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Correction: This story has been updated to indicate that the Pacific Companies is launching the new factory. Prefab Logic is providing support services.  Construction companies swamped with projects but stymied by a lack of skilled workers are turning to technology ...

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COEUR D’ALENE — In many ways, getting broadband internet to rural Idaho feels familiar, said Mike Kennedy, president of Intermax Networks. “A lot of people are contemplating how similar this is to rural electrification in the 1930s,” Kennedy mused. As with ...

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COEUR D’ALENE – Snacktivist Foods, the company that won last October’s Trailmix food startup competition, is several steps closer to having its products hit the consumer market. “When we pitched Trailmix, we were in the middle of starting a business ...

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COEUR D’ALENE – The Innovation Den, which combines a century-old building with startups and the services that support them, is unique in Idaho. Housed in a former Elks Lodge and sporting a $1 million-plus makeover, the brick building includes a ...

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MERIDIAN – An Idaho manufacturer has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Taiwanese company that could bring a share of $3.5 billion in funding to Idaho startups. PKG User Interface Solutions Inc., which manufactures products in a number of ...

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Idaho could be a market leader in drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), but state and local laws get in the way. That was one conclusion of the Idaho Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Situational Awareness Workshop, sponsored by the ...

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COEUR D’ALENE — A Coeur d’Alene company that developed software for use by state agencies and nonprofits to remind social service clients of necessary tasks has landed a big contract with the federal Veterans Administration. “It’s a national contract for vocational ...

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At most computer shows, exhibitors are selling their products. But at the recent DevOpsDays Boise, exhibitors were selling themselves: All but a handful were recruiting, rather than demonstrating their wares. The conference, now in its fourth year, is intended to ...

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The Idaho Department of Commerce has awarded two grants, totaling more than a half-million dollars, that will help two Idaho companies bring new technologies to market. The Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission (IGEM) program, through the Department of Commerce, offers grants ...

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