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Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article conflated two supercomputers. The weather-prediction software will run on hardware provided by Boise State and Idaho Power and is not related to INL’s supercomputer. Boise State University, Idaho Power and the Idaho ...

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Hayden Homes recently announced a grant program to encourage affordable housing in Idaho, Oregon and Washington – states that have all been experiencing rapid increases in real estate prices. The Redmond, Oregon-based company established the Hayden Opportunity Fund for Housing affordability ...

With 2019 winding to a close, the Idaho Business Review is looking ahead to the new year at the annual Forum on the Future, a series of panel discussions that will offer predictions on 2020 from local business leaders. Now ...

Housing prices in Opportunity Zones are generally trending up, according to a new study of the program, which aims to help disadvantaged areas. About half the zones with at least five sales saw median home prices rise more than the national increase ...

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With a holiday shopping season one week shorter than usual, small businesses need to promote themselves using events such as Small Business Saturday, scheduled for Nov. 30 – the day after Black Friday, the traditional beginning of the holiday shopping season. ...

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When most people think of McCall, they picture beautiful mountain vistas and a clear blue lake, but the region is also home to a booming business ecosystem. Recently, the community opened a new coworking facility, CUB McCall, to provide a home ...

Boise’s population is rising fast and so are housing prices – an economic boom that comes with a cost:  homeless people have to struggle to get back into housing because rents are so high. That was the message of a panel ...

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Black Box VR is developing a new version of its virtual reality fitness software that includes more exercises and the ability to share progress on social media. The new version is expected to come out in mid-December – just in ...

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Gov. Brad Little has accepted recommendations from the broadband internet task force he created, but how many of them will be implemented will depend on how the budget shakes out. “Governor Little is currently reviewing the recommendations and will determine ...

Paula Connelly’s life is messy. On her 10-acre farm south of Victory Road and just east of Ten Mile Road, she raises chickens and roosters, along with steers that she shoots, kills and skins in her backyard each year. When ...