SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 13 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Twelve attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP have been listed in Super Lawyers magazine's "Mountain States Super Lawyers" 2024 edition. Of the 12, five were on the "Mountain States Super Lawyers" list and seven were on the "Rising Stars" list. The directory selects honorees from Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming through a multiphase selection process utilizing peer nominat  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 10 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: * * * Accepting comments from July 15, 2024, through August 14, 2024. * * * The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks public comment on a proposed settlement action with K-M Enterprises of Idaho, LLC regarding its University Park construction site in Sandpoint, Idaho. DEQ alleges that on August 24, 2023, K-M Enterprises of Idaho, LLC failed to comply with all applicable conditio  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 11 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking members for the Salmon River Basin Advisory Group (BAG). The Salmon River Basin BAG is comprised of citizens, appointed by DEQ's director, that represent stakeholder groups from counties in central Idaho. The BAG advises DEQ on water quality objectives within the basin and represents industries and interests directly affected by   more

MOSCOW, Idaho, July 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Four University of Idaho professors have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards for the 2024-25 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. "The Fulbright Scholar Program is an outstanding way for our faculty to expand their research horizons into the international community," Vice President for Research and Economic Development Chris Nomura sai  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 10 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Governor Brad Little and Secretary of State Phil McGrane announced today Idaho is the first state to take executive action to ensure Idaho's voter rolls remain free of non-citizens. Governor Little signed Executive Order 2024-07, the ONLY CITIZENS WILL VOTE Act, to protect election integrity, voter confidence, and the sanctity of voting. "Idaho already has the most secure elections in the na  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 12 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Today, Idaho petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Hecox v. Little, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled against Idaho's 2020 Fairness in Women's Sports Act. Lindsay Hecox, a biological male, sued the State of Idaho after he was prohibited from competing in women's track and field events at Boise State University. Since several similar cases with differen  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, July 12 -- Idaho State University issued the following news: Assistant Professor Jose Eduardo Villalobos Graillet and Spanish master's student Hillary Buckner of the Department of Anthropology and Languages at ISU recently interviewed the renowned writer and director of film, television, and theater, Aaron Mark. The purpose of the interview was to prepare content for the upcoming fall semester during which Professor Villalobos Graillet will be teaching a graduate course on th  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 11 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested twenty-seven-year-old Brandon Ove on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024, for Distributing child pornography and Sexual Exploitation of a child (by possession). Agencies that assisted the ICAC Task Force were Lewiston Police Department, Homeland Security, Mos  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 9 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: States, territories, and tribes interested in nonpoint source pollution management activities have until July 15, 2024, to submit applications under the federal Sec. 319 grant program. Section 319 of the Clean Water Act established a grant program to support a variety of nonpoint source pollution management activities, including technical assistance, financial assistance, education, training, techn  more

SPOKANE, Washington, July 10 -- Whitworth University issued the following news: Whitworth University is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Hughes as associate vice president of marketing & communications. Hughes comes to Whitworth from The College of Idaho where he served for the past seven years as the assistant vice president of marketing & communications. Prior to that position, he was the director of athletic marketing and a major gifts officer in the college relations department.   more

SEATTLE, Washington, July 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: Humans drove wolves to extinction in Washington state around the 1930s. Thanks to conservation efforts, by about 80 years later, wolves had returned -- crossing first from the Canadian border into Washington around 2008 and later entering the state from Idaho. Since then, wolf numbers in Washington have been steadily growing, raising questions about what the return of this large predator spe  more