BOISE, Idaho, April 11 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking comment on a draft water reuse permit for Idaho Power Company's natural gas power plants in Elmore County. Idaho Power operates two natural gas power plants, Danskin and Bennett Mountain, near the city of Mountain Home, Idaho. The plants produce industrial wastewater that is land applied. Danskin recycled water is applied to 2.17 acre  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 11 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public comment on a proposed settlement action and consent order with CM Company, Inc. for violations of the 2022 general permit for discharges from construction activities. CM Company obtained coverage under Permit IDR10C01G as an operator at Union 93 in Meridian, Idaho. DEQ alleges the company failed to comply with all applicable co  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 14 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Labrador and Secretary of State Phil McGrane are warning Idaho's small businesses about misleading ads offering business compliance filings including certificates of existence or UCC statements. The mailings, which demand large fees, look like government forms and include deadlines to create a false sense of urgency. Idaho businesses rarely, if ever, need the advertised doc  more

CRAIGMONT, Idaho, April 13 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news on April 12, 2023: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $1,801,059 low-interest wastewater construction loan to the city of Craigmont in Lewis County. The funding will be used to install new headworks and a disinfection system; remove biosolids and ammonia; rehabilitate a lagoon; correct infiltration and inflow; and improve the collection system.   more

BOISE, Idaho, April 15 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release: Educators making a daily difference for students in the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) will have the opportunity to make their voices heard at one of the region's most anticipated events for STEM instructors, the 2023 Annual STEM Conference. This year's conference will take place on August 3 and 4 at Borah High School in Boise. The first 200 educators to sign up to p  more

LEWISTON, Idaho, April 11 (TNSper) -- Lewis-Clark State College issued the following news release: Rachel Jameton, who has been a member of the Lewis-Clark State College faculty for 20 years, has been named chair of the college's Physical, Life, Movement & Sport Sciences Division (PLMSS), LC State dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences Martin Gibbs has announced. Jameton, a professor of chemistry at the college, will begin her new duties on July 1 and will replace Susan Steele, who will return as a f  more

NAMPA, Idaho, April 13 (TNSjou) -- Northwest Nazarene University issued the following news: NNU Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Jason Colwell recently published an article in the MDPI journal about his research that solves a forty-year-old question. When setting out to pursue his research, the question he was aiming to answer was why homochirality never seems to arise naturally and what was getting in the way. Dr. Colwell's research speaks about the chemical phenomenon called "homochiral  more

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, April 13 (TNSper) -- North Idaho College issued the following news: North Idaho College Athletic Director Shawn Noel announced Cooper Thomas as the assistant wrestling coach Monday, April 10. "We are excited to have Cooper Thomas in a more permanent role as assistant wrestling coach," Noel said. "His passion for the sport and for the success of student-athletes is unparalleled, and we are very fortunate to have him as part of our staff." After serving one season as inter  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 15 -- Washington House Democrats issued the following news release: Reproductive and gender-affirming care providers have a new layer of protection under new legislation approved by the Legislature this year. Sponsored by Rep. Marcus Riccelli (D-Spokane), HB 1340 is one of several key bills passed by Democrats this year to protect the right to an abortion. While states like Idaho, Texas, and Florida continue to erode rights and even look to criminalize them, Washingto  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 13 (TNSpro) -- Western Governors University-Texas issued the following news release: Western Governors University's (WGU) Michael O. Leavitt School of Health (LSH), the nation's leading institution for nurse education, has expanded its Nursing Prelicensure Program to meet the increasing demand for new registered nurses (RN), which is estimated to reach 1.2 million new nurses by 2030 according to the American Nurses Association. Student enrollment opened in March 2023 with   more