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City Gets Check for Chobani Projects

Benito Baeza — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:59:18 +0000

(KLIX)-The city of Twin Falls took a check for $150,000 from the non-profit organization Business Plus. It will be used to fund infrastructure projects associated with the Chobani Plant. Its made up of Magic Valley investors aimed at encouraging local business growth

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URA Raises Line of Credit on Chobani Project

Benito Baeza — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:56:31 +0000

Twin Falls (KLIX)- The Twin Falls Urban Renewal agency increased its line of credit with Chobani. The original Agreement set the line of credit at about $17million dollars. Since then the size of the project and costs associated

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More Sewer Line Work Awarded

Benito Baeza — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:02:26 +0000

The city of Twin Falls has awarded another contract for the Northeast Sewer Project. It connects the Chobani plant with the city’s waste water system. Stutzman Incorporated won the bid at little more than $75,000. The city is only funding part of the work. Twin

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Long Line Forms For Chobani Jobs

Kelly Klaas — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:49:24 +0000

(AP) - Hundreds of job applicants lined up for a shot at landing production and support staff positions at Chobani’s new yogurt factory in Twin Falls. A single-file line at the Chobani job fair on Friday stretched through the College of Southern Idaho's Herrett Center for the Arts and Science out the door and down the sidewalk to the parking lot.

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Chobani Yogurt Gets National Award

Kelly Klaas — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:42:46 +0000

. (AP) - Upstate New York-based Greek yogurt maker Chobani Inc. has been named the national winner of a federal entrepreneurship award. The U.S. Small Business Administration says Tuesday the company is being honored for its fast growth in sales and employment across the country and overseas.

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TF City Council To Consider Annexation Of Chobani Property

Kelly Klaas — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:37:07 +0000

With the construction of the Chobani yogurt factory well under way, the Twin Falls City Council will consider a proposal tonight to annex the property on which the new facility is being built. Right now the property is still outside the city limits and therefore the city of Twin Falls cannot collect city taxes.

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Chobani Hosts Informational Meeting

Kelly Klaas — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:17:45 +0000

An informational meeting held in Twin Falls yesterday for the Chobani yogurt factory currently under construction got about twice as many attendees than officials were expecting. Officials fielded some questions about the new plant from those attending but still remained tight lipped about some of

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Chobani Now Hiring Upper Level Management For TF Plant

Kelly Klaas — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:43:25 +0000

With the construction of the new Chobani Greek Yogurt facility well under way in Twin Falls the attention is now being focused on upper management for the local facility.

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Work Progresses At Chobani Yogurt Plant Site

News Radio 1310 KLIX — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:48:11 +0000

The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Chobani yogurt factory east of Twin Falls is set for December 19th, but you wouldn’t know it from the level of activity going on at the property at Kimberly Road and 3300 East Road.

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Twin Falls Group To Visit New York Yogurt Plant

James Tidmarsh — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:53:34 +0000

Representatives with the Idaho Department of Labor and College of Southern Idaho plan to visit the headquarters of New York-based Agro Farma to learn what kind of skills workers will need at a Chobani yogurt plant this week. The Times-News reports that the visits will take place Tuesday and Wednesday. Community college officials say the school can contribute to t

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Magic Valley Officialsl Visit Chobani Factory

News Radio 1310 KLIX — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:01:06 +0000

(AP) Representatives with the Idaho Department of Labor and College of Southern Idaho plan to visit the headquarters of New York-based Agro Farma this week. They want to learn what kind of skills workers will need at a Chobani yogurt plant that will create 400 jobs when it opens sometime next year in Twin Falls

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TF City Council Completes Chobani Paperwork

News Radio 1310 KLIX — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:58:28 +0000

Although the pomp and circumstance of the Chobani Greek Yogurt manufacturing plant moving to Twin Falls was celebrated earlier this month, the Twin Falls City Council still needed to put its stamp of approval on a couple of items before it could happen. The Times News reports that occurred yesterday during the regular session of the council.

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Chobani Plans Sail Through Council

James Tidmarsh — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:15:39 +0000

The Twin Falls city council gave Chobani yogurt a thumbs up last night with approval of a rezoning effort. I n order to build the planned plant, the 58 acre plot of land located at the southwest corner of Kimberly Road and 3300 East Road had to go from "commercial" to "heavy manufacturing". City council members approved the chang

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Twin Falls Under Consideration For Yogurt Plant

News Radio 1310 KLIX — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:47:09 +0000

The Twin Falls area is in the running as a possible location for a production plan to produce yogurt. The Times News reports today that officials for Chobani, a New York-based manufacturer of Greek yogurt, have visited Twin Falls looking for a possible location to build a production facility close to the west coast.

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