Logan Ramsey
Editor-in-Chief
Local: 24 crashes happened in 3 hours on I-15
A total of 24 crashes took place on I-15 within three hours of each other last week. All took place near the Fort Hall exit, which was shut down due to the massive amount of wrecks that occurred.
Authorities said the wrecks were caused by snowy weather that came on Friday. The first dozen wrecks occurred around 1 p.m. Friday, while the second slew of crashes happened around 4 p.m.
State police said there were no fatalities, but several of the wreck victims were transported via ambulances to Portneuf Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.
Regional: The suspected murderer of a Challis man was arrested at an East Idaho airport
Ben Savage, 36, of Challis, was arrested Saturday afternoon at Idaho Falls Regional Airport on a murder warrant for killing 23-year-old Charles Lawrence McBride, also of Challis.
Police said Savage is the last person to have seen McBride. Savage is being held at the Bonneville County Jail in Idaho Falls on the murder charge.
Authorities have thus far not released any details on his arrest or on what led them to charge him with murdering McBride, who apparently worked for Savage.
Statewide: The former state treasurer says that the Idaho Legislature falsified his signature to justify spending millions
Ron Crane, former treasurer of the state of Idaho, says that in the Idaho Legislature’s attempt to justify spending millions of dollars to acquire more office space for legislators in the Capitol building, a budget document with his signature was falsified.
Crane says the language in a 2018 supplemental budget document he authored was changed to say he supports moving the Treasurer’s office out of the Capitol building to make room for more office space for the Idaho House of Representatives.
National: President Trump is threatening to close the southern border
President Trump threatened to close the southern border last week if Mexico does not “immediately stop” the surge of illegal immigrants coming into the United States. The president claimed that Mexico is sending “buses” and “trucks” across the border.
This comes after the president cut aid to the countries in the “Northern Triangle,” which consists of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Experts say the move will increase the influx of refugees coming to the Southern Border.
The majority of the migrants are coming from these countries as asylum seekers, which is legal under U.S. and international law.
International: 4 Palestinians were killed along the Gaza border in “Great March of Return” protest
In the “Great March of Return” protest, four Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops, along with dozens of protesters who were rushed to hospitals with bullet wounds. The Great March of Return is a demonstration calling on Israel to ease its blockade on the Gaza border.
The Israeli army said it was responding to protesters hurling stones and grenades at the border fence. Military officials were worried about wide-scale escalation, so the demonstrations were considered calmer than what they expected.
