IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Idaho National Laboratory intern Jake Guidry has developed a cybersecurity research tool that could improve the security of electric vehicle charging. INL experts demonstrated the tool to colleagues from Sandia and Pacific Northwest national laboratories on June 7. The AcCCS tool provides access capabilities through CCS (combined charging system) communications protocol.   more

BOISE, Idaho, July 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced the progress in two cases in which two separate Idaho men dangerously fled from law enforcement to avoid investigation into their drug trafficking activities. In the first case, Theodore Maynard Hamann, 40, of Pocatello, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison for drug trafficking. On December 21, 2021, Hamma  more

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, July 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on July 20, 2023: Matthew James Holmberg, 20, of Spokane Valley, Washington, was sentenced Monday, July 1, 2023, to 19 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit. According to court records, Holmberg was involved in distributing   more