SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 17 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 15, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Idaho Falls - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Idaho Falls, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.85 in May 2022, 13 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In 2022, labor productivity in the private nonfarm sector declined in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Output increased in 43 states and the District in 2022, while hours worked increased in 48 states and the District. Idaho was the only state to have a rise in labor productivity of greater than 2.0 percent (4.0 percent). * * * Chart: Perc  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 15 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release: Rachel Peay-Goodman, a nurse practitioner in eastern Idaho, consented to judgment against her after admitting that she unlawfully prescribed controlled substances and submitted false claims to Medicare while working for AmeriHealth in Pocatello, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit. The judgment found Peay Goodman civilly liable for violating the Controlled  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Industrial Base Policy (OASD(IBP)), through its Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP) office entered an agreement with Jervois Mining USA, a subsidiary of Jervois Global Limited, to conduct feasibility studies to expand cobalt extraction in Idaho. The $15 million agreement, entered into under Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release: Rachel Peay-Goodman, a nurse practitioner in eastern Idaho, consented to judgment against her after admitting that she unlawfully prescribed controlled substances and submitted false claims to Medicare while working for AmeriHealth in Pocatello, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit. The judgment found Peay Goodman civilly liable for violating the Controlled Substances Act and  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: An Oregon man pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho, today to two federal hate crimes. According to court records, on Oct. 8, 2022, while at the Boise Public Library Main Branch in downtown Boise, Matthew Alan Lehigh, 31, approached a transgender library employee, called her a slur, punched her and threatened to stab her. A member of the library's security staff interve  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Potato stocks in Idaho on June 1, 2023 totaled 19.0 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 101.7 million cwt. June 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 2.80 million cwt. Disappearance to date was 22.1 million cwt. In Washington, June 1 potato stocks totaled 13.0 million cwt. Disappearance to date totaled  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) announced today that the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program (VCGP), which it oversees, has awarded a grant of up to $954,991 to the state of Idaho for the expansion and improvement of Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at Boise. "This cemetery contains the graves of men who gav  more

SEATTLE, Washington, June 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Nick Brown, issued the following news release: A 59-year-old man with arrests in three Western Washington counties and Idaho was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Kermit Kellin Faglier pleaded guilty in October 2022 to one count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, one count of possession of a firearm  more