Regional Business News

"This agreement is a real validation for IdaTech and the work we’re doing,"

There is no wiggle room when it comes to compliance with federal and state air emissions regulations. "You either meet the criteria or you don’t get a permit," said Doug Herlocker, air quality specialist and…

"There’s a lurking suspicion we are going to close the center and move," said Pence, in an interview in his office Monday. "It’s not going to happen."

The cooperative program gives the restaurant owners the chance to get more for their dollar in newspaper ads, television commercials and other promotions.

For the president of one major Lake City company, customer service is the ultimate goal.

Bennett Forest Industries officials said the change will make the company more effective in the competitive timber industry, but the decision means a loss of 75 jobs in the unincorporated town of just 400.

Called Built in Sun Valley, the service gives builders a means to have a customized presence on the World Wide Web and gives their clients the ability to track projects at any time from virtually any place.

The company’s Spokane human resources manager, Lynn Johnson, said that only 200 of the first 800 jobs have been filled so far, leaving a total of 800 more full-time jobs to fill.

Center Partners will hire more than 300 call center agents over the next month as a result of new contracts with existing telecommunications clients.

"It’s entirely do-able. It just requires a bit of attention and more development before they can make millions of chips with this."