Idaho Business News

Simplot Company, working with the University of Idaho, has offered to fund a $1.5 million, multi-year agreement that would keep the Parma Research and Extension Center operational. The agreement states that Simplot would to contribute $300,000 each year for five...

Don't break out the champagne yet...The Valley's jobless rate took a serious tumble in November, and some economists say we may have hit the bottom of what once seemed to be a near-bottomless recession. Fifty-five hundred more people were employed...

A no vote comes as no surprise from Rep. Mike Simpson, who shares other Republicans� opposition. But Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick�s vote was highly sought by House Democratic leaders. �It�s a very difficult vote for me, because I really want...

We appreciate the business of our customers and the dedication of our employees and are pleased to inform you that we will still have three dealerships in Boise to service our customers needs." All of the dealership's new Ford vehicles,...

Stock sales allowed the small-town Green Bay Packers to compete in the big-city NFL. Boise State athletic director Gene Bleymaier hopes the same idea can keep the small-conference Broncos competitive in the power-conference world of college athletics.

Boise resident David Ehinger says he's a poorer but wiser man. Ehinger, who has an adjustable-rate mortgage, said he approached his lender about modifying his loan to a fixed rate earlier this year, but was told nothing could be done...

School officials and some teachers and parents of students who testified to the board said the school had done a good job. "Even with the problems, we know the students are learning," Nampa Classical Academy board acting chairman Mike Moffett...

Te Uku will be the first wind farm in the upper North Island. “It will improve security of supply to the local community and provide a new source of generation near a major demand centre,” says Mr Clark. “Nationally, growth...

The conference on Monday and Tuesday features representatives from industry, state government and local government, including Idaho chief economist Mike Ferguson. Others due to present at the two-day event include mayors of communities including Eagle and Meridian.

Idaho's record payouts for unemployment insurance in the first 10 months of 2009 have more than doubled the payouts for all of 2008, which totaled $247 million, state officials said Friday. The recession has depleted the state's unemployment insurance fund,...