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Construction start is about a month away for the new seven-level, 546-space parking garage slated for Front Street between Fifth and Sixth streets. “We have a grading permit to start excavation as soon as the utility work is completed,” said ...

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A boarded-up downtown Payette building that was the poster child for last year’s “broken windows” ordinance is being rehabilitated into a startup space for small businesses. Formally known as Project 121 N Main, after its address, the building — in ...

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Construction to widen Interstate 84 in Nampa to three lanes between Franklin Boulevard and Karcher Road should start sometime in October after an Aug. 29 confirmation of a $90.2 million federal grant. This $150 million projects widens another 2.8 miles ...

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In the hot Idaho housing market, five state-owned lakefront cottage lots had competitive bids at the Aug. 24-25 auction in Coeur d’Alene for 51 lots at Priest Lake, most with privately owned homes. The auction brought in $25.6 million. Competitive ...

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An orchard in Sandpoint will be the site of the University of Idaho’s new Organic Agriculture Center. The Capital Press reports the orchard, donated Aug. 1 to the university by Dennis Pence and his family, will be known as the ...

A Boise-based security company specializing in the healthcare industry has been acquired by a Houston security company. Identity Automation, which provides access management, identity governance, and multifactor authentication software, purchased HealthCast Inc., which makes enterprise single sign-on and virtual desktop ...

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U.S. officials on August 28 announced approval of the first phase of a silver and copper mine beneath a northwestern Montana wilderness area, yet it’s uncertain when work could begin because of a legal dispute over pollution at other sites. ...

Top Idaho officials on August 28 said they were fed up with the state’s latest driver’s license system, arguing the $10.5 million contract has failed to live up to its promises and instead has resulted in lengthy delays and chaotic ...

A high-ranking U.S. Interior Department official on August 23 reiterated the agency’s strong interest in moving its Bureau of Land Management headquarters to the American West. The move isn’t a done deal, Susan Combs, an assistant secretary at Interior, said ...

A man who is already a fixture in downtown Meridian won approval Aug. 28 from the Meridian City Council to fill most of the block across from City Hall with 103 apartments and 15,700 square feet of office/retail in two ...

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