BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 13 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release: Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra will be back in the classroom this month, filling in at local schools as part of her department's effort to help meet a critical need for substitute teachers. Superintendent Ybarra, who lives in Mountain Home, has arranged with superintendents of the Mountain Home and Glenns Ferry school districts to substitute in elementary school classrooms that nee  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Oct. 16 (TNSPol) -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Hitesh Bindra, Steve Hsu keystone research scholar and associate professor in the Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University, has received a nearly $800,000 grant to investigate safety in horizontally oriented micro-scale nuclear reactors designed for shipping in standard-sized containers. Bindra will lead the three-year project, "Investigating heat tran  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS: Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug was born March 25, 1914, on a farm in Iowa. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry from the University of Minnesota in 1937 and then started work with the U.S. Forestry Service at stations located in Massachusetts and Idaho. He returned to Minnesota and received a master's degree in 1939 and a doctorate in 1942, both in plant pathology from the Universi  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 12 (TNSOps) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Libraries at four Idaho institutions of higher education recently formed the Network of Idaho Academic Libraries (NIAL) to enhance the library services and resources offered to Idaho's citizens. The University of Idaho, Boise State University, Idaho State University and Lewis Clark State College formed the network to share expertise and resources. NIAL's first initiative will showcase many of the stat  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2021: Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Bonumose, Inc. will partner with Hershey to research and develop reduced or zero sugar chocolate products. The company will invest $27.7 million to expand in Albemarle County. Bonumose will move into 36,000 square feet of the former State Farm building to expand production capabilities and relocate its existing research and developmen  more