BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Jan. 11, 2023: A federal grand jury in Boise returned an indictment charging Catherine Skidmore, 55, of Meridian, with 25 counts of wire fraud and 24 counts of money laundering, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. As alleged in the indictment, Skidmore was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Black Canyon Irrigation District (BCID) from 2014 to July 2022. BCID is a publi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Boise returned an indictment on Jan. 10, charging an Idaho man with a hate crime. The indictment alleges that on Oct. 12, 2022, Matthew Alan Lehigh, 31, attempted to cause bodily injury to two people in Boise by driving his car at them. This assault, the indictment alleges, was motivated by the actual and perceived sexual orientation of the victims. Boise Police apprehended Lehigh,  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: All wheat stored in all positions on December 1, 2022 totaled 57.6 million bushels in Idaho, up from 48.7 million bushels a year ago. Off-farm stocks were up 32 percent, while on-farm stocks were unchanged compared to the previous year. In Oregon, wheat stored in all positions totaled 34.0 million bushels, up from 21.1  more

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 11 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Idaho office issued the following news release: The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Idaho has released the January Water Supply Outlook Report for the 2023 water year (WY23). We are on track to meet water supply needs this irrigation season at this point in the winter, but there is still a lot of winter ahead of us. This year, with low reservoir carryover, we are dependent o  more