When buyer panic emptied stores of everyday items, one Idaho grocery store put flour back on its shelves when no one else had any. As a result of the pandemic, supply chains and complex distribution networks have staggered in the ...
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Transportation a major factor in rural counties’ COVID-19 response
According to the most recent predictive model, Idaho’s bottleneck in handling its surge of COVID-19 cases will not be overall hospital capacity. It will be the ability to transport critically-ill patients from small rural hospitals to intensive care units and ...
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Read More »A Word with Peter J. Smith IV of Smith + Malek on the CARES Act
COVID-19 has presented unprecedented challenges to many small business owners, but fortunately, the recently passed CARES Act is offering a lifeline. Still, the federal stimulus bill and the legal implications of the outbreak can be complicated to navigate. Idaho law firm ...
Read More »Xerox throws in the towel on planned HP acquisition
Xerox has given up on its quixotic attempt to acquire HP, which had been going on since November, blaming the decision on COVID-19 coronavirus and the associated economic downturn. Most recently, the Norwalk, Connecticut, company had offered up a competing ...
Read More »Idaho Business Out Loud interview: Moya Shatz Dolsby, Executive Director of the Idaho Wine Commission
Spreading the message “Drink local” is one of Moya Shatz Dolsby’s missions. As the executive director of the Idaho Wine Commission, she works to provide support and education to local wine growers, secure funding and market Idaho wines. Idaho’s wine ...
Read More »What’s in the CARES Act for Idaho workers, businesses? 
President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act — or CARES Act — into law on March 27. This $2.2 trillion emergency stimulus bill contains provisions for the economic relief of employees, the self-employed and businesses. While the $1,200 ...
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Read More »University of Idaho ECHO offers free COVID-19 training
The Idaho office of Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is working to get critical information on the COVID-19 outbreak to the state’s medical professionals. “From modeling and experience in other countries, it doesn’t take a lot for hospitals ...
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Read More »Urgent question from small businesses: When will aid arrive?
When will the money arrive? That’s the urgent question for small business owners who have been devastated by the coronavirus outbreak. They’re awaiting help from the $2 trillion rescue package signed into law Friday. But with bills fast coming due, ...
Read More »Idaho cities work to make their downtowns more accessible 
This article was updated on March 31 to correct the spelling of a name. Don Kostelec would like to put every mayor in Idaho in a wheelchair. Not permanently, mind you. Just long enough to traverse their cities and see ...
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Read More »Boise ‘center of excellence’ for smart device microprocessor 
A San Jose, California, startup — with a major Boise office — is launching a chip intended to enable sensor devices such as smart cameras to analyze what they see right on-site rather than having to ship the data elsewhere for analysis. ...
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