Thompson Creek Metals Company answered questions from investors today after announcing yesterday that it will suspend a planned phase of activity at its molybdenum mine in Custer County, resulting in job cuts. The company expects to lay off 104 of its approximately 400 employees, CEO Kevin Loughrey said today. “They’re going to be primarily truck […]
Lately, we’ve covered the wind industry’s aggressive move into Idaho, and utilities’ attempts to rein in the industry’s expansion in the state. Related to that reporting, it’s worth taking a look at the big picture of electricity generation in Idaho. With that in mind, we posted this map last week. Now, let’s size it up […]
Wal-Mart stores across southern Idaho have begun carrying cheeses from a Rexburg creamery this week, according to the state agriculture department. Nelson-Ricks Creamery will provide cheddar, mozzarella and other varieties. “The brand is “Idaho Cheese,” says Idaho Preferred program manager Leah Clark. “When you look at it in the case, it’s got a big State […]
The federal law that helped 30 Idaho wind projects get underway over the last four years was initially championed by an entirely different breed of business: timber companies, canal companies, and Simplot. That adds a twist to a story that is, on its face, about a dispute between the renewable energy industry and utilities, primarily […]
Sometimes, in reporting, you stumble across something that is just plain great. Lately I’ve been focused on wind development, and this wind map is one of those awesome things I happened to find. Go ahead: click on it. You’ll see. The live wind map is an art project, as the site explains. It’s based on […]
Courtesy: Northwest Power and Conservation Council Most of us don’t think about where the electricity that powers our lights, televisions, computers, phones — our lives — comes from. And if we wanted to find out, how many of us would know where to start? Search no more. Thanks to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, […]
How do Idahoans spend their workaday lives? Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week offer one answer. This is what working Idahoans did at work — broadly speaking, anyway — in 2011. Source: U.S. Census Bureau The construction sector has shifted in the opposite direction over the same time period, shrinking from 10.1 […]
If you look at a map of where wind development has taken off in Idaho, you’ll notice an area near American Falls. There, in the rolling agricultural land of southeast Idaho, Edith Kopp stands on a high hillside. She gazes out with satisfaction at more than a dozen turbines, turning steadily. “This is a pretty […]
Just one Idahoan appears on Forbes’ list of the 400 richest Americans, released today. He is Robert (Earl) Holding, 85, founder of the Little America chain of hotels and resorts, and owner of Sinclair Oil Corporation. Little America and Sinclair Oil are both based in Salt Lake City, but the hotel group also owns Idaho’s […]
*We originally reported fall enrollment is down this year compared to last in Boise State University’s M.B.A. program, when in fact enrollment has increased from 119 full and part time students in 2011 to 139 full and part time students. For the fourth year in a row, the number of applicants for two-year, full-time M.B.A. […]
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