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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The Museum of Idaho has received a $500,000 donation that will be used to create a permanent exhibit telling the history of eastern Idaho. The Post Register reports that Westmark Credit Union made the donation Friday at the museum in Idaho Falls. The new exhibit will be part of an expansion taking up two floors. The exhibit will cover prehistory of the region up to the present. Museum spokesman Jeff Carr says the region has fantastic social, cultural and environmental history that has sometimes gone unappreciated.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Justinian Jessup set career highs with 27 points and seven 3-pointers, including his 254th career 3-pointer, and Boise State beat Colorado State 75-64 for its first Mountain West Conference win. Derrick Alston scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Alex Hobbs made six assists for the Broncos, who made 10 of 28 3-pointers and outscored the Rams 15-5 on fast-break points.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge says a lawsuit brought by Idaho legislative leaders seeking to force the state treasurer out of her first-floor office in the Statehouse can move forward. The judge didn't rule on the merits of the case Friday but says the leaders have standing to sue. Legislative leaders sued in June after the Idaho treasurer refused to move out. A 2007 law allows the Legislature to decide what is done with the first, third and fourth floors of the building. Legislative leaders want to use the space for offices for House members.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Idaho National Laboratory officials say the third supercomputer has arrived in their facility to enable researchers to faster simulate new fuels and reactor designs. The Post Register reported Wednesday that the $19.2 million supercomputer includes about 100,000 processors and is named Sawtooth after the Idaho mountain range. Facility officials say the system is expected to calculate mathematical equations at about six times the speed of the current systems. Officials say the supercomputer is expected to be available to users early next year and provide computer access to researchers in Idaho and other national laboratories, universities and private industry.
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