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The only thing worse than moving is asking someone to help. Pianos are the Tyrannosaurus Rex of home possessions.

The unemployment rate in Idaho has been at or below 3 percent for nearly two years, according to state labor officials.

Workers will have a longer window in which to file a claim for unpaid wages if a bill is passed at the Idaho State Legislature.

Trending occupational data statewide lists software development, accounting, physical therapy, nursing and civil engineering among the fastest growing professions.

Some are based in religious faith and others reflect labor conditions or independence movements.

Farmers in southern Idaho are increasingly turning to the guest worker program to fill the gap left by the shrinking labor force in the state.

BOISE, Idaho (KLIX) Idaho’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.8 percent for the month of October.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point to 7.1 percent in September, in part because more people are leaving the workforce. The Department of Labor said Friday that 720,600 people were employed in September — the highest level in four years...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho employers facing high unemployment insurance costs can, in part, blame those who get fraudulent benefits. Getting that money back can often prove fruitless. The Idaho Department of Labor has clawed back some $24.8 million since 2007, but more than $20 million is still being pursued...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The state Department of Labor says Idaho's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point to 7.8 percent in May, ending a string of nine straight monthly declines. The agency says more people entered the job market while hiring slowed in much of the service sector...

(AP) The Idaho Department of Labor says the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December fell to 8.4 percent, the lowest level since September 2009. The state's unemployment rate has dropped for five straight months, and fell from 8...

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.

(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...

Idaho's unemployment rate dipped to 9.2 percent in August, down from 9.4 percent in July.  The state Department of Labor released the latest jobless numbers Friday.  While Idaho posted its lowest unemployment rate since May 2010, the agency says 70,000 workers were still without jobs last month...

If you are doing any traveling over this labor day weekend don’t expect to get any breaks at the gas pump.  AAA Idaho predicts the price of a gallon of regular gasoline will hold steady at $3.68 during the Labor Day holiday.

State labor officials say they are seeing another sign of things turning in the Idaho economy: Small growth in the number of lawn and garden businesses.