WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: MALAD CITY, Idaho-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District will burn ten slash piles, which are made up of wood and brush, in two separate project areas near Malad City, starting this week. Fire managers will light the piles during the week of Dec. 4, and personnel will monitor the piles for a few days, to ensure there is no unintended fire spread in the project  more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Dec. 5, 2023: Michael Robert Osborn, 39, of Boise, was sentenced to 188 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, Osborn participated in a lengthy conspiracy to distribute drugs and a conspiracy to commit money laundering. Osbo  more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Dec. 6, 2023: Cosme Palomo, 60, of Boise, and Robert Dean Glenn, 48, of Nampa, were sentenced in separate cases for federal drug crimes involving methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. On December 4, 2023, Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Palomo to 87 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for distributio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2023: On Monday, December 11, 2023, Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade Diane Farrell will join federal, state and local dignitaries and representatives for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening of the International Trade Administration's (ITA) Pacific Northwest Rural Export Center at the U.S. Commercial Service office in Boise, Idaho. The new   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: David Szymanski, a 25-year National Park Service (NPS) veteran, has been selected to serve as the regional director for the Pacific West Region, which includes all parks in California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, parts of Arizona and Montana, and the territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. He begins his new role after the holidays. S  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Upper Snake Field Office, in collaboration with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, will temporarily close the Stinking Springs area near the South Fork of the Snake River to all motorized vehicles and human entry to support wildlife survival rates in the area. The closure area includes lands east of the Stinking Springs  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho - Cosme Palomo, 60, of Boise, was sentenced for federal drug crimes involving methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. On December 4, 2023, Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Palomo to 87 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine. A  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: Mercury concentrations are twice as high in smallmouth bass found in reservoirs than those in the free-flowing sections of the Snake River in Idaho and Oregon, according to a joint U.S. Geological Survey and Idaho Power Company study that looked at 1,815 specimens of this popular recreational fishing species from a variety of habitats in 31 sites along 5  more