BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 7 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is issuing a public notification after finding Agropur, Inc. in Significant Noncompliance status for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. DEQ issued Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IDPES) Indirect Discharge Permit IDP000009 to Agropur, Inc., which was in effect from April 14, 2019, through March 16, 2022. The permit was issued   more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 6 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: The Fourth District Court of the State of Idaho has dismissed a suit brought by leftist advocacy groups to stop Idaho from implementing House Bills 124 and 340. On Monday, Judge Hoagland dismissed the case Babe Vote and League of Women Voters of Idaho v. Phil McGrane with prejudice. These groups brought the lawsuit to prevent enforcement of legislative measures that changed the available types of  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 6 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following news item in a blog entry: Idahoans need an effective public sector every day. This need becomes urgently apparent in emergencies. Regrettably, we now face a sudden, serious threat to our economy and natural resources: State testing recently revealed an invasive species in our Snake River, the quagga mussel. We need competent, swift action to avert a major disaster. From my earliest days in the Legislature, I heard about t  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 4 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2023: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $40,000 wastewater planning grant to Meadow Creek Property Owners Association located in Adams County, Idaho, as part of Governor Brad Little's "Leading Idaho" plan. The funding will be used to prepare a wastewater planning study to evaluate the current wastewater system, prepare an environmental revi  more

NAMPA, Idaho, Oct. 3 -- Northwest Nazarene University issued the following news: NNU's initial-level teacher preparation program was recognized as a recipient of the 2023 Frank Murray Leadership Recognition Award at CAEPCon (Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation Conference) on September 22 in Arlington, Virginia. NNU is the only Idaho institution to receive this award. "Receiving the Murray Award validates the culmination of years of hard work from a highly dedicated group of p  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 6 -- Utah State University issued the following news: Land & Environment By Lael Gilbert | October 06, 2023 Sheep move through public lands near Shoshone, Idaho. (Photo Credit: Bureau of Land Management) It was a prodigious task. One that required deep expertise, thousands of hours of effort and a skilled team that included, among others, 12 rangeland and wildlife professionals affiliated with the Quinney College of Natural Resources. The new book, Rangeland Wildlife Ecolog  more