From the Idaho Business Review When James D. Hovren was a child, his father passed away. Following his tragic loss, Hovren says he began to see the importance of a good lawyer. In college, he studied political science and business, and then applied to law school. Today he is a parter at Evans Keane LLP…
From the Las Vegas Optic Las Vegas native Tony Archuleta has spent 44 of his 84 years behind the wheel of a school bus, and he’s loved every minute of it. In fact, he never missed a day of work. During his long career, he has driven buses for West Las Vegas, Rio Gallinas and…
From the Las Vegas Optic Caitie Ihrig developed a love of sports photography while growing up in Rochester, N.Y. It’s a skill she will be able to use daily in her new role as the Optic’s sports editor. For Ihrig, photography is much more than an interest or fleeting hobby. She was born cross-eyed, a…
From the Las Vegas Optic Walk through the doors of Popular Dry Goods and you’re instantly transported back in time. That’s what customers tell Brenda Manning, one of the managers of the longstanding western wear store on Bridge Street. You walk in, you smell the leather, and you just step back in time,” she said.…
From the Idaho Business Review One of the first things Josh Miles learned at Oregon State University was that he didn’t want to be an accountant. “I took my accounting courses and recognized that I hated that,” Miles says. “But then I took a finance course and it totally lit me on fire. I just…
From the Idaho Business Review For over three and a half years now, Reed Brimhall has been the Chief Financial Officer for Scentsy, Inc. But the journey that brought him to the Meridian-based fragrance product manufacturer began in the 1970s. “It’s an old story,” Brimhall says. “My dad was an accountant, and I actually had…
From the Idaho Business Review Renee Avram began her career as a receptionist at a credit union in California. Today, she is the Vice President Manager of Zion Bank’s Twin Falls Canyon Park Financial Center. “I worked my way from the very bottom,” Avram says. “I did everything from reception, to teller, head teller, new…
From the Las Vegas Optic For 125 years, Las Vegas has been home to the state’s only public psychiatric health hospital. In that time, New Mexicans have known it by several names, including the New Mexico Insane Asylum, the Territorial Insane Asylum, or simply, the New Mexico State Hospital. But as society’s view of mental…
From the Las Vegas Optic When it opened in the early 1920s, the El Fidel Hotel offered travelers more than just an affordable, comfortable place to sleep. Guests could sit down to eat breakfast or lunch, grab a drink at the bar, or gather with friends in a comfortable setting. Soon, travelers and Las Vegas…
From AP News Drive down almost any street in Las Vegas and it’s easy to see remnants of the past. Stop for gas at either of the town’s two full-service gas stations and you can experience a small piece of that past. Once ubiquitous, full-service gas stations are rarely seen today, and most drivers expect…
