SEATTLE, Washington, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Seattle District issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: In the time-honored tradition of passing the unit flag, Col. Kathryn P. Sanborn assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, here, Tuesday. Sanborn replaces Col. Alexander "Xander" Bullock as the district's 53rd commander. She joins the district after serving as the South Pacific Division's deputy commander in San Francisco, California.   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On June 22, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho sentenced Kelly Goodman for honest services wire fraud. Goodman was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, a $5,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment. The investigation revealed that between December 2017 and May 2020, Goodman accepted numerous bribes, totaling at least $38,  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 3 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 10 Montana counties and neighboring counties in Idaho are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in th  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: A study examining protected birds found dead along power lines on public lands in the western U.S. shows that gunshot deaths were three times more common than deaths from other causes. In the Great Basin of the western U.S., power poles and power lines are often the tallest landscape features available to birds for perching and nesting. However, these human-made stru  more