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Clif Bar to build a facility in Twin Falls
Last week, Clif Bar announced it would build a 300,000-sqaurefoot, $90 million bakery in Jayco Industrial Park south of the Chobani Greek Yogurt plant. The bakery will be the first Clif Bar will own as...
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FDIdaho
The Frulact Group, a fruit manufacturing company headquartered in Portugal, has chosen Rupert, Idaho to be the site of its newest facility. This is the first United States operation for the company,...
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Keeping Businesses and Bicyclists Happy: A Two Way Street
Over the next five (5) years, eight (8) Downtown one-way streets in Boise are slated to be converted to two-way streets. The $8 million project is scheduled in phases. Sven Berg of the Idaho...
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Idaho’s growing air transportation problem
The Boise Airport’s application for a grant of $700,000 from the Small Community Air Service Development Program has recently been denied. The Airport had hoped to win this grant in order to entice an...
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Economic Development and Local Elections
Today’s elections in Idaho include the race for the mayor of Caldwell—an election which has Paul Alldredge running against incumbent Garret Nancolas and which has raised disputes between the candidates...
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SeaTac to Vote on Reaching a $15 Minimum Wage
SeaTac, a suburb of Seattle, will vote today on a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, a 63% increase to Washington’s current $9.19. SeaTac Proposition 1 would create a $15 an hour...
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Economic Gain on the Play?: CofI Football Predicted to Have Positive Local...
The joke that the College of Idaho’s football team has been undefeated since 1977 (the year the football program was disbanded), is soon to be a thing of the past. After years of consideration, the...
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Magic Valley’s Need to Expand Entertainment Scene
Currently, Magic Valley has two different proposals in the works to build its entertainment scene. First, the Twin Falls County Fair Foundation is working on a proposal to build an event center at the...
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Having a Ball at the Renovated Owyhee Plaza
The renovation of the Owyhee Plaza nears completion and while it is a month behind schedule General Manager, Clay Carley, says the timing is “not bad for such a complex project.” A recent article in...
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Drones Hone in on Agriculture Market
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s a homemade drone. Idaho farmer Robert Blair and a friend built their own drone with cameras to monitor his 1,500 acres of land. The drone that resembles a small...
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