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Idaho law sets a minimum standard for ski patrol training. But some ski areas are hiring patrollers with additional training to provide more extensive medical care to injured skiers and snowboarders. Idaho ski areas are required by state law “to ...

Improved preventive care is a key provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and once health insurance exchange plans take effect Jan. 1, health care providers expect demand for those services to increase. Meeting that demand could be ...

Though the most highly anticipated aspect of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act – equity crowd funding – hasn’t taken effect, new rules on general solicitation promise to connect businesses with investors they haven’t previously had access to. The Securities ...

The banking industry has improved its social media presence in recent years and banks are now in a better position to reach more of their key demographic customers – young, affluent males, according to a recent Gallup survey. But right now, ...

Reports of several mass shootings this year have raised awareness of danger in the workplace. While it’s impossible to prepare fully for violence, security companies and police say the proper training can help managers reduce the risk. There have been ...

Many U.S. retailers are adopting smaller footprints, and the trend is happening in Boise as well. The managing director of Dallas-based The Weitzman Group, Robert E. Young Jr., sees the changes happening with big-box stores not as downsizing, but “right-sizing.” ...

The City of Milwaukee caused a stir earlier this month when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the city will try using cheese brine – a byproduct of the cheese-making process – as part of its road deicing strategy this ...

Foreclosure and home value data paint a bright picture of the housing market in Ada County, but underwater mortgages are still causing trouble for homeowners who want or need to sell. Data from RealtyTrac indicates foreclosures are down nationwide, including ...

Your Health Idaho, the state health insurance exchange, has released the range of premium rates for individual plans in 2014. Group rates are not yet available. And although coverage changes preclude apples-to-apples comparisons to plans available in 2012, higher individual ...

Federal regulators peeling through the many layers of new mortgage rules intended to curb risky lending that led to the most recent financial crisis have carved out a number of exceptions for lenders. They include one that banks say will ...