WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $49,261 grant to the Boise State University of Idaho for earthquake aftershock monitoring. The category of funding activity is natural hazards. The agency description of the grant states: "The main objective of this grant is to monitor and collect data from the aftershock sequence of the M6.5 Stanley earthquake in Idaho. It is critical to assess the aftershock earthquake s  more

PROVO, Utah, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation in Interior Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin announced Kent Kofford as area manager for the Provo Area Office. In his new position, Kofford will oversee 17 water projects throughout Utah, southwestern Wyoming and southeast Idaho. "Kent brings an exceptional level of strong leadership and expertise in water resources management to this position, and I k  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: While energy sources such as wind and solar are great at producing emissions-free electricity, they depend on the sun and the wind, so supply doesn't always meet the demand. Likewise, nuclear power plants operate more efficiently at maximum capacity so that electricity generation can't be easily ramped up or down to match demand. For decades, energy researchers have trie  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Boise Airport (BOI) discovered a loaded firearm in the carry-on luggage of female traveler ticketed for travel to San Francisco International Airport Friday morning. Around 5:30 a.m. during the routine screening of carry-on luggage, a TSA officer spotted the image of a handgun on the x-ra  more