SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded Idaho businesses and residents of the Sept. 22, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by extreme and excessive rainfall in Bonneville County that occurred on May 23. According to Lusk, businesses of all sizes, most pri  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following notice of proposed rulemaking (MB Docket No. 23-287; RM-11961) on Aug. 23, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.622(j), Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Idaho Falls, Idaho) NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a petition for rulemaking filed on June  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PR Docket No. 93-149; WT Docket No. 02-378) on Aug. 25, 2023: * * * The Region 12 (Idaho) Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold a joint 700 MHz and 800 MHz meeting on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 9:00 a.m., at the Ada County Dispatch Center, 945 E. Pine Ave., Meridian, ID 83642. Please note: The Idaho State Radio Users Group (ISRUG) meeting will   more

POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Aug. 23, 2023: Diesel performance parts retailers GDP Tuning LLC and Custom Auto of Rexburg LLC, doing business as "Gorilla Performance," as well as the companies' owner Barry Pierce, pleaded guilty to criminal charges today in federal court in Pocatello, and agreed to pay a total of $1 million in criminal fines, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit today. The companies  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Aug. 21, 2023: Two multi-faceted, large-scale Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigations have resulted in the federal indictments of 25 defendants on drug trafficking and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Seventeen indictments were issued over the last several months by federal grand juries sitting in Idaho along with  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Diesel performance parts retailers GDP Tuning LLC and Custom Auto of Rexburg LLC, dba Gorilla Performance, as well as the companies' owner Barry Pierce, pleaded guilty to criminal charges today in federal court in Pocatello, Idaho, and agreed to pay a total of $1 million in criminal fines. The companies also agreed to implement compliance programs and to not manufacture, sell or install any  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36708) entitled "John Howell - Continuation of Control Exemption - Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway LLC": * * * John Howell (Howell), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1180.2(d)(2) to exempt from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 11323 his continuance in control of Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway LLC (WIM), a no  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36707) entitled "Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway LLC - Operation Exemption - BLPI RR LLC": * * * Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway LLC (WIM), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1150.31 to operate approximately 43.744 miles of rail line owned by the BLPI RR LLC (BLPI RR)/1 in the County of Latah, Idaho, from  more