Idaho Business Review IBR

Hecla Mining Co. produced 10.9 million ounces of silver in 2009, a record amount for the company and an increase of 26 percent from the prior year. The Coeur d’Alene-based Hecla reported output of 44,000 tons of lead and 80,000 ...

The Idaho Water Resource Board seeks nominations for the Treasure Valley Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan (CAMP) Advisory Committee, which will assist in developing a plan for meeting water needs in the Treasure Valley of southwestern Idaho for the next 50 ...

A proposal by Intermountain Gas Co. to temporarily interrupt service to new snowmelt customers during periods when natural gas is in short supply will be the topic of a workshop in Boise at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 4 at the Idaho ...

A years-long effort by Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. to build a commercial nuclear power plant in Idaho took a small but significant step forward on Jan. 14, when planning and zoning commissioners voted to amend Payette County’s comprehensive plan to ...

Idaho’s congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help potato growers struggling because of the low prices and oversupply of domestic potatoes. In a letter to the administrator of the agency’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Sens. Mike Crapo ...

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is accepting a settlement between Idaho Power Co. and a number of customer groups that places a moratorium on general rate case increases until January 2012 while at the same time giving the utility a ...

U.S. Reps. Walt Minnick and Mike Simpson announced Jan. 14 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $14 million to safeguard Idaho forests damaged by bark beetle infestation. The money will accelerate efforts to improve watershed resiliency, restore forest ...

If you ever wanted to visit Bedford Falls, memorable from Frank Capra’s classic Christmas film It’s a Wonderful Life, take a trip to Sandpoint during the winter months. With average snowfall in this small north Idaho town topping 70 inches ...

Beef will be big at the new Schott’s Steaks & Chops, slated to open late this month. So will martinis. That’s some of what longtime Boise restaurateur Peter Schott plans at his lavishly redone and much-expanded restaurant complex in the ...