Keith Ridler - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue July 10, 2018
Idaho Gears Up to Boost Logging, Restoration on Federal Land
BOISE – Idaho has more than doubled the number of workers assigned to logging and restoration projects on federal lands in the state with the goal of doubling the timber harvest and restoration treatments on by 2025....
Nicole Foy – Associated Press - Mon July 02, 2018
Sinkholes, Poison Gas, Dynamite: Inside Abandoned Mines
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) A century-old gold mine is a curious place, and that's a problem for those whose job it is to find bats and blasting caps as worrisome as the public finds them to be wondrous. When the 2015 fire in Owyhee County finally burned out, a team of experts from the Bureau of Land Management followed closely behind the wildland firefighters assessing the safety of public land known as the Owyhee Front....
Tue June 05, 2018
Pocatello Water Department Lists 2018 Construction Season Projects
The city of Pocatello's Water Department has announced its list of projects for the 2018 construction season. During the year, staff are scheduled to replace approximately 2 mi. of water main lines in areas that include Mahogany Drive, Chokecherry Drive, El Rancho Boulevard, South Johnson Avenue, West Clark Street and West Center Street....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue June 05, 2018
I-15 Construction Between Spencer, Dubois Under Way
The Idaho Transportation Department began construction work on Interstate 15 between Spencer and Dubois in early May. Work will continue through the fall. The new project will reconstruct 8 mi. of I-15 pavement that has deteriorated and replacing it with a new smooth surface, improved shoulders and drains and upgraded guardrails....
Associated Press - Tue June 05, 2018
Idaho County Starts 'Record' Year of Construction Projects
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Local residents and businesses in an Idaho county are preparing for what is expected to be the busiest road construction year in history. The Idaho Statesman reports the Ada County Highway District has begun a $61 million construction season, tearing up the roads from one end of Idaho's most populated county to the other....
Tue May 08, 2018
Lemhi River Bridge Projects Under Way in East Idaho
ITD has identified nine bridges for reconstruction on ID-28 between April 2018 and October 2019. Construction on the first three bridges began the week of April 2 and lasts until mid-Oct. 2018. The project calls for removing and replacing bridges; enhancing existing structures; and providing increased capacity for the river....
Tue May 08, 2018
Idaho National Laboratory Expands With New Buildings
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) Idaho National Laboratory took a huge step in expanding its research and cybersecurity work. The lab held a ceremonial groundbreaking on April 11 for two new buildings: the Cybercore Integration Center and the Collaborative Computing Center, the Post Register reported ....
Tue May 08, 2018
TRB Names ITD Director to Its Executive Committee
Idaho Transportation Department Director Brian Ness was recently named to the executive committee of the 2018 Transportation Research Board (TRB). The TRB is a unit of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and serves as an independent adviser to the President of the United States, the Congress and federal and state agencies on scientific and technical transportation issues of national importance....
Tue April 10, 2018
ITD Saves Time, Fuel for Truckers
The Idaho Transportation Department said new equipment that helps commercial truck drivers bypass a weigh station in the Lewiston area can save truckers more than $900,000 this year in time and fuel costs....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 10, 2018
Major Construction Projects on Horizon for Pacific Northwest
As temperatures warm and days grow drier, state and local agencies are gearing up for construction projects all over the Pacific Northwest — some still in the planning stages, others, phases in ongoing plans....
