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• Eye on Boise: Welcome to our new Olivias, Williams

  April 22, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho’s most-popular baby names in 2010, according to the newly published state vital statistics report: Olivia and William. Placing second: Emma and Samuel, with Sophia and Logan right …

• Eye on Boise: Six receive state Medal of Honor

  May 22, 2011 in Idaho on Page B2 It was an evening last June when an EMS crew from the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department was dispatched to a scene where a vehicle had crashed into a home. Firefighters …

• Idaho job data has bright spot

  November 23, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Employment in most North Idaho counties fell last month, with Boundary County the notable exception. The Idaho Department of Labor on Friday released a county-by-county breakdown of employment statistics, having …

• Temp worker hiring increasing in area

  June 5, 2010 in Business on Page A6 Spokane-area staffing companies say they’re seeing a gradual uptick in hiring similar to job gains reported across the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday said staffing firms placed … 1

• Spokane area seeing rise in temp worker hiring

  June 4, 2010 in Business Spokane-area staffing companies say they’re seeing a gradual uptick in hiring similar to job gains reported across the country. 1

• Jobless aid outstrips fund

  September 16, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho has borrowed more than $51 million from the federal government since July 1 to bail out its unemployment insurance trust fund, despite a 70 percent tax rate …

• Regional experts wary about trend in unemployment rate

  August 8, 2009 in Business on Page A1 Although some economists said slippage in the national July unemployment rate to 9.4 percent might be a sign the recession may have reached bottom, state and local economists were more …

• Idaho unemployment highest in 25 years

  July 2, 2009 in Business, Idaho Seasonally adjusted unemployment in Idaho rose half a percentage point in June, to 8.3 percent. It’s the highest jobless rate since October 1983, the state Department of Labor said today.