Last night, KTVB announced that claims for unemployment benefits in Ada County increased by 66% in the the last 12 months.
Here is the latest list of recent business closures:
Mervin’s is closing (Boise Town Square Mall)
8th Street Wine Co. Closes
Trading Places
Mortimer’s
Andre’s
Gino’s Bistro
Related:
Supervalu (Albertson’s) is cutting 100 jobs
Idaho Statesman: Employee Pay freeze
Thank heavens it’s merely an Economic [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 15, 2008
Unemployment benefits in Boise up 66%
August 13, 2008
RIGHT ‘EFFIN’ ON!!! Congratz!
Armstrong wins gold medal
Kristin Armstrong is the first ever Boisean to win a gold medal.
Just two days after her 35th birthday, Armstrong completed the impressive feat during the women’s time trial Wednesday morning in Beijing, China. She finished in a time of 34:51.72 – smoking second place finisher Emma Pooley of Great Britain by nearly [...]
August 8, 2008
8 People Buy “I Am Rich” iPhone App For $1,000
Posted by kdawson on Friday August 08, @11:02AM
from the more-money-than-good-sense dept.
FsG writes:
“In the first 24 hours that it was available, eight people bought a completely useless iPhone app for $1,000 a pop. This app does nothing except alert onlookers that you have a lot of money. The developer priced it at $999.99, which [...]
August 7, 2008
A little knowledge is dangerous
It’s no secret that I’ll be casting my vote for Obama this November. Unfortunately, unless there’s a significant “swing” in the popular vote, Idaho’s “Electors” all come from the Republican party as a result of the current Administration. Frustrating for all you Obama supporters out there…and this often leads to people not willing to stand [...]
August 3, 2008
Unemployment in Boise going up
I’m tired of hearing all of the optimists bragging about how Boise is doing so well and not reflecting the trends of the rest of the country. If you’ve spent anytime looking for current job postings that pay more than minimum wage, you’ll notice the well is pretty dry. Ironically the source of hearing how [...]
August 3, 2008
Technology Employment in Boise
Interesting bit from a blog I stumbled over, “TechBoise”.
http://techboise.com/hp-layoffs-for-boise/#comment-2322
“Here’s my news tip for Boise (especially any elected or wannabe/soon to be elected officials):
LaserJet’s and DRAM are not going to carry the valley like they once did.
Can we expect to see more layoffs in Boise? It’s too hard to realistically predict any specific events tied to [...]
August 3, 2008
23 Days…
…Until I’m back in class. I feel refreshed and motivated and I have a new major. (Not that much different than the old one really.)
My postmortem from last semester:
6 classes & a lab is too much with 2 kids, a wife, a part time job during nights, and a performing band.
I HATE ONLINE classes. I need real world [...]
August 1, 2008
Empathy? and idiots at gas stations
A friend of mine named her myspace blog “Blogs are for bitching” – I’m using that idea today. While feeding my kids and tinkering around the house this morning, a certain morning talk show on NBC was on. I won’t mention any names but the co-host rhymes with Kelly Ripa. Anyway, the topic of gas [...]
