You might have heard of lights that turn off with an app or voice command. Or window shades that magically rise every morning.

It seems to be becoming a common occurrence; a major company or organization breached by hackers taking personal information from thousands to millions of people. One of the latest companies to be hit is the Marriott International says that a breach of its Starwood guest reservation database…

Around this time of year, many taxpayers begin the annual ritual of pondering The Big Question: Do I take the standard deduction or spend time hunting for receipts and filling out extra forms to itemize? The decision largely boils down to whether itemizing will reduce your taxable income mor…

What: Rexburg Farmer Merchant Awards Nominations

After Sears announced last month that it will close its Grand Teton Mall store in early 2019, Idaho Falls residents and business leaders are anticipating which store could replace it.

Skip the costly electronic games and flashy digital gizmos. Pediatricians say the best toys for tots are old-fashioned hands-on playthings that young children can enjoy with parents — things like blocks, puzzles — even throwaway cardboard boxes — that spark imagination and creativity.

From collection kettles to toy drives, the spirit of the holidays means giving to favorite causes and to those less fortunate. American charities receive one-third of their annual donations during the holiday season. But as many of us look to give; it can feel overwhelming.

Smokin Fins, a restaurant that offers seafood, sushi and smoked specialty meat, is now open in downtown Idaho Falls.

REXBURG — Yellowstone Bear World has made Courtney Ferguson the new president of the company.

DIVINIA Water, Inc. and the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) announce a revolutionary study on DIVINIA Water's effect on particular human health problems, approved by NUNM's Institutional Review Board.

The nomination of David Taylor, dealer at Taylor Chevrolet Buick Cadillac in Rexburg, Idaho, for the 2019 TIME Dealer of the Year award was announced last week by TIME.

Steelhead fishing on the Salmon River was cut short this year, after a threat of a lawsuit from conservation groups forced the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to indefinitely suspend the season.

Potato exports saw a significant decline in the first quarter of the 2018/2019 marketing year due to Mexico and other countries’ retaliatory tariffs on U.S. potatoes, according to Potatoes USA, a potato marketing firm.

When Abbotts Variety closed in Rigby in April 2017, the city’s accessibility to fabric for quilting took a major hit. This loss led Quick Quilts Owner Ron Hedelius to expand his business and offer not only quilt making, but fabrics as well.

PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. — In a renovated old cash register factory in suburban Detroit, 300 engineers are toiling away on an all-electric pickup truck and an SUV that they hope can take on Tesla.

Laura Lewis is now the owner of the Batteries Plus Bulbs stores in Idaho Falls and Pocatello, but looking at her early career, one might not have guessed that owning retail stores was in the cards. 

Brent Wilson is a brokerage services specialist at Thornton Oliver Keller in Idaho Falls. 

A family-owned taco shop in Ammon is growing and the owners’ children are beginning to take leadership roles.

NEW YORK — Around two dozen traders sit in an open-layout second floor of a building in suburban Philadelphia. Surrounded by computer monitors, loud conversation and ringing phones, the energy on this trading floor is high and the commodity is blingy.

The holiday shopping season is about upon us as Black Friday is just days away.

NEW YORK — Amazon wants to get more kids thinking about becoming computer engineers.

Are you vulnerable to smishing attacks? You are if you have a smartphone and use texting. Smishing is like phishing, but instead of using email, perpetrators send you a text message, SMS, in an attempt to gather your personal or financial information or use your phone for malicious attacks o…

LONDON — For kids growing up in today's cashless society, the piggy bank is going virtual.

LOS ANGELES — The United States has charged a government-controlled company in China with stealing trade secrets from an American semiconductor company, the Justice Department said Thursday as it outlined an initiative focused on what officials said was the growing threat of Chinese economic…

With Veterans Day next week, you are likely to hear stories of disabled veterans needing assistance or similar pitches for Americans to make donations to charities that promise to help needy veterans. Better Business Bureau wants to remind donors to look beyond stories that appeal to our emo…

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Though numbers are down just a hair from last year, a new study shows tourists spend more in Gallatin County than any other county in Montana.

There is often so many reasons to give, whether it is to victims from the latest hurricane, someone in our community who is in need, or a campaign such as October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, with plans to shutter 142 unprofitable stores in the hopes that it can stay in business.

Downtown Idaho falls is getting more colorful.

International Isotopes Inc. has announced it has recently been awarded more than a dozen contracts for various types of radiological field services involving sealed radioactive source recovery operations. The value of these contracts total more than $1.6 million dollars and most of this cont…

In a nondescript white building off U.S. Highway 26 in Idaho Falls, a small group of engineers are building massive domes. Passersby wouldn’t know it from the outside because these engineers don’t use rebar or wood to build their structures — they use air.

The Idaho Innovation Center is a business incubator based in Idaho Falls. It offers discounted office space for lease and technology and training resources to small businesses and startups in eastern Idaho. 

Credit cards that are affiliated with brands — such as American Airlines, Uber, L.L. Bean and Ikea — are suddenly amping up rewards for everyday purchases at restaurants, gas stations and grocery stores.

It’s a fact that fewer and fewer people are using checks. So, you would assume that means fake check scams are dwindling. Unfortunately, a report on fake check fraud conducted by Better Business Bureau found that not to be the case. The report found that this type of scam is increasing. In f…

American Hospital Association honors Lost Rivers Medical Center’s CEO

Dani Flaming’s home-based business is growing quickly both in terms of sales and prestige.

As local schools and colleges near their start dates, many are reminded of the cost of their own education. Many people have student loans with steep payments and years before their debt will be paid off. The Better Business Bureau advises people in this situation to be aware of scammers who…

BOZEMAN, Mont. — If any two kinds of startups dominate Bozeman’s business scene, it’s beer and technology. One local entrepreneur has taken advantage of that, creating an app that pays you to go to breweries.

WASHINGTON — Fishermen off the Alaskan coast. A Florida maker of boat trailers. A building materials distributor in Tennessee.

A magazine subscription service is under the spotlight after racking up numerous Better Business Bureau customer complaints.