IDAHO

Attention pet owners: A company you’ve never heard of wants you to stop buying prescription medicines and supplements for your dog or cat from your veterinarian and buy its products in stores instead.

"We are hearing from the governor’s office and legislators that the state might be spending a lot of money on courses that may not be helping students," said Matt Freeman, Idaho State Board of Education executive director.

"We’re trying to build the tech ecosystem in Boise," said George Mulhern, chief executive of Cradlepoint, a company here that makes routers and other networking equipment. "And anything that would make somebody not want to move here or start a company here is going to slow down our progress."

Those who already have a 208 area code will not get a new phone number. The 986 area codes will begin being issued to new users Sept. 5.

No matter if you are a start-up or a seasoned entrepreneur, you need somewhere to work.

The latest data from mid-2016 shows that more than half of the nearly 116,000 Idahoans added since the 2010 census are over 65.

We have a long history in Eagle. We have a lot of our key executives in Eagle. It made all the sense in the world to stay here. We are in the heart of potato country. I’m extremely happy with Eagle.

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted personal income grew 1.6 percent from $66.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016 to $67.6 billion in the first quarter of 2017.

Time to work up a thirst for beer. And pedaling.

Unfortunately, economic theory and historical evidence give weight to the old adage, "What sounds too good to be true, probably is."