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Another national retailer with a store in Boise has announced it will be closing. Roz & Ali, at 331 N. Milwaukee St., will join 543 stores nationwide in closing by Dec. 26, its owner, the Ascena Retail Group, says. The store ...

Downtown Mountain Home is getting a new look. By mid-December, the community’s first phase of downtown revitalization is scheduled to be completed roughly three months after it broke ground. The dated infrastructure hadn’t been updated since the 1960s, said Courtney ...

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Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students ...

First Interstate Bank has hired a new regional president for Idaho and eastern Washington. Lorrie Asker, who started on Aug. 15, previously worked for First Foundation Bank in Irvine, California, in a regional role. A long-time Idaho resident, she has ...

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Idahoans with felony criminal records may have an easier time getting a job if a proposed bill comes to fruition. The legislation, called the Fair Chance Employment Act, doesn’t let employers include language in job ads to exclude people with ...

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HP’s Boise campus isn’t at risk of a government takeover, according to the Idaho Department of Administration. Speculation that HP would be forced to leave when its lease expires isn’t true, said Bryan Mooney, director of the Department of Administration. ...

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A Boise brewery is using an innovative method to raise expansion funding for the third time. Boise Brewing is selling shares of stock at $2.50 each, but only to Idahoans, said Collin Rudeen, president. Rudeen calls it an IPO – ...

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A trial is scheduled in November for two Treasure Valley men accused of operating a Ponzi scheme and bilking investors. The state Department of Finance accuses Nathan W. Pyles, owner of Shiloh Management Services of Nampa, of swindling investors out ...

IDAHO FALLS — When it comes to Idaho Falls economic development, the 800-pound gorilla is the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), but the city is growing in other areas as well, including redevelopment of its historic downtown. “It’s hard to overstate INL ...

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A coalition of community and regional partners cut the ribbon on a new affordable and workforce housing development in the heart of downtown Boise on Oct. 29. The 134-unit apartment community, called Adare, was spearheaded by the Northwest Integrity Housing ...