U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, speaking at an Intermountain Energy Summit in Idaho Falls today, championed the use of nuclear power and urged politicians and leaders in the energy industry to adapt and modernize energy production to help minimize the fallout from global warming, the…
A new report out today from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that costs allocated to fighting wildfires have grown from 16 percent of the U.S. Forest Service’s overall budget in 1995 to 42 percent today. “This has led to substantial cuts in other areas…
Idaho students’ scores on the SAT are out, and Idaho Education News reporter Kevin Richert reports that the top scores in the state came at Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy, which had an average score among its juniors taking the test of 1,818. The statewide average…