SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 24 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 23, 2023 entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Idaho - 2022": * * * In 2022, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.5 percent in Idah  more

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington, March 22 -- The U.S. Air Force McChord Air Force Base (62nd Airlift Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Rachel Williams and Senior Airman Callie Norton, 62d Airlift Wing Public Affairs Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs hailing from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, forward deployed to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to participate in Exercise Monster Jam, March 6-9, 2023. The intent for the exercise was to verify the 7th Airlift Squadron's abi  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on March 21, 2023: Angela Marie Klinkhamer, 44, of Caldwell, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and conspiring to commit money laundering, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, Klinkhamer and her coconspirators engaged in a lengthy conspiracy to distribute drugs, including bath sal  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release: U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced the prison sentences in three separate cases involving the distribution of fentanyl last week. "Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid responsible for an exponential increase in overdose deaths here in Idaho," said U.S. Attorney Hurwit. "Through close collaboration with our state, local, tribal, and federal law enforcement partners, we   more

MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, Idaho, March 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Mountain Home Air Force Base (366th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Benjamin Ingold, 366th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The Air Force's pivot to the Agile Combat Employment concept across the force and Lead Wing designation for the 366th Fighter Wing spurred many units into adjusting training to meet the newest challenge. The 366th Security Forces Squadron continues to meet this requirement by executing a readiness  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces Edward Baker Harrington, age 59, of Idaho Springs, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering. According to the plea agreement, from April 2020 through September 2021, the defendant submitted a number of fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applications to s  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 23, 2023: * * * Congressional Republicans' Plans To Gut Medicaid and the ACA Would Have Devastating Consequences in Idaho Congressional Republicans have yet to release a budget, but the plans that have been offered and reported so far are a five-alarm fire for American families - especially when it comes to their health care costs. Not only has virtually every Republican budget or fiscal plan over the l  more