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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 ...

After years of fundraising and development, the Idaho Humane Society has opened its new location on South Bird Street in Boise. Located near Boise’s retail hub, the 42,000-square-foot IHS includes a veterinary hospital, adoption center and public education center. The ...

After HP rejected its acquisition offer, Xerox is playing hardball with a hostile takeover or proxy war. John Visentin, Xerox vice chairman and CEO, does not mince words in a letter to Enrique Lores, who became HP president and CEO on Nov. 1, and ...

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On Wednesday, Ball Ventures Ahlquist and Saltzer Health hosted a groundbreaking celebration for the first of four new urgent care clinics at Victory Commons in South Meridian. True Care, an Idaho-based company co-owned by Saltzer Health, is developing technology that ...