WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news on Sept. 6, 2024: The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) today announced it is terminating consultation on the development of a Section 106 agreement with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka counties, Idaho. Pursuant to its responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the ACHP will prepare formal co  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: The Colorado Wing accounted for the first- and third-place finishers in the Rocky Mountain Region Cadet Competition, with an Idaho Wing entry placing second. The Valkyrie Cadet Squadron team took first place, followed by the Nampa Composite Squadron entry and the Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron team. The Valkyrie Cadet Squadron team consisted of: * Cadet Lt. Col. Nicholas Gargano * Ca  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE - Today, Sep. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that eight Tribes in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington were selected to receive $78,441,385 in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda. EPA selected 34 applications in total to fund projects nationwide to implement community-driven solutions to tackle the c  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has completed substantial construction of a new facility that will serve as a national asset for accelerated research, development and qualification of structural nuclear materials. The Sample Preparation Laboratory (SPL) is expected to be operational in 2025. As the first new hot cell facility built at INL in 49 years, SPL's nuclear materi  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on Sept. 5, 2024: Nathaniel Erik Walsh, 29, of Middleton, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of an individual, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, Walsh distributed six fentanyl pills to an individual on April 29, 2023. Walsh drove from Caldwell to Boise to provide the fentanyl pi  more