WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022: Bureau of Reclamation announced today that Reclamation will use $4.6 million to partner with water managers to conduct comprehensive water studies. This funding will help complete four basin studies in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington. "Reclamation is working to address widening imbalances between demand and supply in basins throughout the West," s  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Industrial Base Policy, through its Defense Production Act (DPA) Investments Program and the Air Force Executive Agent, issued its first critical minerals award using Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations funds to Perpetua Resources Idaho, Inc. ("Perpetua") to secure an American source of critical minerals for missiles and munitions. The DPA Investments Program will   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Industrial Base Policy, through its Defense Production Act (DPA) Investments Program and the Air Force Executive Agent, issued its first critical minerals award using Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations funds to Perpetua Resources Idaho, Inc. ("Perpetua") to secure an American source of critical minerals for missiles and munitions. The DPA Investments Program will provide   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: * * * Nationally, 95 WIFIA loans are financing $35 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 106,000 jobs * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $263 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the City of Boise, Idaho, to support its Water Renewal Services Capital Investments Project. With this WIFIA loan, EPA is helpin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $1.3 million in Emergency Relief funds for use by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) as a down payment to offset cost of repair work needed to repair roads and bridges damaged by heavy floods in North Central and Northeast  more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Dec. 22, 2022: U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today that the office's Financial Litigation Program, which is part of the Asset Recovery Division, collected more than $5.6 million in criminal restitution, fines, and assessments and in civil debts for the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2022. In some cases, the U.S. Attorney's Office worked in conjunction with liti  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Investigation ongoing in Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, New York * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Amazon during inspections at six warehouse facilities in five states for failing to properly record work-related injuries and illnesses. The findings are part of an ongoin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the supplemented application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Idaho Signatory Employers-Laborers Pension Plan (Idaho Signatory Plan). The plan, based in Portland, Oregon, covers 682 participants in the construction industry. Plans that applied for and received SFA unde  more

SNAKE RIVER, Washington, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Walla Walla District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District will begin dredging the lower Snake River navigation channel beginning in January. The dredging will remove accumulated sediment from the federal navigation channel below the Ice Harbor Lock and Dam navigation lock near Pasco, Washington, and near the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers near Clarkston, Wash  more