Idaho is faring somewhat better than many other states in terms of gas prices, as Boise State Public Radio recently reported. According to AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report, a gallon of regular will now run you about $3.78 in Idaho, well below the current national average of $3.94. For Idaho’s gas station owners, that’s cold […]
Until recently, my car was a 1994 Toyota Camry that my parents purchased second-hand when I was in high school. By the time I was finished with it, its odometer had passed the 260,000 mile mark. It had been broken into in D.C. and held its own on rutted out back roads all over Wyoming. […]
For the last week, StateImpact Idaho has been reporting on recent cuts to flights in and out of Boise. The guiding question: will airlines’ cutbacks affect Idaho’s prospects for an economic turnaround? Airlines are, of course, responding to broader economic conditions when they determine to stop offering a flight between, say, Boise and Los Angeles. […]
A story in today’s news drives home the large forces at play when Southwest decides — as it recently did — to stop making flights from Boise to Seattle, Salt Lake and Reno. The International Air Transport Association, a trade group representing major passenger and cargo lines, says industry earnings will probably drop to $3 […]
Boise resident C.K. Haun has this routine down. He may live in Idaho, but he’s a senior engineer at Apple. Long before the sun is up, he arrives at the Boise Airport, to catch his regular flight to San Jose. “I can do this by autopilot now,” he says. “Most of the TSA people know […]
StateImpact is considering the potential economic effects of the shrinking number of flights in and out of Boise. As we mentioned in a post yesterday, there will be 20 percent fewer seats leaving Boise this summer than last. The Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce is targeting the issue through a new travel committee. Early this week, I […]
Frontier Airlines recently announced it won’t resume service between Boise and Denver this spring. Early this year, Southwest discontinued its flights from Boise to Seattle, Salt Lake and Reno. An American Airlines affiliate has cancelled its service from Boise to Los Angeles. The net effect is that there will be 20 percent fewer seats leaving […]
While reporting our recent story about Idaho farmland prices and investor interest in cropland, I ran across a quirk of Idaho law that posed a bit of a challenge: sales prices aren’t public information. Idaho is one of ten states that are known, in the real estate business, as “non-disclosure states.” For a better understanding […]
Across the U.S., the price of good quality cropland is soaring, and it’s not just farmers who are driving demand. In an unsteady economy, investors are looking to farm ground as a safe haven. Prices have been highest in the Midwest Corn Belt. Here in Idaho, demand is centered in the Snake River Plain, where […]
A Ketchum, Idaho business is one of 36 winners in a nationwide contest sponsored by American Express and Google. The Idaho Department of Commerce announced today Lizzy’s Fresh Coffee is one winner in the My Business Story contest. Here is Liz Roquet’s winning video: The Department of Commerce reports Roquet won a $5,000 digital media […]
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