Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 26th of August.
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🏘️ Community
Riley Mickelsen — a rider from Roberts — began a 500-mile horseback journey last month and has ridden 325 miles near Seeley Lake, Montana; he expects to reach the Roosville border crossing in about two weeks as part of his dream to ride from Canada to Mexico.
🎓 Education
College of Eastern Idaho's founding board chair Park Price resigned after nearly a decade of service and the board will appoint an interim trustee to fill the Trustee Zone 3 vacancy (applications accepted until 5 p.m. Aug.
28).
🏛️ Government
Idaho National Laboratory hosted a cybersecurity summit in Park City yesterday to explore ways to protect small modular reactors from cyberattacks.
Experts from Oak Ridge and industry partners will soon test digital control measures to limit hacking risks.
Idaho National Laboratory is preparing a 2,000-acre nuclear energy launch pad in the desert to test reactor and fuel technologies.
Twelve companies, including six with Idaho projects, will deploy innovations here to boost domestic nuclear power as part of a national energy goal — a step toward future energy needs.
🏈 Sports
Idaho Falls hosts the inaugural Snake River Invitational college basketball tournament at the Mountain America Center (MAC) from Nov.
27 to 29, with Boise State playing against Drake, North Texas, and North Dakota State in two games a day as the venue aims to make the event annual.
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