HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, July 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: Air Force Special Operations Command is hosting a second iteration of the Emerald Warrior exercise this year from July 29 - August 18, 2024. This joint, combined exercise provides realistic and relevant, high-end training to prepare special operations forces, conventional forces, and international partners in the evolving strategic environment, shifting focus to growing kinetic and non-  more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, July 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: Air Force Special Operations Command is hosting a second iteration of the Emerald Warrior exercise this year from July 29 - August 18, 2024. This joint, combined exercise provides realistic and relevant, high-end training to prepare special operations forces, conventional forces, and international partners in the evolving strategic environment, shifting focus to growing kinetic and non-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * Transfer of land to Fish and Wildlife Service would benefit wildlife in Southeastern Idaho * * * SODA SPRINGS, Idaho--The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposal to transfer approximately 159 acres of public lands in Bonneville County to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) at Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Idaho. T  more

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Aug. 3 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Scott Higgins, 57, of Coeur d'Alene, was sentenced yesterday on charges for theft from a program receiving federal funds and acquiring controlled substances by fraud, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Both charges relate to a drug diversion scheme that Higgins carried out over multiple years while employed as the Division Ch  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Assesses $44K in penalties to employer for violations of federal regulations * * * PAYETTE, Idaho - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $268,417 in back wages and liquidated damages for 76 workers after finding the employer housed them in substandard conditions and wrongly exempted many of them from overtime in violation of federal regulations. An investigation by the depar  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Idaho National Laboratory contributed more than 1400 pieces of intellectual property to site * * * Thousands of the treasures developed by scientists working for the Department of Energy--ideas, methods and software created to address some of the world's biggest challenges--are now available in one place for entrepreneurs, researchers and others interested  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on July 31, 2024: Diesel performance parts retailers GDP Tuning LLC and Custom Auto of Rexburg LLC, doing business as Gorilla Performance, and owner Barry Pierce were sentenced today in federal court in Pocatello, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit. Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Pierce to four months in federal prison. GDP Tuning and Gorilla Performance   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Diesel performance parts retailers GDP Tuning LLC and Custom Auto of Rexburg LLC, doing business as Gorilla Performance, and owner Barry Pierce were sentenced today in federal court in Pocatello, Idaho. Senior U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill for the District of Idaho sentenced Pierce to four months in prison. GDP Tuning and Gorilla Performance were sentenced to five years of probation. All defenda  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From June 2023 to June 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 27 states and was essentially unchanged in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in South Carolina (+3.5 percent), Missouri (+3.2 percent), and Nevada (+3.1 percent). The following states also had over-the-year employment increases of a  more