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Eye On Boise archive for Oct. 4, 2016

TUESDAY, OCT. 4, 2016


U.S. wants to build Idaho facility for warships' nuclear waste

The Navy and U.S. Department of Energy want to build a $1.6 billion facility at a nuclear site in eastern Idaho that would handle fuel waste from the nation's fleet of nuclear-powered warships through at least 2060, the AP reports.The new facility would keep nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines deployed, according to an environmental...

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Fire guts BLM office in Challis; arson suspected 

A Tuesday morning fire has caused significant damage to a U.S. Bureau of Land Management office in central Idaho and an arson task force has been called in to investigate. The Custer County Sheriff's Office says the fire reported at about 2 a.m. appears to have started on the south side of the building in a shop area...

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Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee opens interim meeting on Tuesday at the state Capitol in Boise (Betsy Z. Russell)

JFAC kicks off interim meeting at Capitol today

The Legislature’s joint budget committee is opening its interim meeting in Boise today, which includes a full day of presentations on state agency and funding issues today, tours of various state agencies and locations tomorrow, and a final session Thursday morning back in the JFAC...

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