WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho -- The Bureau of Land Management firefighters and their partners recently suppressed a series of wildfires along Interstate 84 between Boise and Glenns Ferry. This was done without damage to the habitat or injury to people in the area thanks to fuel breaks created by a network of groups, collectively called the Paradigm Project. Their aim is to keep Idahoans safe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: POST FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Coeur d'Alene Field Office is pleased to announce that improvements at the Ross Point Day Use Recreation Site are now complete. Visitors to the site, located on Maplewood Drive east of Post Falls, can now enjoy designated off-street parking, established picnic areas with tables and barbeque grills, a group picnic pavilion, acc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: CHALLIS, Idaho -- The Bureau of Land Management is seeking the public's input for a proposed recreational Master Trail Plan that would be located in the Challis Foothills. Comments will be accepted for 30 days ending Oct. 12. "The increase in recreation-based activities has amplified the need for improved recreation management and opportunities at the Challis Foothills Trail  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Owyhee Field Office finished gathering wild horses from the Black Mountain, Hardtrigger and Sands Basin Wild Horse Herd Management Areas using the helicopter drive trap method. The BLM gathered 229 wild horses. An estimated 38 mares will be released back to the range once they have been treated with GonaCon, a fertility co  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Sept. 15, 2023: Robin Dwain Dunn, 68, of Rigby, was indicted on September 13, 2023, by a federal grand jury sitting in Boise on one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, two counts of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, and one count of distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced tod  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 14 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in seven Idaho counties and neighboring counties in Montana and Washington are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused b  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 14 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 15 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 Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the f  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 14 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 19 Washington 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 Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: An Idaho woman was sentenced in the District of Columbia today on two felonies and four misdemeanors related to her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Yvonne S  more