Nuclear partnership gets $31M + Grand Targhee expansion could harm bighorn sheep, officials say + Gas prices surge (again)

By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief

“Today’s investment by the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Consortium Tech Hub capitalizes on Idaho’s deep nuclear history and will expand opportunities for the West to maintain this strong reputation.” - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho

Commercial nuclear fuel rods are unloaded from a cask inside the Idaho National Laboratory's Hot Fuel Examination Facility hot cell in this file photo. (Photo courtesy of the Idaho National Laboratory)

ENERGY

Idaho-Wyoming nuclear industry partnership set to receive $31M federal award

By Laura Guido

Three of Idaho’s four congressional delegation members lauded the award in a press release Monday — U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, and Rep. Mike Simpson. All four members of the delegation voted against the 2022 CHIPS legislation that created the tech hubs.

Skiers stop to take in the view of Teton Canyon from the slopes at Grand Targhee Resort on Dec. 31, 2017, near Alta. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Dorgan via WyoFile)

ENVIRONMENT

‘Thoroughly disappointed,’ Wyoming Game and Fish urges reversal of Grand Targhee expansion approval

By Mike Koshmrl

Wyoming wildlife managers were blunt in their objection to a Caribou-Targhee National Forest draft decision that lets a ski area expand its boundaries into vital habitat for Teton Range bighorn sheep.

A gallon of gas has risen to a $4.05 average across Idaho. (Photo by McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)

GROWTH + AFFORDIBILITY

As national gas prices rise, Idaho’s remain even higher

By Abigail Gerstein

A gallon of regular gasoline is averaging $4.05 across the state. That represents a nearly 50 cent increase compared to this time last year.

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