A chain reaction accident on I-84 between Jerome and Twin Falls yesterday afternoon resulted in one of the drivers being cited for leaving the scene. The four-car pileup happened around 3 pm at exit 173. A driver who was westbound, collided with another vehicle which collided with two more vehicles. The driver of the first vehicle told troopers they didn’t see any damage to their trailer and that’s why they left.
Governor Brad Little has appointed Reed Cotten as District Judge to the Fifth Judicial District. Cotten is trial attorney with over 10 years of experience practicing complex civil and criminal litigation. He is a partner with the Rupert law firm Robinson & Cotten, where he has practiced for his entire law career.
Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man Christmas morning after he shot his brother during an altercation south of Idaho Falls. Authorities responded to a commercial building just before 9am Wednesday to a report of a shooting. Upon arrival Deputies located 38-year-old Rocky Allan Allred of Idaho Falls with an injury to his head and his adult brother inside the building with a gunshot wound to the arm. Rocky is facing charges police say. Both were treated at a local hospital and later released.
University of Idaho killings suspect Bryan Kohberger was reportedly investigated in connection with a home invasion case a year before the Idaho slayings. The alleged home invasion happened in Washington state, ten miles from the Moscow home where four college students were killed. Kohberger is no longer considered a person of interest in that case.
There is an avalanche warning in effect this morning. The advisory was issued by the Sawtooth Avalanche Center over most mountains and valleys in Southern Idaho. With strong winds in the upper elevations of Idaho and heavy snow, there is a level three advisory for Soldier and Wood River Valley Mountains, as well as the Sawtooth and Western Smoky Mountains.
With the winter weather hitting the state snow plows and road crews are out and about. Motorists are being warned to be on the lookout for the plows and give them extra room. Last year at least nine plows were hit across the state while working to clear roadways.
SPORTS
The countdown is on. One week before the college football playoff quarterfinal with Boise State. No. 3 seed Boise State Broncos will face No. 6 seed Penn State at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Penn State enters as the heavy favorite in this game hailing from the Big Ten Conference with little to no respect in the national media for Boise State. That’s not something that will bother the Broncos though as they have been underdogs in each of their previous three Fiesta Bowl appearances. The winner will be moving on to face the winner of Notre Dame-Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl on Jan. 9.
WEATHER
Friday: Snow before 8am, then rain and snow between 8am and 10am, then rain after 10am. High near 43. Breezy, with a south-southeast wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west 16 to 21 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Friday Night: Snow between 11pm and 2am, then rain after 2am. Low around 36. South southwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Saturday: Rain. High near 44. Light and variable wind becoming west 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: Rain. Low around 36. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday: Rain, mainly after 11am. High near 49. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday Night: Rain likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 11pm and 2am, then a slight chance of snow after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 34.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20.
New Year’s Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 35.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38.
