JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Mila Cisneros, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leading a $100 million construction project for a water treatment plant and pump station to establish a long-term, sustainable water supply from the Snake River to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The project, critical to strengthening the Mountain Home mission, will provide a resilient water so  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Mila Cisneros, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leading a $100 million construction project for a water treatment plant and pump station to establish a long-term, sustainable water supply from the Snake River to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The project, critical to strengthening the Mountain Home mission, will provide a resilient  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pocatello Field Office has released the Decision Record approving the high-calcium limestone quarry, known as the Burnstone Quarry, located in Bingham County, approximately 15 miles southwest of Idaho Falls. Under the approved Plan of Operation, Burns Industries, LLC would develop the quarry on 204 acres of BLM-managed public land, with a tot  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Upper Snake Field Office staff have today completed a plan that defines a comprehensive system of routes in southeastern Idaho. The Upper Snake East Travel Management Plan covers approximately 126,000 acres of BLM-managed public land scattered throughout six counties in eastern Idaho and includes designations for approximately 780 miles of in  more

SEATTLE, May 30 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: * * * More than 18,000 Pounds Collected in the Pacific Northwest * * * DEA and its local law enforcement partners collected 670,136 pounds of unused medications during the 26th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2024. The DEA Seattle Field Division, which includes Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho, collected 18,214 poun  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition. In Idaho, Boise Independent School District was selected to receive $2,760,000 in rebate funding to purchase eight electric school buses and Horseshoe Bend School District was selected to receive $400,000 to purchase two electric school buses.   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $239,000 civil penalty against Gem Air of Salmon, Idaho, for allegedly violating aircraft maintenance and flight-planning regulations. The FAA alleges that Gem Air: * Operated a Cessna Caravan on 315 flights between May 22, 2022, and Nov. 28, 2022, when a required engine overhaul was overdue. * O  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, June 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on May 31, 2024: Richard Corey Fox, 54, and Angelina Larae Norton, 61, a couple living in Idaho Falls, were sentenced to over ten years combined for distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine in eastern Idaho, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, detectives with the BADGES Task Force initiated an investigation in the summer of 2022 in which the  more