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There’s a case of déjà vu in Ada County. Last week, the Ada County Commission invited the Ada County Highway District commissioners to discuss how they could coordinate their planning for the county’s development and roads. Again. For the last ...

Melanie G. Rubocki has been named managing partner of the Boise law office of Perkins Coie. Rubocki, who joined the firm in 2004, has been a corporate partner working in areas including cleantech and energy, technology, interactive entertainment, manufacturing, mining, ...

The founder and CEO of Greek yogurt company Chobani has opened a $21 million research and development center in south-central Idaho. Hamdi Ulukaya said at a ribbon-cutting on Monday in Twin Falls that he’s relieved the 71,000-square-foot (6,600-square meter) facility ...

This is the second in a four-part series on the economic impact of local arts groups. The Idaho Shakespeare Festival is defying conventional wisdom — thanks to a loyal group of fans who support the company year after year. “As an ...

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Just 1 in 5 real estate agents would recommend their career to others and nearly half of agents have to hold a second job, according to a national survey from Redfin. On the positive side, the survey found that 99% ...

Idaho’s sage-grouse numbers have dropped 52% since the federal government decided not to list the birds as an endangered species in the fall of 2015. It’s not yet clear whether the three-year decline is part of a cyclical pattern or ...

The University of Idaho has hired its first female athletic director. Terry Gawlik will take over Sept. 1 as the first woman to hold the job, the Idaho Statesman reported Thursday. The Idaho State Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve Gawlik’s ...

A panel of Idaho lawmakers looking for ways to pay for the state’s expansion of Medicaid is considering eliminating county indigent health care funds, dipping into money collected from court fees or tapping cash from a tobacco settlement reached nearly ...

What goes up must come down. Water, coming down, can generate electricity. That’s why there are several projects underway to pump water up so it can come back down again. Such a system is called pumped storage. It lets a ...

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COEUR D’ALENE – Kootenai Health said Aug. 8 that it has signed a letter of intent to transfer ownership of two critical access hospitals that serve largely rural areas in north-central Idaho from Essentia Health to Kootenai Health. The properties ...