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Whether you’re a small business owner or a small business supporter, this upcoming week is for you. National Small Business Week is scheduled for May 5 to 11. The event, which recognizes the contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business ...

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In a continuing effort to improve Boise’s fire suppression ability, the city recently held another in a series of fire station renovation and construction grand openings, with the renovation of Station #19 at Boise Airport. “People ask if I get ...

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Amazon has announced an expansion of its Denver Tech Hub and plans to create 400 new high-tech jobs in fields including software and hardware engineering, cloud computing, and advertising. To accommodate this job creation, Amazon will open a new office ...

Ventive isn’t a household name, but the Boise-based software firm is one of just 23 Idaho companies on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list, which is ranked according to percentage revenue growth between 2014 and 2017. Founded in 2014, the company ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government searches of travelers’ cellphones and laptops at airports and border crossings nearly quadrupled since 2015 and are being conducted for reasons beyond customs and immigration enforcement, according to papers filed Tuesday in a federal lawsuit ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Thursday issued an executive order forming a working group to find ways to cut inefficiencies in state government. Little announced the creation of the Regional Government Efficiency Working Group and named Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, ...

Local, state and federal officials along with conservation groups and logging interests have to find common ground to reduce increasingly destructive wildfires in the U.S. West, Gov. Brad Little said Tuesday. He told several hundred participants at an Idaho Forest ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices increased at a slower pace in February, a sign that several years of outsized gains in home values have created affordability challenges in many metro areas. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index ...

Yogurt maker Chobani, which has a $450 million facility in Twin Falls, has doubled the size of its annual economic development grant from $100,000 to $200,000. The company partners with the Idaho Community Foundation to help vet grant recipients and ...

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Idaho Falls residents clamoring for a Costco store have finally gotten their wish. A 150,000-square-foot Costco and a 15-30 pump fueling station were approved by the city of Idaho Falls on April 25, according to a news release. The City ...