NEW YORK, May 16 -- ABC News, the news division of Walt Disney Television, issued the following news on May 15, 2023: ABC News announced today the new narrative podcast series from ABC Audio, "The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder Mystery," will launch Wednesday, June 7, with new episodes dropping weekly. The five-episode series hosted by ABC News correspondent Kayna Whitworth covers the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students who were stabbed to death in their off-campus house on  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 19 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news on May 18, 2023: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $945,648 low-interest wastewater construction loan to the city of Grand View in Owyhee County. The funding will be used for wastewater improvements that include installing a total containment lagoon, optimizing Cell #1, relining Cell #2, increasing dike and flood resiliency, and updating the collectio  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 19 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is issuing a boil water order for Shotgun Cherokee Subdivision in Island Park, Idaho. DEQ took water samples on May 17, 2023, at this public drinking water system as part of an investigation of water pressure and quality complaints. On May 18, 2023, DEQ received notification from the lab of E coli presence in the samples taken. E coli is an indica  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 20 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks comment on a draft Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) permit for the Idaho Power Company Brownlee Power Plant. The Idaho Power Company applied for a wastewater discharge permit for its hydroelectric facility, located at 4987 Highway 71, Cambridge, Idaho. The draft permit would authorize the discharge of industrial hydroele  more

REXBURG, Idaho, May 17 (TNSper) -- Brigham Young University-Idaho issued the following news release: The Board of Trustees of Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-Idaho) has appointed Elder Alvin "Trip" F. Meredith III as the university's 18th president. Elder Meredith will succeed Henry J. Eyring, who has served as president for the past six years. Elder D. Todd Christofferson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and chairman of the Executive  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 19 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Labrador was joined by attorneys general from 18 other states in filing an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The amicus brief supports the National Shooting Sports Foundation's opposition to the New Jersey law seeking to hold firearm manufacturers responsible for criminal firearm misuse of third parties. Attorney General Labrador sai  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 17 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: On March 24, 2023, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) filed a complaint in Shoshone County against US Silver Corporation - Idaho, Inc. for violations of the Clean Water Act at the Galena Mine, located three miles from Wallace, Idaho, resulting from discharges into Lake Creek, a tributary of the South Fork Coeur d'Alene River. The complaint alleges discharge of pollutants to waters   more

BOISE, Idaho, May 20 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on May 19, 2023: Governor Brad Little announced today the details of the Idaho State Police (ISP) deployment he directed to support the State of Texas' efforts to secure the border and improve Idaho's ability to interdict illicit drugs to protect Idahoans. "As we've done before, Idaho is responding to the call for help from our neighbors along the border. We used a targeted approach to understand Texas' needs   more

NAMPA, Idaho, May 18 (TNSper) -- Northwest Nazarene University issued the following news: After consultation with Karen Pearson, Vice President for Student Life, President Joel Pearsall announced the appointment of Alison Graham Larson (NNU's current Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Services/SWA) as Interim Director of Athletics. She will begin July 1 and will serve until a new Director of Athletics is hired. Larson is in her 9th year of service to NNU--all of which have b  more