WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2023: Nationally, personal consumption expenditures (PCE), in current dollars, increased 9.2 percent in 2022 after increasing 12.9 percent in 2021. PCE increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with the percent change ranging from 11.8 percent in Idaho to 6.4 percent in Louisiana (table 1), according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bur  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Powering a remote zinc mine located roughly 600 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, is a Herculean task. Governments and industry have taken a particular interest in remote arctic mining locations, not only because of the region's vast mineral resources, but also because of shipping routes that are opening through the ice due to climate change. Still, getting energy to t  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Oct. 6, 2023: Tamlyn Leigh Ulin-Gilson, 56, of Reedsport, Oregon, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local Union 1273, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, Ulin-Gilson served as president of AFGE Local Union 1273 from January 2019 to April 24, 2021. AFGE 1273 is a federal l  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Investigation finds business, former owner retaliated when employees exercised their rights * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court requiring a Boise dog daycare facility and its former owner to pay $50,000 in general and punitive damages for terminating two employees unlawfully for raising workplace safety con  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2023: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced the opportunity to request a hearing on an application from the Carbon Free Power Project for early construction work at the site where it plans to build a proposed nuclear power plant. The CFPP's limited work authorization application, filed on July 31, requests NRC approval to begin preparing a site at the Idaho National Laboratory complex, nea  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 5 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in eight 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   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 5 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 21 Oregon counties and neighboring counties in Idaho and Washington 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   more

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is planning to conduct prescribed burns at Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge near Bonners Ferry between October 2023 and February 2024. The prescribed fires will help restore habitat and reduce the risk of wildfire. To ensure public and firefighter safety, roads and public use areas may need to close temporarily as   more