REXBURG, Idaho, Sept. 30 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has extended the public comment period for the proposed city of Rexburg Idaho Pollution Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) Permit (ID0023817). Interested parties now have until October 10, 2022, at 5 pm MST to submit written comments. The permit authorizes the discharge of treated municipal wastewater to the South Fork Teton River for five   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNStalk) -- George Washington University issued the following news: On Tuesday, Oct. 4, the Supreme Court's term begins with arguments in Sackett v. EPA which will decide whether wetlands are "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act. The case involves Michael and Chantell Sackett, an Idaho couple represented by Pacific Legal Foundation, who bought a parcel of land in 2007 that was subject to Clean Water Act protections. The Sackett's legal arguments, however  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: Governor Brad Little announced two new appointments today - Alberto Gonzalez will serve as the new chief of the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) for the State of Idaho and Theodore J. Fleming will be the new Elmore County district judge. Gonzalez replaces Jeff Weak, who accepted a position in the private sector after serving as ITS chief for the past five years. ITS was crea  more

POST FALLS, Idaho, Sept. 30 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release: Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra visited Treaty Rock Elementary this morning to surprise fourth-grade teacher Karen Lauritzen with a $1,000 check, balloons and the prestigious title of Idaho's 2023 Teacher of the Year. Selected by a blue ribbon panel from among 13 finalists, Lauritzen will serve as a spokesperson and representative for Idaho educators. She also will be the stat  more

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 30 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced today it is awarding more than $1.8 million to support the work of the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) being led by Iowa State University in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Idaho. The goal of AG2PI i  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Sept. 28 (TNSpar) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: A collaboration between New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center and three other universities has produced Mesas to Mountains, an effort to support underrepresented businesses in New Mexico, Alaska, Idaho and Montana. Through a $150,000 award from the 2021 Small Business Innovation Research Catalyst prize competition, administered by the United States Small Business Administration, Arrowhe  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: A harmless, native insect known as the cicada killer wasp is being mistaken throughout Idaho as an international invader with a menacing reputation. University of Idaho Extension Entomologists Jason Thomas, of Minidoka County, and Brad Stokes, of Elmore County, recently responded to several purported sightings of northern giant hornets - formerly referred to as murder hornets - known for their painfu  more