BOISE, Idaho, May 6 (TNSPer) -- The Idaho State Board of Education issued the following news release: The Idaho State Board of Education appointed three new trustees to serve on the North Idaho College (NIC) Board of Trustees, filling vacancies caused by resignations in recent days and earlier this year from the five member board. The appointments were announced this afternoon during a special State Board meeting on the NIC campus in Coeur d'Alene. The new NIC trustees are: * David Wold, MD,  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 14 -- Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued the following news release on May 13, 2022: Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced today the final court approval of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation's three major pharmaceutical distributors - Cardinal Health, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen - and Johnson & Johnson. Idaho will receive $119 million. It's the second largest consumer settlement in state history behind the 1998 nation  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 14 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on May 13, 2022: Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced today the final court approval of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation's three major pharmaceutical distributors - Cardinal Health, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen - and Johnson & Johnson. Idaho will receive $119 million. It's the second largest consumer settlement in state history behind the 1998 national tobacco s  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 11 (TNSRes) -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on May 10, 2022: Governor Brad Little commented today on the news that monthly tax revenues exceeded $1 billion for the first time in state history for April, paving the way for more tax cuts and proving conservative principles of governing bring prosperity and strength to Idaho. April tax revenues came in at more than $1.2 billion, exceeding forecast by $574 million and putting the state on track to   more

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, May 10 (TNSRes) -- North Idaho College issued the following news: North Idaho College natural sciences students have the resources to literally move mountains - small mountains, but no less. The college is now home to an augmented reality (AR) sandbox, a high-tech, interactive device that displays elevation contours on sand that users manipulate to replicate mountains, valleys, ridges, rivers and oceans. A responsive Kinect camera recognizes real-time changes in the sand,  more

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, May 13 (TNSEco) -- North Idaho College issued the following news: Time to get building. North Idaho College Workforce Training Center has received a $524,170 grant from the Idaho Workforce Development Council. The two-year Workforce Development Training Fund Innovation grant will help establish new registered apprenticeship programs in Construction Pre-Apprenticeship, Construction Apprenticeship and Heavy Equipment Operator Apprenticeship. "This is the result of partners  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, May 14 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: The University of Idaho Alumni Association has inducted six Vandals into its Alumni Hall of Fame. Alumni Hall of Fame inductees from 2020, 2021 and 2022 will be recognized at a Friday, May 13, luncheon and the U of I Commencement on Saturday, May 14, in Moscow. The honored alumni are: Richard Swindell '72, Brian Hill '65, Charles T. Ratcliffe '67, Dennis T. Sauer '72, Ramesh C. Kumar '81 and Virginia Brodin Wri  more

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, May 12 (TNSRes) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: Today Chobani announced a $1 million gift to the University of Idaho-led Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (Idaho CAFE) to help fund construction of the nation's largest research dairy and advance scientific research to ensure a sustainable future for the U.S. dairy industry. With deep roots and a major manufacturing, research and development presence in the Magic Val  more