IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Out on the INL desert Site sits an electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast's dream: nine high-performance, battery-powered cars including four Tesla models (S, 3, X and Y); a Porsche Taycan and a Lucid Air. Each car boasts some of the most advanced EV technology available, allowing drivers to accelerate from zero to 60 mph in just a few seconds while sitting in a futuristic coco more PR

BOISE, Idaho, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release: U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced the results of three separate firearms and ammunition cases in Southern Idaho today that were prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. "Our mission is to keep Idahoans safe from violence, and this means enforcing the law that prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms and/or ammunition, more PR

BOISE, Idaho, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release: Ernesto Garibay Garza, 62, of Alamo, Texas, pleaded guilty to extorting H-2A agricultural workers and tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, Garza worked as a supervisor and foreman of farm workers at F.D.C., an agricultural services company that operates farms throughout Idaho, including in Glenns Ferry. F.D.C. employed H-2A agricultu more PR

BOISE, Idaho, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on April 16, 2024: The Natural Resource Conservation Service's (NRCS) Environmental Quality Initiatives Program-WaterSMART Initiative (EQIP-WSI) is a collaborative effort to target EQIP funding for water quantity and related resource concerns in a way that complements Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) investments made through WaterSMART Programs. Through WaterSMART, BOR supp more PR

JACKSON, Wyoming, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: On March 11, 2024, an Idaho man who poached elk antlers from the National Elk Refuge and Bridger-Teton National Forest and initiated efforts to sell them -- in violation of state and federal law -- has been fined $6,000, banned for three years from Wyoming public lands, and lost all hunting privileges worldwide for three years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic more PR