IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is home to 3.2 million American citizens, with all the energy needs of a modern economy. Most of the territory's power, however, is generated by facilities dating from the 1960s, which is nearly 30 years older on average than mainland U.S. power plants. Given the age of its energy infrastructure, and with nearly all of Puerto Rico's electr  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news: How do you organize a popular event that brings together people from our local community when that community can't be together in person? That was the challenge faced by the organizers of the Idaho Falls Earth Day celebration, which has taken place every year since the 1990s. "How would we reimagine this event within the constraints that we have?" asked Flint Hall, senior hydroge  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: When people think of NASA, Idaho doesn't exactly jump to mind. Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center are in Florida. Johnson Space Center and Mission Control are in Texas. And the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is in California. But Idaho's contributions to space exploration date back to the early years of the space race and continue today. In fact, when NASA launches   more

BOISE, Idaho, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Idaho office issued the following op-ed by State Conservationist Curtis Elke and Thomas Dayley, state executive director of Farm Service Agency, on farmers, ranchers and private forest landowners using conservation to protect pollinator habitat to boost crop production: "The next time you snack on an apricot, add huckleberries to your smoothie or eat pumpkin pie, thank a pollinator and thank far  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, June 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Bart M. Davis, issued the following new release: David Hansen, 49, of Idaho Falls, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also imposed a term of three years of supervised release to follow Hansen's prison sentence. The Court will determine what amount Hansen must pay in restitution at a hearing scheduled for June 26, 2020. Accordi  more

MAMMOTH, Wyoming, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4 million people to Yellowstone in 2019 spent $507 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,000 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $642 million. "The positive economic impacts of Yellowstone are essential to economies of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho," said Su  more

KAMIAH, Idaho, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests - issued the following news release: A contract has been awarded to Quality Contractors, LLC of Deary, Idaho for the construction of an energy-efficient and uniquely-designed building that will serve as the new Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests Supervisor's Office in Kamiah. The company is expected to break ground on the project this summer. The new Supervisor's O  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Attorney General issued the following news release: The Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in Idaho federal court defending Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act against a challenge under the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. "Allowing biological males to compete in all-female sports is fundamentally unfair to female athletes" said Attorney General William P. Barr. "Under the Constitution, the Equal   more