BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 18 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news on Oct. 17, 2022: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $43,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe to support aluminum, plastic, and cardboard recycling recovery. The grant will go towards the purchase of a new baler for compressing and compacting recycled items. The Nez Perce Tribe has used a single baler for cardboard, aluminum, and plastic waste for several years. A new baler   more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 20 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news on Oct. 19, 2022: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today released the 2023 Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (IPDES) Permit Issuance Plan for the upcoming calendar year. The plan provides the regulated community, US Environmental Protection Agency, and other state, federal, tribal, and interested entities with information on permits being worked on for the nex  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 19 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2022: Governor Brad Little commented today on news that Idaho dominated numerous recent rankings of states for economic growth, fiscal responsibility, and overall good government. "As Washington, D.C., and our 'Left Coast' neighbor states continue drive government into the ground and degrade public confidence, Idaho has a very different story to tell. Idaho sets the example for the rest of the cou  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release: The latest State Department of Education survey results show that the satisfaction levels of Idaho parents has increased since 2021, as has the level of engagement for students in grades 3 through 8. Idaho high school students, who were added to the SDE surveys in 2019, continue to report much lower engagement than their younger counterparts. School staff satisfaction remains above pre-pandem  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 21 -- The Idaho State Board of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2022: The Idaho State Board of Education today learned that the number of vacant teacher openings statewide are about a tenth of what they were last spring but that the majority of vacancies that continue to exist are in hard to fill positions such as Special Education, Math and Science. School Districts have filled many positions through emergency certifications, using paraprofessionals an  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 22 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release: The latest statewide results for the Idaho Standards Achievement Test show students' scores in English language arts are back at pre-pandemic levels, while results in mathematics are markedly better than last year's and come close to 2019 scores. "This is great news and reinforces our faith in Idaho educators, who have worked hard to reverse pandemic learning loss and get students back on the path to   more

EUGENE, Oregon, Oct. 20 (TNSawa) -- Lane Community College issued the following news release: Lane Community College won seven Medallion Awards at the annual National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) District 7 Awards competition, including six golds and a bronze. The awards competition occurred during the annual district conference, October 16-18 in Vancouver, WA. The National Council for Marketing & Public Relations is the only organization of its kind that exclusively repr  more

NAMPA, Idaho, Oct. 21 (TNSpro) -- Northwest Nazarene University issued the following news: NNU has announced that a new program in Semiconductor Engineering is now open for enrollment as part of its ABET-accredited Engineering program. This new concentration will begin classes Fall 2023, alongside NNU's existing concentrations in Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics and Mechanical Engineering. Congress recently passed th  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Addressing the underrepresentation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in STEM disciplines and the workforce is the focus of a recently launched University of Idaho research project through a six-state collaborative alliance. U of I will help develop AI/AN-based STEM education activities for all public school levels through undergraduate studies, expand the network to tribes and comm  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: A University of Idaho researcher who is internationally acclaimed for her work in maternal and infant nutrition has become the university's first inductee into the renowned National Academy of Medicine. Michelle (Shelley) McGuire, director of the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences and a professor in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, was nominated by colleagues from Ya  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 19 (TNSsel) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: The freshman class entering University of Idaho this fall is the largest in the recorded history of the university -- up 17.8% -- and contributes to an overall 1.8% total increase in enrollment. First-year students from Idaho are up 9.8%. Overall student enrollment for Fall 2022 is 11,507 students, up from 2021 enrollment of 11,303 students. The increase is attributable to several categories: first-ye  more