HAILEY, Idaho, June 17 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Advocates condemn Mexican gray wolf killings, commend law enforcement efforts SANTA FE, N.M. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigated the deaths of two Mexican wolves and served a federal search warrant in April of this year, according to a report in yesterday's Albuquerque Journal. The wolves - a five year-old father and a yearling son from the Sawtooth Pack - were caught in private tra  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 17 [Category: BizFood/Beverage] -- Anheuser-Busch, a brewing company, issued the following news release: * * * Anheuser-Busch Launches the "ComBar" to Celebrate American Farmers and U.S. Farmed Beer Built from a real combine harvester, first-of-its-kind ComBar signifies Anheuser - Busch's commitment to U.S. agriculture and sourcing the highest-quality American-grown ingredients Embarking on a nationwide tour encouraging consumers to "Choose Beer Grown Here" in supp  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 17 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson supports protecting minors from irreversible sex intervention treatment * Attorney General Alan Wilson recently joined a 23-state friend-of-the-court brief in support of Florida's lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics for misleading and deceptive representations regarding minor gender transition procedures.  Florida's lawsuit contends t  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell & Colleagues Defend Crucial WA Wildfire Labs from Closures as Wildfire Season Begins * 06.17.26 Labs in Seattle & Wenatchee are among the 57 federal forest research stations on the chopping block under Trump's Forest Service; New wildfire maps predict almost all of WA will be under severe threat through September; Near Spokane, a fast-moving wildfire has burned multiple homes and for  more

EMPORIA, Kansas, June 18 -- Emporia State University issued the following news: * * * New Class of 5 Educators to Join National Teachers Hall of Fame Emporia, Kansas, turns into Teacher Town, USA, in late June to honor the five career educators selected for the National Teachers Hall of Fame's Class of 2026. This is the 34th year for the NTHF induction ceremonies. The inductees arrive in Emporia on Monday, June 15, for a full week of activities that culminate Saturday, June 20, with the banq  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Highlights Small Businesses' Enduring Legacy * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) delivered openingremarks in a hearing examining how small businesses in Iowa and beyond have been essential to America's success as our nation enters its next 250 years. Watch Chair Ernst's remarks here. Ernst's full remarks: "As we are just  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 17 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * DEQ awards $1,250,000 to Cedar Springs Community Water, Inc. in Bonner County The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $1,250,000 low-interest drinking water construction loan to the Cedar Springs Community Water, Inc. in Bonner County, Idaho. The funding will be used for designing and constructing a new storage tank, decommissioning the ex  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 18 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * DEQ awards $2,179,100 to Garden City, Idaho The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $2,179,100 in low-interest drinking water construction loan funding to Garden City in Ada County, Idaho. The funding will support the design and drilling of a new drinking water well free of emerging contaminants. Emerging contaminants are substances that may pose newly ide  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 18 -- Boise State University issued the following news: * * * Idaho State Board of Education names Dr. David W. Hahn as finalist to serve as 8th President of Boise State University The Idaho State Board of Education today named Dr. David W. Hahn as the sole finalist to serve as eighth president of Boise State University. Dr. Hahn currently serves as the Craig M. Berge Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona. "After a rigorous and thorough national s  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Conference of State Bank Supervisors posted the following news release: * * * Idaho's Erin Van Engelen Named NMLS Ombudsman * Washington, D.C. - The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) announced Erin Van Engelen, Consumer Finance Bureau Chief for the Idaho Department of Finance, will serve as the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & Registry(r) (link is external) (NMLS) Ombudsman, starting July 1. Van Engelen succeeds Jim   more

LEWISTON, Idaho, June 18 -- Lewis-Clark State College issued the following news release: * * * LC State program recognized for reading education teacher preparation The Elementary Education program at Lewis-Clark State College has received an A grade from the National Council on Teacher Quality for reading education preparation. The Elementary Education program received the designation for successfully preparing teachers to guide their students through learning how to read. NCTQ made their d  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48992) entitled "Pole Attachments in Broadband Deployment: Selected Issues" by telecommunications policy specialist Colby Leigh Pechtol. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Broadband is a powerful communications technology that supports many applications. Closing the gap between people who have access to broadband and those who do not - the digital divide - has been a long-standing congressiona  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Simpson Advances Funding for Franklin County Medical Center's Long-Term Care Remodel * WASHINGTON -Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of $750,000 in funding for the Franklin County Medical Center Long-Term Care Remodel Project in Preston, Idaho, at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Rosen Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Consolidate National Guard Duty Statuses * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) - a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - this week introduced the bipartisan Duty Status Reform Act to make comprehensive reforms to the National Guard by c  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 17 -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Sensible Photonics and Pitt Selected by U.S. DOE for Demonstration at Idaho National Laboratory * Sensible Photonics, Inc. and the University of Pittsburgh today announced that their advanced fiber optic sensing technology has been competitively selected by the U.S. Department of Energy's Center for Used Fuel Research (CUFR) for demonstration at Idaho National Labo  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 18 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * DOE grant to support Nebraska nuclear energy training, workforce development By Phil Carter, Engineering A $1.4 million Department of Energy grant will power nuclear reactor safety training and workforce development in Nebraska through a collaboration among the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, Nebraska Public Power District, Idaho National Laboratory, Southeast Community College, A  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: * * * The Wilderness Society to honor David Brooks with 2026 Olaus and Mardy Murie Award Award recognizes four decades of conservation leadership, often "outside the spotlight" - The Wilderness Society will honor longtime public lands leader David Brooks with the 2026 Olaus and Mardy Murie Award at a June 17 dinner at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. The Ol  more