WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2022: This week at an event in Portland, Oregon, EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention Jennie Romer announced that Oregon, Idaho, and the Knik Tribal Council have been awarded a total of $751,550 in pollution prevention (P2) grant funding. P2 grants allow states and tribes to provide businesses with technical assistance  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, in coordination with the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, has maintained the Air Quality Advisory for the Kootenai Reservation through midnight Thursday due to continued smoke impacts from the Kootenai Complex fires. Smoke levels may be variable, and residents can check current air quality conditions at https://fire.airnow.gov/. People can take advantage of  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2022: A former U.S. Congressional candidate was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his scheme to use COVID-19 relief funds for personal expenditures and filing a false report with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) by concealing thousands of dollars of in-kind contributions by employees. Nicholas Jones, 36, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and falsification of records on  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Oct. 19, 2022: U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announces the formation of the District of Idaho's COVID 19 Fraud Task Force and highlights the District of Idaho's ongoing efforts to combat pandemic related fraud. Those efforts have included complementary actions by the Criminal, Civil, and Asset Recovery Divisions, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.   more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: An investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Norfolk landed an Idaho man in federal prison for more than 11 years. Joel A. Duran, 53, was sentenced Oct. 20 to 135 months confinement for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. According to the HSI investigation, from at least November 2021 through February 20  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 18 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has announced Sarena Selbo as the new chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and the Pacific Islands, including America Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. With over 20 years in conservation, Selbo has worked for the Service at the field,   more