WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Chad Kidd, P.E., PMP is the Bureau of Reclamation's Engineer of the Year. Kidd is an electrical engineer in Reclamation's Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region, Upper Snake River Field Office in Heyburn, Idaho. Kidd recently led two successful modernization projects at Reclamation-owned high voltage switchyards that are critical to the bulk electrical system. It included h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $18,014,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Idaho. This investment, which is allocated to states and territories, will be made available to communities as grants through EPA's Emerging Contaminants in Small   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Potato stocks in Idaho on February 1, 2023 totaled 64.5 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 56.2 million cwt. February 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 13.1 million cwt. Disappearance to date was 11.8 million cwt. In Washington, February 1 potato stocks totaled 38.0 million cwt. Disappearance to d  more