaho. The Idaho Math and Science Partnership is holding the workshops at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene and the College of ...

Like many high-tech firms, nextScan plans new offerings for new markets. Unlike many high-tech firms, the Meridian-based company (www.nextscan.com) thrives on working with old technology: microfilm. The manufacturing that nextScan does is not a good candidate for outsourcing overseas, partly ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded $264,150 to Idaho State University’s College of Science and Engineering and its College of Technology for student scholarships during the 2010-11 academic year. ISU’s Nuclear Education Scholarship Program will receive $172,150 for eight ...

Businesses and individuals increased their donations to the Boise Public Schools Education Foundation by 10 percent last year. The foundation awards money to schools and educational staff to improve education in the district, which is Idaho’s second-largest after Meridian. This ...

North Idaho College is offering a series of free online classes to the unemployed this summer. The NIC Workforce Training Center is working with a St. Paul, Minn. company called Growth Strategies, Inc., to offer the online classes on topics ...

Stevens-Henager College by year’s end aims to have two to three small-footprint education centers opened in Idaho, said Shane Reeder, regional director based at the Boise campus. “We are exploring ways to deliver education in smaller communities,” he said. The ...