IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Among the impressive nuclear energy scientists at Idaho National Laboratory, Bill Phillips stands out as a particularly gifted molten salt researcher. His journey from intern to staff scientist was marked by unique research findings and growing influence on the scientific community, and clearly illustrates how INL can facilitate a researcher's development and success. Phil  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Clearwater Paper Corporation of Lewiston, Idaho, will pay a combined $367,088 in penalties for failing to properly report releases of hazardous chlorine emissions that occurred in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Multiple unexpected releases of chlorine gas occurred at Clearwater's Lewiston facility that resulted in hundreds of pounds   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Allan W. Knepper, 27, of Lewiston, Idaho, killed during World War II, was accounted for August 10, 2023. In summer 1943, Knepper was a pilot with the 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of World War II. On July 10, Knepper d  more

STANLEY, Idaho, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Lower Snake River Compensation Plan program will implement an in-river project immediately downstream of the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery in the summer of 2024 that benefits both Chinook and sockeye salmon in the Upper Salmon River. The project will fill the scour hole at the Sawtooth fish weir approximately 6 miles south of Stanley, I  more