GOODING, Idaho, March 27 -- 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 and the City of Gooding, Idaho are holding a Project Partnership Agreement signing ceremony for the Little Wood River Channel Rehabilitation Project on March 28. The agreement defines the shared responsibilities and cost-sharing commitments of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Gooding as they jointly work to r  more

OLDTOWN, Idaho, March 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Seattle District issued the following news release: The Priest River Recreation Area "The Mudhole" is being repaved thanks to funding through the Federal Lands Transportation Program via the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' officials at Albeni Falls Dam announced today. The paving project includes removal and replacement of the road base as well as laying new asphalt and repainting parking stripes  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2024, entitled "Idaho Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * Idaho had 52,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 51,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Idaho w  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 29 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Tyler Watson, 40, of Nampa, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for possessing ten pounds of fentanyl with intent to distribute it to others, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, Watson was a mid-level fentanyl distributor for a large drug trafficking organization with direct ties to Mexico. W  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 26 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded Idaho small businesses of the April 24, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury due to flooding caused by extreme and excessive rainfall in Bonneville County that occurred May 23, 2023. A  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Telecommunications in eastern Idaho today are vastly different from how they were in 1949, the year the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) founded the National Reactor Testing Station, now Idaho National Laboratory. The days of copper wire, switchboard exchanges and phone numbers beginning with names (JAckson for Idaho Falls, SUnset for Blackfoot, SHerwood f  more

AHSAHKA, Idaho, March 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Walla Walla District issued the following news release: As the weather warms up, Dworshak Dam would like to make a few announcements concerning Dent Acres Recreation Area. First, the boat ramp will be without a dock to launch from between Thursday, March 28 to Monday, April 1. This will allow the floating dock to be moved from the lower section to the upper section of the boat ramp to accommodate increasing reservoir levels. Dent Ca  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho - Tyler Watson, 40, of Nampa, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for possessing ten pounds of fentanyl with intent to distribute it to others, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, Watson was a mid-level fentanyl distributor for a large drug trafficking organization with direct ties t  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal court in Montana entered a $9.9 million penalty on Tuesday against a man found responsible for causing thousands of unlawful and malicious "spoofed" robocalls to consumers across the nation. The court also imposed an injunction prohibiting any future violations of the Truth in Caller ID Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The case arose out of an investigation conducted by the Federal Com  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, March 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Robins Air Force Base issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. William Hogan, 461st Air Control Wing Liberaiders from the 461st Air Control Wing demonstrated dynamic battle management during the week-long exercise Virtual Flag: Mission Command, Feb 26 - March 1, 2024. The multi-unit crew was also comprised of Airmen from the 728th Battle Management Control Squadron, the 330th Combat Training Squadron and the 12th Airborne Command and Control Sq  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in seven Idaho counties and neighboring counties in Montana and Oregon are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Adminis  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 29 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in seven Idaho counties and neighboring counties in Montana and Oregon are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset econ  more