Idaho

Mon July 03, 2017

ITD Plans to Halt Work During Solar Eclipse in August

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit eastern Idaho for the solar eclipse on Aug. 21, and that could have a significant impact on the state's highway system....

Mon July 03, 2017

Amy Schroeder Returns to Head Next GARVEE Program

Amy Schroeder, manager of the recent award-winning, $857 million Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) Program, will return to lead the next round of GARVEE bonding approved by the Idaho Legislature during their recent 2017 session....

Rebecca Boone - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue June 06, 2017

Cleanup at Idaho Nuclear Landfill on Hold After Collapse

BOISE, Idaho (AP) Some cleanup efforts at a nuclear waste landfill in eastern Idaho are on hold while workers try to figure out what caused a collapse in a dig area that sent an excavator into a pit. The excavator was digging up transuranic waste — which is waste contaminated with highly radioactive elements....

Jennifer Rupp - Tue June 06, 2017

Reconstruction Along I-90 in the Heart of Idaho's Silver Valley

The small town of Mullan in Shoshone County, Idaho, marks the start of a 4.5-mi. reconstruction project along I-90 extending east to the Idaho/Montana state line. By the 1980s, this area known as the Silver Valley, had produced more than a billion ounces of silver, 3 million tons of zinc, and 8 million tons of lead, totalling more than $6 billion in value, ranking the valley among the top 10 mining districts in world history, according to the Spokane Daily Chronicle....

Thu March 30, 2017

Lawmakers Approve $90 Million for New Research Centers

Idaho lawmakers have approved the use of $90 million worth of bonds for the construction of two new buildings at a federal research facility in Idaho Falls. A resolution to fund the Cybercore Integration Center and the Collaborative Computing Center at the Idaho National Laboratory in passed the House on March 28 with overwhelming support, the Post Register reported (http://bit.ly/2mPQ947)....

Mon March 06, 2017

DOT Chiefs Tell Congress to Up Federal Funding

The heads of departments of transportation for two western states told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee they need Congress to craft an infrastructure investment plan that provides new federal funding to help states improve their systems and meet growing demand....

Mon February 20, 2017

Peterson Pacific Announces New Distributor in Idaho

Peterson Pacific, a Eugene, Ore., based manufacturer of horizontal grinders, drum and disc chippers, blower trucks, and screens announces Goodfellow Corporation as its new distributor for its products in the states of Utah, Nevada and southern Idaho, effective Feb....

Kimberlee Kruesi - Mon February 20, 2017

Idaho House Panel Introduces Transportation Funding Bills

Idaho lawmakers wrestled with multiple transportation funding proposals, ultimately refusing to budge on raising taxes to fix the state's crumbling infrastructure. The decision came down the same day severe flooding and winter storms wreaked havoc across much of the state, destroying and damaging roads and bridges and prompting Gov....