Last week’s Boise summit of the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region organization’s leaders and members posed many questions and answered some of them at this forum for presenting research and new ideas. PNWER has a noble purpose, which is to form…

There is a range war out West. And unless you live in Idaho or Nevada or any other Western state you probably have no idea what is happening or why you should care. But wherever you live in America you...

From the White House: U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced today that Idaho will receive up to $1,462,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for its state-run rebate program for consumer purchases of new…

The Northwest—Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana—is arguably the region of the United States that is richest in renewable energy resources such as geothermal, hydro, wind, and solar, said Paul Manson, president of Seabreeze Power Corp., speaking at the Pacific Northwest...

Legislators who’ve been pushing a bill to regulate a controversial natural gas drilling process are now calling for further scientific study, a change in tack made under intense lobbying pressure and after a personal request from Colorado’s Democratic governor. If…