BOISE, Idaho, March 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Walla Walla District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District has awarded a $2,136,537 contract to MACNAK Construction, LLC to conduct a rehabilitation project on the 70-year-old Turner Gulch Boat Ramp at Lucky Peak Dam and Lake near Boise, Idaho. The nearly 1000-foot-long Turner Gulch Boat Ramp is vital to the operation of Lucky Peak Dam providing water access for critical operations an  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) welcomes four new members appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to the Idaho Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the agency on public land management issues. Zachary Funkhouser and Mckinsey Lyon will represent energy and minerals interests, Terrell Huddleston will speak for dispersed recreation and Kristy Tucker will bring  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: Four men were sentenced last week for participating in an eight-year investment fraud and money laundering scheme that defrauded over a dozen victims around the world out of more than $18 million. John C. Nock, 55, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, founder of The Brittingham Group, was sentenced on March 14 to 20 years and 10 months in prison; Brian Brittsan, 67, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Idaho National Laboratory are hosting a hybrid event April 4 to kick off a coordinated effort focused on leveraging consensus codes and standards to support deployment of new and advanced reactor technologies. "The goal of our collaboration is to proactively identify codes and standards applicable to an array of non-traditional reactor designs  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: An Idaho man who formerly supervised order-fulfillment and warehousing operations for the Jacklin Seed Company, a Liberty Lake, Washington producer and marketer of grass seed and turfgrass, was sentenced to federal prison today for his role in multiple schemes to defraud the J.R. Simplot Company and Jacklin, its former subsidiary. Richard Dunham, 66, was  more