SEATTLE, Washington, June 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Seattle District issued the following news release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials invite the public to review and comment on the Albeni Falls Dam Project Master Plan. USACE hosted Master Plan meetings June 24 in Priest River, Idaho, and June 25 in Ponderay, Idaho, for the public to learn what a Master Plan is, why it's important, and provide feedback. The scoping period will continue till July 31, 2024, for the public t  more

OLDTOWN, Idaho, June 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Seattle District issued the following news release: An extensive paving project at the Priest River Recreation Area "The Mudhole" places further delays to opening the campground for the 2024 season. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials originally expected to open the recreation area for the season in mid-July. However, there is currently no expected opening date. While there is a small chance the day-use area will open sometime in   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 25, 2024, entitled "Idaho Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024": * * * Idaho had 53,000 job openings in April 2024, compared to 46,000 openings in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Idaho was 5.8 pe  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 25, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Alaska (5.4 percent), Idaho (5.3 percent), and Montana (5.1 percent) were among the states with the highest hires rates in April 2024. Hires rates increased over the month in 4 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases occurred in Idaho (+1.0 percentage   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: * * * VETS welcomes organizations in 6 states, District of Columbia * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the selection of eight Employment Navigator and Partnership Program partners with the department's Veterans' Employment and Training Service. The ENPP provides service members transitioning from active duty and their spouses with p  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Known as the nation's nuclear laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory is not as widely recognized for its leadership in battery research. Yet, INL experts have conducted energy storage systems research for four decades of the lab's 75-year history, almost as long as the nation has invested in electric vehicle technologies. In 1976, Congress passed the Elect  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on June 25, 2024: Yesterday, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a Boise man with white supremacist ties pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge stemming from his participation in a group that had discussed targeting the power grid in Idaho and had conducted live-fire training near Boise. Jordan Duncan, 29, of Boise, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the manufacturing of a fir  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- President Biden issued the following statement on June 27, 2024, on Moyle vs. U.S.: * * * Today's Supreme Court order ensures that women in Idaho can access the emergency medical care they need while this case returns to the lower courts. No woman should be denied care, made to wait until she's near death, or forced to flee her home state just to receive the health care she needs. This should never happen in America. Yet, this is exactly what is happening in states acros  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: MILNER, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a $2 million investment through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to strengthen drought resilience in the Eastern Snake Plains Aquifer in Idaho. The Eastern Snake Plains Aquifer, covering approximately 10,800 square miles of Idaho is a critical resource for southern Idaho's economy. The region produces appro  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 26 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in nine 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 Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These l  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, June 28 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on June 27, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre while en route to Marietta, Georgia: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, all. Q: Hey. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay, I got a -- two things at the top. So, today's Supreme Court order ensures that women in Idaho can access the emergency medical care they need while this case returns to the lower courts. But our fight is not over. The Biden-Harris adminis  more