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The Idaho Department of Administration found Syringa the most technically proficient and least-expensive bidder for a project to link schools, universities and businesses over the high-speed, multimillion-dollar Idaho Education Network.

"Active women finally have the swimsuit that can effortlessly go from water to sand to trail to boat."

Boise made the list for several reasons: the city’s public works department has the largest direct use geothermal system in the U.S.; the city’s geothermal system injects 100 percent of the water back into the aquifer; the Idaho State Capitol is among several buildings in the Capitol Mall area that are heated by the system and Boise built its first geothermal heating system in 1892.

The grant program was designed to spur economic growth and job creation by encouraging renewable energy development collaboration between local authorities and energy developers.

The new service, which provides free wireless Internet access at businesses in Nampa’s historic downtown core, was paid for with a grant from Nampa-based Capital Matrix, a development company that works with the Small Business Administration and private sector lenders to support small businesses.

Under a new agreement, the first ‘clean-coal’ plant in the nation could open near American Falls by 2015.

Customers participating in A/C Cool Credit help shift the demand for energy during the highest-use summer days, which bodes well for system reliability, Idaho Power said in a weekly newsletter.

Idaho was among seven states to be included in a grant to fund broadband mapping and planning activities.

Officials predict St. Luke’s Meridian and ISU’s Health Science Center will help attract health care, technology and related industries to Meridian

The grants are available through a U.S. Department of Education program that aims to provide students with activities such as art, music, recreation and sports when they aren’t in school.