September 25, 2025 VALLEY COUNTY, ID - Construction crews working in Valley County have made significant progress installing the conduit system which will underlie the fiber optics for the Idaho Regional Optical Network (IRON) and the Intermountain Infrastructure Group (IIG) between Smiths Ferry and Round Valley. Installation work is progressing steadily and on schedule, moving north from Round Valley along Idaho Highway 55 toward Cascade. The entire project consists of installing [...]

September 2, 2025 LEWISTON, ID – The Port of Lewiston has officially broken ground on a project that will establish a 92-mile broadband "backbone" that will help facilitate reliable, affordable, and accessible high-speed internet to underserved areas of North Central Idaho. “This middle mile backbone will help create the first north-south fiberoptic network within the state of Idaho. Not only will the benefits of enhanced connectivity and accelerated economic development flow [...]

December 24, 2024 EMMETT, ID – Residents and businesses in Emmett and surrounding areas of Gem County may have noticed crews hard at work installing fiber optic cables across the region. This vital infrastructure improvement is part of a transformative 198-mile open access broadband project, developed through a public-private partnership between the Idaho Regional Optical Network (IRON) and Intermountain Infrastructure Group (IIG). The project, which stretches from Grangeville to Star, [...]

February 3, 2023 BOISE, ID - Idaho Regional Optical Network (IRON), Idaho’s leading non-profit fiber optic network infrastructure provider, announced Andy Binder has been named President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this role, Binder will continue IRON’s fundamental purpose to provide Idaho’s higher education, healthcare, emergency management, state and local government, research facilities, and other non-profits with highly reliable access to high-speed infrastructure.  Andy takes the helm from Brent [...]