NAMPA, Idaho, Sept. 14 (TNSPer) -- Northwest Nazarene University issued the following news: Please join us in welcoming our new faculty for the 2021-2022 academic year: Center for Academic Success and Advising JJ King, Math Specialist and Academic Advisor King earned her BA in Secondary Education with a math emphasis from NNU in 2017, and a Master in Mathematics from Boise State University in 2021. From 2017 to 2021, she worked at Vallivue High School, teaching freshman and sophomore math, h  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 14 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2021: U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced the approval of Idaho's American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan and distributed remaining ARP ESSER funds to them. Idaho's plan details how the state is using and plans to use ARP ESSER funds to safely reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools and equitably expand opportunity for  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 14 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release: Monday's U.S. Department of Education approval of Idaho's plan for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) under the American Rescue Plan means $146 million is available to help Idaho school districts and charter schools address their local needs amid the pandemic and support safe, in-person instruction, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra said. "The plan will ensure t  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following statement after joining President Biden at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise to discuss the impacts of wildfire in the West: * * * "Two-thirds of Idaho is public land managed by the federal government, and it is imperative we keep lines of communication open with our federal partners - right up to the President - on ways to build a more fire resilient range and forest ecosystem. There is plenty I disagree wi  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2021: Governor Brad Little, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Winder, and House Speaker Scott Bedke sent a letter to President Joe Biden today detailing the flaws with the President's federal vaccine mandate on private business and threatened legal action if he does not rescind the directive. "One size fits all federal solutions are unproductive and do not appr  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Governor Brad Little and the entire Idaho congressional delegation told President Joe Biden in a letter Friday that Idaho expects the federal government to uphold the most stringent vetting standards in the resettlement of Afghan refugees to Idaho. Idaho was informed the cities of Boise and Twin Falls are two of 139 U.S. cities selected to resettle refugees seeking asylum from Afghanistan. The action is be  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 18 -- Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued the following joint letter: To: President Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Biden: We, the undersigned constitutional and legislative officers of the State of Idaho, write in opposition to your recent directive that the Department of Labor issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) mandating that all privat  more