MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, Idaho, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Benjamin Ingold, 366th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Air Combat Command selected five units to serve as test beds for the Air Force's new deployment model in January 2022 and these units, designated as "lead wings," were tasked to figure out how to rapidly generate combat power as a deployed force anytime, anywhere. The 366th Fighter Wing was one of the five units selected and the wing finished thei  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Officials at Headquarters Air Education and Training Command released its Ground Accident Investigation Board report from the June 24, 2022, death of an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) cadet participating in cadet development activities at Saylor Creek Range, Idaho, which is a part of the Mountain Home Air Force Base Range Complex. Mackenzie Wil  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2023: Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Director John Wagner has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election to this fellowship is an honor bestowed on members by their peers for their research and social efforts to advance science or its applications. As INL's director since December 2020, Wagner has be  more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Feb. 6, 2023: Joseph Alan Hoadley, 42, of Caldwell, was sentenced to three months in federal prison for falsifying a record or document in a federal investigation, witness tampering by harassment, and destroying a record to impair its use in an official proceeding, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. The Honorable Scott W. Skavdahl, U.S. District Court Judge for the   more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 8 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Idaho office issued the following news release: The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Idaho has released the February Water Supply Outlook Report for the 2023 water year (WY23). Although January was a dry month with below normal snowfall north of the Snake River, increases in SWE (snow water equivalent) were measured at every SNOTEL site across Idaho. The snowpack is still abov  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 9, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Idaho As of February 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration has hit the ground running to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and it is already delivering results for the people of Idaho. To date, $1.2 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced and is headed to Idaho with over 131 specific projec  more