Nation’s first security-focused, 5G wireless test range opens in Idaho
Researchers in Idaho have opened the nation’s first open-air, 5G wireless test range focused exclusively on security testing, training and…
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Moose Fire grows to 127,500 acres
The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 127,500 acres and is 37%…
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Owl and Horse fires remain 0% contained
The Owl and Horse fires are both 0% contained and remain under the command of Wyoming Type 3 Team…
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Pocatello women’s prison to offer job training to residents this fall
The Idaho Workforce Development Council has awarded the Idaho Department of Correction a $25,000 grant to equip incarcerated women with the job…
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Memorial for Nikolas Bird, the 23-year-old who died in shooting
Car clubs host memorial for Nikolas Bird, the 23-year-old who died in the shooting on September…
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ISU to host Education Day during home football game Saturday
Idaho State University’s College of Education is partnering with ISU Athletics to host Education Day on Saturday, Sept. 17 in conjunction with the…
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Lindsey Stirling’s Snow Waltz Christmas tour coming to Idaho Falls
Lindsey Stirling is coming to Idaho…
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Idaho gas prices continue to drop
According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Idaho was priced at $3.75/g Sunday while the most expensive was $5.49/g, a difference…
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Air Quality and Burn Ban for Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Power and Oneida Counties lifted
UPDATE 9/12/22: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has lifted an Air Quality Advisory for Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin,…
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2 arrested after deputy struck in the face
Two adults were arrested Sunday evening after battering a deputy who was called to keep the…
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BYU-Idaho welcomes students back to Rexburg for start of fall term
The streets of Rexburg are once again filled with students as BYU-Idaho begins their fall term. Many are returning to campus Monday and some are just…
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Budweiser hosts 9/11 stair climb challenge
The Budweiser malting plant in Idaho Falls, played host for a stair climb challenge to help memorialize and honor those who perished during the…
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Local elementary students honor first responders
Students at Holy Rosary Elementary School in Idaho Falls recognized first responders Monday as they learned about the events of 9/11. Before lunch…
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Official: Idaho computer chip plant makes US more resilient
Chipmaker Micron’s planned $15 billion investment in a new factory in the company’s hometown of Boise will help protect the United States from the…
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Salmon-Challis National Forest reports 6 new fires
The Salmon-Challis National Forest has had six new fires in the last week. …
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COVID-19 UPDATES: 458 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 458 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths over the weekend.…
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Crash on I-84 east of Jerome blocked traffic for several hours
Idaho State Police is investigating a vehicle collision which occurred on September 9, 2022, at 1:20 P.M., on Interstate 84 at mile marker 188, in…
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Owl and Horse fires 0% contained
The Owl and Horse fires are under the command of Wyoming Type 3 Team…
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Moose Fire in-person meeting set Monday
The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 125,925 acres and is 37%…
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2022-2023 Be Outside, Idaho! grant cycle now open
The application deadline is October 14,…
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Idaho Falls local starts business at almost 80-years-old
Tell me you live in Idaho, without telling me you live in Idaho. What better way than with locally manufactured potato…
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Owl and Horse fire update
The owl fire, 20 miles west of north fork on the ranger district is burning 3-hundred and 50 acres. While the horse fire northwest of corn creek on…
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Idaho participating in the first federally coordinated wireless emergency alert exercise
The Idaho Office of Emergency Management (IOEM) is partnering with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to test the performance of the…
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Introducing the Idaho Folklife Collection
The Folk and Traditional Arts program at the Idaho Commission on the Arts has partnered with Special Collections and Archives at Boise State…
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Moose fire 37% contained
Cooler temperatures and light winds gave firefighters some much-needed aid on the moose fire on Friday. As of, Saturday the fire is now 37 percent…
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Madison Fire District honors 9/11 victims
The Madison Fire district took time to honor those who have lost their lives on 9/11, also known as Patriot…
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EIRMC earns chest pain center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation accreditation
his designation recognizes EIRMC has met or exceeded an array of stringent criteria set forth by the American College of Cardiology…
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Two and a Half Mile Fire 100% contained
The Two and a Half Mile Fire is approximately 7,500 acres and growing.…
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IDL ramps up wildfire investigation, suspected arsonists arrested
Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) in collaboration with the Idaho State Fire Marshall’s Office and law enforcement on alleged arson fires recently…
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D93 Board approves 1 year reduction in property taxes
On Wednesday, the Bonneville School District 93 School Board held a special meeting where they voted to reduce the total taxes they will collect this…
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Idaho monkeypox weekly update
Stacker investigated the state of the monkeypox outbreak in Idaho using data from the Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 618 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 618 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths on…
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Final Sawtell Peak Fire update
This will be the final report for the Sawtell Peak…
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Woodtick and Norton fires grow
The lightning caused Woodtick Fire has burned 9,434 acres, and the lightning caused Norton Fire has burned 8,374…
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Moose Fire rages on
The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 125,059 acres and is 35%…
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Pocatello Police completes Idaho Chiefs of Police re-accreditation process
The Pocatello Police Department successfully completed the Idaho Chiefs of Police accreditation…
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Helping the monarch butterfly
People at the Eastern Idaho State Fair are getting to know a little more about the monarch…
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Pow Wow photo exhibit to open at Idaho Museum of Natural History
The Idaho Museum of Natural History at Idaho State University in Pocatello will open Pow Wow Dancers of the Wind River photo exhibition by Dr. Jeb…
Continue Reading Two and a Half Fire forcing evacuations
The Bureau of Land Management reports the Two and a Half Fire was reported to Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center at approximately 1:45 p.m.…
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Judge denies Lori Vallow-Daybell’s request to send case back to grand jury
A judge has denied Lori Vallow-Daybell’s request for her case to be sent back to the grand…
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Idaho Legislature asks judge to reconsider abortion ruling
The Idaho Legislature has asked a federal judge to reconsider his decision blocking the state from enforcing a strict abortion ban in medical…
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Wildfire suppression efforts on public lands prompt temporary closure
On Thursday at noon, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) temporarily closed public lands administered by the BLM’s Salmon Field Office north of the…
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Fire near Eden estimated at 2,000 acres
The Bureau of Land Management reports the Eden 2 Fire is burning approximately three miles north of Eden.…
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Local farm serves potatoes to humanitarian projects across the nation
Idaho may be famous for potatoes, but Idaho Falls is home to one of the largest suppliers of potatoes for humanitarian efforts in the…
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Trooper injured in morning collision
Early Thursday morning, an Idaho State Police trooper directing traffic was struck by a vehicle and injured.…
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Degraded Air Quality and Burn Ban for Custer and Lemhi counties
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi…
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Fremont County campfire ban extended
The Fremont County campfire ban has been extended to Friday, Sept.…
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Adopt a wild horse in Caldwell this weekend
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is partnering with Mustang Heritage Foundation Storefront trainers Matt and Stacie Zimmerman to host a wild horse…
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Sawtell Peak Fire 80% contained
The Sawtell Peak Fire is currently 37 acres, with 80% containment and 66 personnel assigned to the incident.…
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Fort Hall crash sends 1 to hospital
Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred on Wednesday at approximately 6:00 p.m., in Fort…
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Moose Fire virtual meeting set Thursday
Evacuations were ordered Wednesday night for areas a few miles north of Salmon as the Moose Fire crossed the Ridge Road and moved downhill toward the…
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Statewide survey shows more Idahoans are wearing life-saving seat belts
re Idahoans are making the safe choice to wear their seat belts.…
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Moose Fire evacuation status change
The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 107,523 acres and is 44%…
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IFPD encourages marking catalytic converters to combat theft
The Idaho Falls Police Department has made several successful arrests related to catalytic converter theft over the past months.…
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Crash on I-15 near Spencer claims 1
Idaho State Police is investigating a vehicle collision which occurred on Tuesday at 9:57 p.m., on Interstate 15 at mile marker 180, in Clark…
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Heath Springs Fire burns near Malad
The Bureau of Land Management reports the Heath Springs Fire was reported five miles north of Malad at approximately 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.…
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Reclaim Idaho pulls education funding initiative from ballot
Organizers of an education funding initiative have asked to have the measure pulled from the November ballot after the Idaho Legislature last week…
Continue Reading COVID-19 UPDATES: 943 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 943 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths on…
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Idaho Falls City Council drafts new homeless ordinance
In late June… a group of migrants set up camp at Idaho Falls Japanese Friendship gardens – one of the city’s most visited areas along the…
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Ybarra submits fiscal 2024 budget request for Idaho public schools
Restoring remaining pandemic-triggered holdbacks and continuing to improve salaries for teachers and support staff are top priorities in…
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Bryan Nickels to lead new Office of Administrative Hearings
Governor Brad Little appointed Bryan Nickels as Chief Administrative Hearing Officer for the newly created Office of Administrative Hearings…
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BLM and Forest Service re-appoint 3 wild horse and burro advisory board members
The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service have re-appointed three members to the National Wild Horse and Burro…
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Second Mannheim Steamroller Christmas show announced
The Mountain America Center has added a second Mannheim Steamroller Christmas…
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Work begins on Idaho Power’s next long-range energyplan
Work begins this week on Idaho Power’s 2023 Integrated Resource…
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Road construction begins on Sunnyside
Road construction begins Wednesday on a section of Sunnyside Road in Idaho Falls.…
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Sawtell Peak Fire 60% contained
The Sawtell Peak Fire is currently 37 acres, with 60% containment and 92 personnel assigned to the…
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Idaho National Laboratory’s new sintering technology
INL welcomes the DCS-800, which can mold together ceramic or metallic particles without fully melting…
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Missing teen found
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies still need your help in finding runaway juvenile Merrick…
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Heat wave has area school monitoring inside temperatures
The recent heat wave is making it harder for kids in schools to concentrate. In District 93 most of the schools do not have an air conditioning unit…
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Pocatello system interchange detour begins Tuesday
Beginning Tuesday, September 6 at 10:00 p.m., the northwest ramp of the system interchange in Pocatello will be closed for construction.…
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Mark Bent appears in court Tuesday
Mark Bent, the 41-year-old charged with shooting and killing 23-year-old Nikolas Bird, appeared in court on…
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Wildfire threatens homes, cabins near Idaho’s Alturas Lake
Roughly 200 people were told to evacuate and sheriff’s deputies were trying to track down campers and other recreationists after a wildfire…
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Idaho part of $438.5 million agreement with Juul Labs
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced Tuesday a $438.5 million agreement in principle between JUUL Labs and 34 states and territories resolving…
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Idaho gas prices continue to drop
Average gasoline prices in Idaho have fallen 6.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.51/g Tuesday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 802…
Continue Reading Degraded Air Quality and Burn Ban for Custer and Lemhi County
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory and Burn Ban for Lemhi…
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Sawtell Peak Fire remains at 34 acres
he fire remains at 34 acres with 40% containment and 127 personnel assigned to the…
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Moose Fire virtual meeting set Wednesday
The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 107,523 acres and is 44%…
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Ashton blasting to resume Wednesday
Beginning Wednesday, September 7 the next phase of the US-20 and SH-47 project at Ashton will begin.…
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Bannock County partnering with FCC to test, assess wireless emergency alerts
The Bannock County Sheriff’s Office and the Bannock County Office of Emergency Management are partnering with the FCC to assess the geographic…
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ISU student wins NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Internship to research extremophiles in deep ocean
A summer research project by an Idaho State University student may give us some insight into what life might look like across the…
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Family and friends honor 23-year-old who died in shooting
Family and friends are coming together to honor Nikolas Bird, the 23-year-old victim from the shooting that happened on September…
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Baby dies after being left in hot car, police investigating
Police in southwestern Idaho say they are investigating the death of a baby girl who was left in a car as temperatures in the region neared 100…
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Sawtell Peak Fire mapped at 34 acres
The lightning caused Sawtell Peak Fire burning ¼ mile from Sawtell Peak along FS Road 24 on the Ashton/Island Park Ranger District is under the…
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Moose Fire grows another 1,410 acres Sunday
The Moose Fire backed downslope in numerous areas Sunday, consuming another 1,410…
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Fire burns 1,275 acres east of Ft. Hall
A brush fire discovered Sunday afternoon east of the Ft. Hall Indian Reservation has burned over 700…
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Salmon-Challis National Forest reports 2 new fires
The Salmon-Challis National Forest has had two new lightning fires in the last…
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Idaho Falls Power to conduct routine inspection of power poles on the west side of Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls Power will begin a routine process to test the structural integrity of power poles on the west side of Idaho Falls on Thursday, Sept.…
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Here’s what Idaho hunters should know about chronic wasting disease for 2022
Here’s what Idaho hunters should know about chronic wasting disease for…
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Multiple hospitalizations following crash near Island Park
Idaho State Police is investigating a vehicle collision which occurred on Sunday at 8:47 p.m., on US 20 at mile marker 394, north of Island…
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S Capital Avenue road closure beings Tuesday
A section of S Capital Avenue, near Idaho Falls Power and the Idaho Falls Public Library, will be closed on Tuesday, Sept. 6 starting at 7 a.m.…
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Idaho National Guard announces Gowen Thunder 2023 Open House and Air Show
The Idaho National Guard is hosting Gowen Thunder 2023 Open House and Airshow Aug. 26-27, 2023 on Gowen Field.…
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Moose fire near Salmon 44 percent contained
Despite a Red Flag Warning from 3-9 p.m. Saturday, crews on the Moose fire reported that the fire spread was light and fire behavior was moderate.…
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Parade celebrates over 100 years at Eastern Idaho State Fair
The Eastern Idaho State Fair kicks off Saturday morning with their classic…
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Fire Weather Warnings in place for Saturday
We have red flag and fire weather warnings in place across much of central ID, the Snake River Plain, Magic Valley, Swan and Teton valleys, and…
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Former Soda Springs Girls Basketball Coach arrested, charged with statutory rape
Wade Schvaneveldt has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of statutory rape, according to the Soda Springs Police…
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Moose on the move, migrating to Nevada from Idaho, Utah
More and more moose from Idaho and Utah are making their way into Nevada, where they’re finding wilderness to their liking without the kind of help…
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ISU mechanical engineering professor named to editorial board of Frontiers in Thermal Engineering
An Idaho State University professor has been selected for an editor post with Frontiers in Thermal…
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DEQ and OEMR announce Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Program award recipients
The Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) have awarded Electric Vehicle Supply…
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Given high temperatures and dry conditions, most of Idaho faces Very High fire…
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ISU researcher to develop AI for 6G wireless networks
The cutting-edge research to develop the next generation of mobile networks will be happening at Idaho State…
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