The state of Idaho has opened the second of two mental health facilities in under a year. State Hospital West (SHW) opened on May 10, eight months after the new Syringa Chalet Skilled Nursing Facility opened at State Hospital South ...
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Idaho Transportation Department approves Highway 16 extension 
The Idaho Transportation Board approved dozens of new road projects across every corner of the state on May 19, when it held its regular monthly meeting. At the top of the list for projects in District 3 was the extension of Idaho State ...
Read More »Perpetua previews plans for tailings storage facility 
Perpetua Resources, formerly known as Midas Gold, publicly previewed its tailings storage facility (TSF) for the Stibnite mine project in a May 13 webinar. The mining company is in the permitting process to mine the previously abandoned Stibnite mine for ...
Read More »CCDC: 225 affordable housing units blocks from the Capitol 
Boise’s urban renewal agency, the Capital City Development Corporation (CCDC), does not lack ambition. The CCDC published a new Request For Proposals (RFP) on May 17 for an entire block just three blocks from the Idaho State Capitol and kitty-corner ...
Read More »Kount touts future growth plans while ITC touts deals 
Kount, which in 2015 set a record at the time for the largest investment in an Idaho company and was sold to Equifax in January for $640 million, is going to be expanding. Kount CEO Brad Wiskirchen related how an ...
Read More »Northwest firm Lorentz Bruun Construction turns 75 
Lorentz Bruun Construction (LBC) of Portland, Oregon, is celebrating 75 years of general contracting in the Pacific and Inland Northwest. LBC is licensed in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The firm completed 10,000 projects by 1995. The firm’s projects in Idaho include work ...
Read More »Reed’s Dairy to open fifth store in Kuna 
Reed’s Dairy is finally coming to Kuna. The Idaho Falls maker of ice cream and other dairy products will open its fifth store in Kuna this summer. “We hope to open mid-to-late June,” Alan Reed told the Idaho Business Review. ...
Read More »East Idaho bus firm adds Los Angeles route 
The largest ground transportation business in Idaho will add service to Los Angeles starting May 20. Salt Lake Express services routes along I-15, I-80 and several other highways in the inland Northwest and Great Basin. The new bus service will ...
Read More »Hecla Mining cuts emissions 36% 
Hecla Mining Company, headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, released its 2020 Sustainability Report on May 13. “The theme and title of this year’s report are ‘Small Footprint, Large Benefit,’”said Hecla President and Chief Executive Officer Phillips Baker. “Because our operations are low-tonnage ...
Read More »Boise Metro Chamber lauds small businesses at hybrid event 
Diving back into the world of in-person events, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce held a hybrid version of its annual small business awards in person at Boise Centre on May 6, while simultaneously streaming the event live on its social ...
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