Business event focuses on support for local employers

A team from the Idaho Department of Labor recently held a meeting in Mountain Home to discuss the local workforce and gather additional data from local leaders and employers. Low wages and the lack of a vocational-technical school and a college in the local area were just some of the weaknesses businesses owners identified during the break-out sessions. Another concerning issue the department of labor identified was the "Employment by Wages" category showing about one in three county residents make less than $12 an hour.