BY NICOLE BLANCHARD Idaho Statesman This summer, Frank VanderSloot was reluctantly crowned Idaho’s wealthiest man by Forbes. Now he’s made another of the business magazine’s lists: the wealthiest 400 Americans. VanderSloot, the founder of Melaleuca, was one of 13 people who tied for No. 302, each with fortunes Forbes estimated at $2.7 billion. That’s an $800
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Category: Idaho Falls
Mermaid tail craze started with Idaho Falls grandmother
Press Release IDAHO FALLS — Mermaids are diving into pools across America this summer, and it all started with a mom-and-pop shop in Idaho Falls. Karen and Jerry Browning are the founders of Fin Fun. The company originated the patented swimmable spandex mermaid tail and monofin in 2010. In 2009 Karen’s granddaughter, Emily, asked her Grandma repeatedly to
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FBI investigating Idaho Falls investment firm
By Luke Ramseth, The Post Register On the morning after the November election, FBI agents raided the Idaho Falls headquarters of Yellowstone Partners, a well-established investment adviser with satellite offices around the West and more than $850 million in assets under management. Agents were “conducting court-authorized activity related to an ongoing investigation,” FBI spokeswoman Sandra
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INL buildings clear first obstacle
By Bryan Clark BOISE — An effort to fund the construction of two new education and research facilities associated with Idaho National Laboratory cleared its first major legislative hurdle Tuesday. The Senate Education Committee unanimously recommended that Senate Concurrent Resolution 105 be passed by the full Senate. The resolution would allow the Idaho State Building
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Spent nuclear fuel shipment to Idaho lab remains in limbo
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The director of the Idaho National Laboratory says it’s problematic whether a small quantity of spent nuclear fuel needed for research will be allowed into Idaho this spring. The lab renegotiated a research agreement to allow the shipment to be received later this year, Mark Peters told the Post Register
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Spent nuclear fuel shipment to Idaho lab remains in limbo
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The director of the Idaho National Laboratory says it’s problematic whether a small quantity of spent nuclear fuel needed for research will be allowed into Idaho this spring. The lab renegotiated a research agreement to allow the shipment to be received later this year, Mark Peters told the Post Register
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DOE unlikely to meet Idaho nuclear waste cleanup deadline
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy is likely to miss another deadline under its 1995 agreement to remove nuclear waste stored in Idaho, according to information from agency and state officials. The DOE committed in the 1995 settlement to clean up some 65,000 cubic meters of waste by the end of
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