Idaho News & Events

An official with Battelle Energy Alliance says the company has started efforts to eliminate 300 jobs at the Idaho National Laboratory http://www.inl.gov in eastern Idaho and could eventually eliminate 450 jobs.

Yogurt production is already under way. The company says more than 300 people are employed there, and Gov. Butch Otter said the plant is expected to hire 400 to 500 people in all.

Bringing together capabilities for selling and buying high-quality project plans with software for easily customizing those plans, Sawtooth Ideas sets the foundation for inspiration and collaboration among designers, craftsmen, hobbyists, and DIY weekend warriors.

The b|launched 2.0 competition is a job creation and new business start-up initiative that teaches young professionals how to start companies and expand their knowledge in software company start-up and development.

In addition to the hundreds of millions those contractors have pumped into eastern Idaho’s economy since 2008, their business has created 16,000 jobs statewide.

SBDC’s mission is to help small businesses start and succeed. SBDC offers counseling, training and workshops for would-be business owners and for people who already have a small business under way.

The success of Inovus’ lights and solar power systems scattered throughout the East Coast illustrates why communities and the military are trying to develop a new, more resilient electricity grid.

The Idaho Transportation Department makes more than $5.4 million a year selling motor vehicle records and other personal information to companies that use it to research car buying patterns, send out recall notices and even track down scofflaws who don’t pay parking tickets given out by private companies.

Social Good Network seeks to tap a rapidly growing online consumer market that is reaching $300 billion a year.

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Federal regulators are stepping into the middle of another Idaho energy fight, this time taking the state to court to force it to approve contracts requiring Idaho Power Co. to buy electricity from a small wind project.