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For years when I visited the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, I would see a sign hanging at the entrance that read “Today is September 12, 2001.” The agency’s determination to stamp out terrorism was never stronger than that day, and to the patriots who served at the CIA, this sign served as a constant reminder of […]
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – Another devastating wildfire season is expected this year, already a large wildfire spread through Arizona in recent weeks. Thursday the U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior hosted a briefing with their predictions in Washington. DC Correspondent Alana Austin sat in as experts made their gloomy predictions and spoke with federal […]
NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, about his impressions after Gina Haspel’s confirmation hearing to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, Gina Haspel, has more than 30 years of experience at the CIA. But her nomination has […]
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, Gina Haspel, has more than 30 years of experience at the CIA. But her nomination has been clouded by questions about her role in the waterboarding of detainees in the wake of 9/11 and her drafting of a memo ordering the destruction […]
BOISE, Idaho — President Donald Trump announced the U.S. will pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran Tuesday. The following statements are from Idaho’s congressional district. U.S. Senator Jim Risch “Instead of stopping Iran’s nuclear program, the Iran Deal simply gave the regime a direct path to obtaining a nuclear weapon but at a […]
In any small to mid-size American town there are always establishments that residents reflect upon with fond memories. It might be the kitchen located in the back of a convenience store, or the local diner that serves up meals you could normally only find from your mother or grandmother on a weekend morning. And these […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — There’s a sense of relief at the U.S. Forest Service because of the billions of additional dollars made available by lawmakers over the next decade to fight catastrophic wildfires but also a duty to spend it wisely, the acting chief of the U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday. Vicki Christiansen, speaking at […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — There’s a sense of relief at the U.S. Forest Service because of the billions of additional dollars made available by lawmakers over the next decade to fight catastrophic wildfires but also a duty to spend it wisely, the acting chief of the U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday. Vicki Christiansen, speaking at […]
The Forest Service will have the money it needs to reduce the threat of fire to Western communities in the face of longer fire seasons, warmer summers and drier landscapes. It couldn’t come at a more opportune time. Dry conditions and hot temperatures are forecast for much of the West this summer, including southern Idaho, […]
After years of gathering annually at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise to decry “fire borrowing” – the situation in which the Forest Service, each year, shifts millions from other programs when the costs to fight the West’s escalating wildfires balloons, thereby cutting prevention efforts meant to reduce that trend – a bipartisan group […]