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The number of Idaho public school students experiencing homelessness has grown by 64 percent over seven years, according to a report by the Idaho Asset Building Network. The report states that 2.6 percent of Idaho’s public school students qualified as ...

A federal judge on August 30 temporarily blocked the opening of the first public grizzly bear hunts in Wyoming and Idaho in more than 40 years, as he considers whether the government was wrong to lift federal protections on the ...

The Boise-based Micron, one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, is making a $3 billion investment in northern Virginia to expand its manufacturing facility and add 1,100 jobs. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said August 29 that Micron Technology’s decision to ...

A conservation group has purchased a 4.5-square-mile ranch in Idaho with the purpose of protecting bighorn sheep. Portland, Oregon-based Western Rivers Conservancy purchased the Ten Mile Creek Ranch near Lewiston the week of August 20, the Lewiston Tribune reported. The ...

Broad Street’s fourth multi-story housing project in the past two years surfaced Aug. 28 with a proposed eight-story mixed-use project at Third and Myrtle streets. The 142-unit 3rd & Myrtle or Boise Caddis would fill the block bounded by Broad, ...

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Idaho State University, which on August 27 said athletic director Jeff Tingey had been placed on leave, now says Tingey has been fired. School President Kevin Satterlee told the Idaho State Journal that Tingey’s removal does not involve any scandal ...

A Coeur d’Alene company has developed software for use by state agencies and nonprofits to help remind social service clients of tasks they need to do, freeing employees for more individualized interactions. Career Index Corp. has developed SARA, or Semi ...

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Construction start is about a month away for the new seven-level, 546-space parking garage slated for Front Street between Fifth and Sixth streets. “We have a grading permit to start excavation as soon as the utility work is completed,” said ...

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A boarded-up downtown Payette building that was the poster child for last year’s “broken windows” ordinance is being rehabilitated into a startup space for small businesses. Formally known as Project 121 N Main, after its address, the building — in ...

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Construction to widen Interstate 84 in Nampa to three lanes between Franklin Boulevard and Karcher Road should start sometime in October after an Aug. 29 confirmation of a $90.2 million federal grant. This $150 million projects widens another 2.8 miles ...

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