BOISE, Idaho, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management posted the following news release on June 20, 2024: Today the interagency Joint Fire Science Program announced its Fiscal Year 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for wildland fire research priorities. Nearly $11 million will be awarded across federal, state, Tribal and local governments, other Tribal entities, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, and private groups to advance wildland  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, June 22 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced the sentences for two separate East Idaho methamphetamine traffickers who will serve a collective 21.5 years in federal prison. Fredy Munoz-Morales, a/k/a Fredi Munoz-Morales, 36, a Mexican citizen and national, was sentenced to 12.5 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. A  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: In July 2022, amidst a mechanical hum and complicated array of equipment filled with technicolor liquids, newly hired chemical engineering intern Rachel Umpleby learned, hands-on, about solvent extraction at one of Idaho National Laboratory's (INL) many pilot programs. What's more, she was learning from experienced aqueous separations and radioche  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on June 18, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released new Supply Chain Cybersecurity Principles, developed in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory. The principles establish best practices for cybersecurity throughout the supply chain that supports energy infrastructure. Developed for manufacturers and end users alike, the principles create a framework to strengthen key technologies used to man  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following notice of proposed rulemaking (MB Docket No. 24-152; RM-11982): * * * In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.622(j), Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Boise, 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 May 10, 2024, by King Broadcas  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on June 18, 2024: Tyler J. Pierce, 31, of Caldwell, was sentenced to 125 months in federal prison for distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, in June 2022, City County Narcotics Unit officers received information that Pierce was distributing controlled substances in Canyon County. On three occasions in Ju  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release: Tanner Lee Goforth, 38, of Nampa, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for selling a co-worker fentanyl that led to his overdose death, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, on May 17, 2022, Goforth met his friend and co-worker, the victim, at a local gas station where Goforth sold the victim ten fentanyl pills. The victim went home, in  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on June 18, 2024: Keisha Cody, 27, of Fort Hall, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for felony injury to a child, following the death of her seven-week-old baby boy on December 10, 2019, at Fort Hall, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, Cody admitted to recklessly causing the health of her child to be injured by willfully exposing  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on June 19, 2024: Justin Pedersen, 43, of Kuna, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine in the Treasure Valley, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, between November and December 2023, Pedersen distributed methamphetamine to another person on four separate occasions, totaling 309 grams of methamphetamine. La  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, June 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release: U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced the sentences for two separate East Idaho methamphetamine traffickers who will serve a collective 21.5 years in federal prison. Fredy Munoz-Morales, a/k/a Fredi Munoz-Morales, 36, a Mexican citizen and national, was sentenced to 12.5 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court record  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 21 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in three Montana and neighboring counties in Idaho are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic lo  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: "The Teton Pass is a key route for workers and visitors traveling between Idaho and Wyoming, and the emergency funding we're sending will help reopen and restore access to this important roadway as quickly as possible," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "In discussing the situation with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, it has been clear how urg  more