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Recent area growth has been positive for Nampa’s House of Design, and with a recent acquisition, it is ready to do more growing of its own.  “In the beginning, we probably didn’t have a broad enough vision,” co-founder Ryan Okelberry said. “Nine and a ...

Winners in Boise State University’s inaugural Cybersecurity Entrepreneur Challenge (CEC) and the second annual Hacking for Homebuilding (HH) competition were announced Oct. 21 during Boise Entrepreneur Week.  For the latter, organizers expanded the competition to include a public track along with the student track. First place in each track captured ...

Idaho’s newest community college is raising money in hopes of breaking ground next year on a building to support as many as 1,000 career technical education (CTE) students.   The College of Eastern Idaho (CEI), based in Idaho Falls, has raised more than $16 million toward the ...

The University of Idaho is pioneering a new technology that turns Idaho wood waste into sustainable building construction materials by using it as a medium for 3D-printing.   College of Engineering Assistant Professional Michael Maughan was awarded nearly $4 million from the National ...

Two tech-based entrepreneurial ventures tied as pitch competition runners up at this year’s Boise Entrepreneur Week (BEW). Crimson Medical Solutions and Maggie were awarded second place Tuesday following the BEW Two Minute Drill pitch competition, and because of the tie, event organizers awarded both companies $5,000 each in cash prizes.    Crimson Medical ...

Researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are using machine learning to teach computers how to recognize utility infrastructure from photographs, including satellite imagery. The project came about to answer a need, said Shiloh Elliott, a modeling and simulation scientist at INL. ...

Innovators, cybersecurity, data science, new technology and more converged at Hackfort, a sub-fort of Treefort, in a four-day conference following last year’s postponement. Event sponsor VYNYL a custom software developer, has been a part of Hackfort for the past five years. Nick Crabbs, partner and chief community officer, deemed the 2021 Treefort the safest he has ever been a part ...

Education technology company Stukent, based out of Idaho Falls, has received an investment from Tritium Partners, a private equity firm with offices in Utah and Texas, to grow its resources. Stukent founder and CEO Stuart Draper said he could not disclose the amount ...

Teams of higher-education students from across Idaho will compete for more than $30,000 in the inaugural Cybersecurity Entrepreneurship Challenge (CEC) in October, dubbed Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Participants in the challenge will choose a problem statement provided by industry partners to Boise State University’s Institute for ...

Valley Regional Transit (VRT) has added four electric-powered buses to its Boise routes, and, during a mid-September ribbon-cutting event, hinted more are likely to come, and not just in Boise. City officials like Boise Mayor Lauren McLean and City Council ...