By Jim Salter /Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — If you plan to livestream next month’s solar eclipse from one of the prime viewing spots, here’s a thought: Keep your phone in your pocket, put on your paper shades and just enjoy the celestial wonder. The Aug. 21 solar eclipse, when passage of the moon
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Author: Sarah Glenn
Discovery and Scripps seek to tie up in $12 billion TV deal
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Discovery Communications will buy Scripps Networks for close to $12 billion, tying together two powerful stables of TV shows ranging from Animal Planet to the Food Network. The deal, announced Monday, puts the combined company in a stronger position to draw more women viewers and to navigate an increasingly chaotic
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US pending home sales improved in June
By Josh Boak/AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans signed more contracts to buy homes in June, snapping a three-month decline in pending sales. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that its pending home sales index rose 1.5 percent in June to 110.2. The gain still puts the pace of contract signings below its
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AP Analysis: Most automakers slow to fix dangerous air bags
By Tom Krisher /AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A government effort to speed up recalls of more than 21 million of the most dangerous Takata air bag inflators is falling short, according to an analysis of completion rates by The Associated Press. Nearly 10 million inflators with the highest risk of rupturing remained in
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Boise bans excessively loud vehicles, authorizes $100 fines
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The city of Boise has passed an ordinance allowing authorities to issue fines of up to $100 to people whose vehicles are excessively loud. The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/2vbuSFK ) the “excessive exhaust and muffler noise” ordinance was passed on Tuesday and goes into effect July 31. It prohibits the removal of
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Idaho Power seeks changes for solar customer compensation
By Kimbersee Kruesi /Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Power said Thursday it wants permission from state regulators to lump people who install rooftop solar panels starting next year into a new class of energy providers, and may ask later for permission to charge them more money than current solar producers pay to access
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Idaho health insurers propose steep rate hikes for 2018
By Kimberlee Kruesi /Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Uncertainty from the federal government has caused health insurers to propose steep rate hikes for Idahoans who buy plans on the state-based exchange for coverage in 2018, state officials said Monday. Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron said threats from the federal government to stop
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Idaho Power Op-Ed: Ensuring fairness for all customers
By Adam J. Richins, Idaho Power’s Vice President of Customer Operations and Business Development Electricity has traveled on a one-way street for the better part of a century. Customers have received electricity generated by Idaho Power into their homes, and they’ve paid a monthly bill to cover costs of the grid that delivers it. Today, over
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Shangri-La opens in Pine Ridge Mall
By Journal Staff A new business in the Pine Ridge Mall opened July 1, specializing in Asian bodywork massage. Shangri-La is an expansion of several other businesses in Wyoming and Colorado. According to the company, the massage techniques use gentle hand and finger pressure along the body’s energy channels. The goal is to restore the balance
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Presidential commission renews voter information request
Press Release BOISE – Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney received, by email, a letter Thursday from Vice Chair Kris Kobach of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. The letter expressed the Commission’s renewal of their initial June 2017 request for the portions of Idaho’s voter registration information that is publicly available. While the official hardcopy letter
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