The estimate includes tickets and food sales, hotel stays, workers’ wages, advertising and more, but not the revenue made by concessionaires and other businesses at the fairs.

Hotel and rental bookings are up slightly compared to last summer according to data from 17 western destinations, including Vail, Colo., Sun Valley, Idaho, and Jackson Hole, Wyo.

"At first, companies were willing to eat the cost of tariffs; they just can't any longer."

Do possible budget cuts mean Idaho's economy is in trouble?

Idaho Public Television has a new series that goes behind the scenes of Idaho jobs to help kids decide what to be when they grow up.

Idaho exports more than $4 billion worth of goods and services annually. Of all its exporters, 85% are small or medium businesses. Those businesses are among the hardest hit by Trump Administration tariffs.

President Trump announced that the U.S. will raise tariffs on imports from more than 150 countries, which could impact the prices of everyday items.

Across the country, many small businesses are facing an uncertain future as they navigate rising tariffs. Among those is Grove Fruit Growers, an Idaho company that grows mangos in Cambodia.

New research shows that job growth in our region has been faster in areas with serious wildfire danger, a trend that raises the prospect of serious economic fallout from major blazes.

We look at Idahoans are reacting to news of tariffs and an up and down stock market.