Its evacuation time for some residents in Blaine County. The Glendale fire burned overnight threatening properties from Rock Creek Road west and all homes in the Croy Creek and Rock Creek canyons. Located 5 miles SW of Bellevue it's estimated to cover 4,000 acres.
Meanwhile, another fire burning in the area is the Syrup Fire, 10 miles northwest of Mountain Home, has now spread over 5,100 acres. The Big Flat Fire, 25 miles northeast of Weiser, has also grown to over 1,000 acres. The Lover Fire which is 6 miles east of Bruneau was contained at 2:45 p.m.
A Boise man is facing a charge of felony Vehicular manslaughter after he failed to stop at the junction of Highway 93-25 near Jerome Friday afternoon. Police say he was eastbound and caused a 5-car pileup that killed a 48-year-old man from Jerome around 1:30 pm. The road was blocked for about 5 hours.
The Idaho State Bar is conducting an ethics investigation into Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, following a complaint alleging an “adversarial relationship” with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Former Director Dave Jeppesen’s complaint alleges Labrador’s office has effectively denied the department with adequate legal representation. The conflicts have strained operations and created a hostile situation.
Fourth Judicial District Judge Jason Scott heard arguments about whether to allow for an evidentiary hearing in Thomas Creech’s latest post-conviction case. After surviving an execution attempt earlier this year, Creech’s attorneys now claim that a second attempt would amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
Attorneys for the man charged in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to move the trial to a larger city citing the widespread media coverage of the case and the impact that coverage can have on potential juror bias. Bryan Kohberger's defense team says strong emotions in the community and constant news coverage will make it impossible to find an impartial jury in Moscow.
SPORTS
In college football over the weekend, A Heisman-worthy performance from Ashton Jeanty propelled Boise State past Georgia Southern in a 56-45 victory in Paulson Stadium, Saturday.
What was touted as a lopsided bloodbath in the waiting between an FBS powerhouse and a lowly FCS team, looked like a top-10 battle of two disciplined teams. The No. 7 ranked Idaho Vandals gave the No. 3 ranked Oregon Ducks everything they wanted and more, but Idaho couldn't overcome a late deficit and fell to vaunted Ducks 24-14 Saturday night in Autzen Stadium.
The College of Southern Idaho Volleyball Team lost to 17th-ranked Butler College early Saturday before falling to Eastern Wyoming in the Crystal "Inn"vitational.
As we continue our local high school football team preview, this morning the spotlight shines on Glenns Ferry and Gooding. The Glenns Ferry Pilots graduated just five players off of their 2023 roster, leading to optimism that the program could take a noticeable step forward this fall under second-year head coach Eric Stewart. Though the team won just two games last fall, both wins were impressive – a strong win over a Rimrock team that was in playoff contention deep into the regular season and then a conference win over Carey. Both wins came on the team’s home field just off over Interstate 84 in Elmore County. With so many players expected back, the team should be able to dive right in. Senior quarterback Landon Stewart threw 15 touchdown passes last fall and the offense returns its top rusher and receiver behind returning linemen Junior Sanchez and Oscar Duenas.
Tanner Baumann returns for his third season at the helm of the Gooding Senators. The Senators opened the 2023 campaign with an 8-0 win over Jerome and did not taste victory again for six weeks. Injuries riddled the Senator roster early in the season and made it difficult for them to recover from as the season wore on. Despite losing ten starters, Coach Baumann looks forward to having LB Brodee Greeley who missed five games last season. Greeley, who received all-conference honors as a sophomore, will need to help prevent the big play, that plagued the Senators' defense in 2023.
From local games over the weekend, first for High School football, Rockland defeated Camas County 60 to 14. North gem downed Castleford 52 to 6. McCall Donnelly bested Wood River 49 to 7. Butte County downed Valley 40 to 22. Burley defeated Century 33 to 0. Hagerman downed Challlis 62 to 0. Gooding said no to Jerome 34 to 6. Sutter Union California downed Kimberly 28 to 14. Dietrich said no to Mackay 42 to 6. Minico said no to Mountain Home 55 to 16. Carey took the win over Murtaugh 62 to 32. Declo 28 Nampa Christian 7. It was west Jefferson 54 to Wendell 6. Homedale defeated Filer 47 to 0.
In boys Soccer, Wood River said no to Skyview 7 to 1. In girls soccer it was Shelley 8 Burley 1.
On today’s soccer schedule, first for the boys, Madison travels to Burley, Wood River to Canyon Ridge and Highland visits Twin Falls.
For the Girls, Burley is on the road to Blackfoot. Minico goes to Shelley, Twin Falls to Middleton and Canyon Ridge to Wood River.
WEATHER
Tuesday: Patchy smoke after noon. Sunny, with a high near 82. South southwest wind 6 to 14 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
Tuesday Night: Patchy smoke before midnight. Clear, with a low around 54. West northwest wind 7 to 14 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday: Patchy smoke. Sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: Areas of smoke. Clear, with a low around 55. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 55.
Friday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 90.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87.
Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.
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