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Ketchum is asking its residents to vote on May 17 to increase the city’s local options tax (LOT) and to use the funds raised to support affordable housing. As a resort community, Ketchum is one of the few municipalities allowed ...

Digital transformation continues to sweep the country — especially as more companies and their customers embrace digital payment technologies.   Here are four areas that can help your business embrace the future of digital payments both with consumers and other ...

People are moving to Idaho in record numbers, and I don’t blame them. Who wouldn’t want to live in a place where outdoor recreation in pristine forests, mountains, rivers and lakes is easily accessible? However, Idaho’s infrastructure is not up ...

Any conversation about Nampa inherently involves the word “growth.” But a more accurate description of the city, particularly from the perspective of its industrial expansion, would warrant the term “exploding.” In September, the Nampa Development Corporation (NDC) announced it had ...

U.S. Sen. Jim Risch named Valor K9 Academy in Horseshoe Bend as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for March 2022. The designation is an honor for the company and its owners, Amy and Justin Pishner.  The veteran-owned and ...

The City of Ketchum announced that it closed the deal on the purchase of the 65-acre Warm Springs Ranch property on April 14. The property was the last large undeveloped land parcel in the Sun Valley region. It will now ...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) has announced that cases of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) have been confirmed in two separate flocks of domestic chickens in Gooding and Caribou counties. ISDA stated on April 15 that the outbreaks ...

Stephanie Olson has joined Perkins Coie in Boise as a litigation associate in the firm’s business litigation practice group and assists on commercial disputes for large and small companies alike. Olson has experience leading large teams of experienced litigators to ...

Jani Revier, with the Idaho Department of Labor, set the scene:  Idaho’s economy is one of the top performing economies in the nation, leading nine states in growth after the pandemic recovery  Workforce participation is at a historic low, at ...

Earlier this year, the possibility of inflation was being discussed. The Federal Reserve (the Fed) and President Joe Biden opined that inflation then was transitory. Now as the first quarter ends, we have seen significant increases in the cost of goods and ...