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Coronavirus is not only dominating the news headlines locally and nationally, but COVID-19 is also dominating the minds of oil investors. And that’s why oil prices have been trading near prices we haven’t seen since 2002, in the low $22 per barrel range. Pat ...

In an effort to improve potato storage technology, the University of Idaho will benefit from a $1 million investment to create an endowed research professorship made possible by alumni Wayne and Peggy Thiessen and the Idaho Potato Commission. Th ...

As the coronavirus spreads internationally, global economies are slowing, requiring less fuel and less oil. And in turn that has pushed oil prices lower yet again. Patrick DeHaan with GasBuddy.com said the reduced demand has been the #1 issue on the minds of investors for weeks now, and it remains unseen how far and wide the coronavirus will spread ...

Saying it would destabilize the power grid and increase overall greenhouse emissions, the long-awaited federal report out Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on the Snake River. The report said Hydropower generation would decrease by 1,100 average megawatts under average water conditions, and 730 average megawatts under low water conditions ...

The coronavirus continues to impact international markets, and of course international oil prices.  Patrick DeHaan with Gasbuddy.com said oil prices dropped $3 week-over-week, just because of fears of where the virus will go next.   “A fluid situation with the coronavirus last week, like I said, there was optimism that the spread was slowing, and then the weekend hit, and everything unraveled.  So

Thanks to fears and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus, oil prices are trading at the lowest levels we’ve seen in the past 12 months.  As of Monday, prices for West Texas Crude were trading around $52 per barrel.  And while that figure was up slightly, its part of a larger trend, pushing oil prices lower since the world first caught wind of the health problems in China.   What i...

Thanks to pressure from China, oil prices are trading slightly lower this week.  According to Patrick DeHaan with Gasbuddy.com, West Texas Crude was trading below $50 per barrel, Monday morning.  DeHaan said for the past year plus, China has dictated where oil prices went; first during the trade war with the U.S., now b...

Idaho’s wine industry won’t have to store extra wine in neighboring states under proposed legislation that headed to the governor’s desk.  This week, the state Senate voted 32-3 to approve the measure the state’s wine industry says would save it tens of thousands of dollars.   Idaho has some 60 w...

Thanks to the spread of, and the fear of the coronavirus, oil prices have dropped considerably in the past week.  Patrick DeHaan with GasBuddy.com says that fear has pushed prices to lows not reported for months.  West Texas Crude was down to $49 per barrel Monday morning.  DeHaan ...

Oil prices traded higher Tuesday, with West Texas Crude trading around $53 per barrel.  That upward movement came just a day after concerns over the coronavirus sent panic through the oil market, and most investment markets thanks to slowdowns, business cancellations, and travel restrictions across China.  ...