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The Idaho Transportation Department is temporarily closing US 20 at the Menan exit and Thornton exit from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Rocky Mountain Power is replacing a downed power line across the highway. Officials say traffic control is in place. ITD says to find a temporary alternate route until the roadway is open. Also,

Citing concern for public trust, Jackson Police Chief Todd Smith has terminated the employment of Officer Jimmy Corona after a domestic violence arrest in September. Smith ordered a thorough internal affairs investigation as a result of the arrest, stating “the Jackson Police Department is committed to seeking justice for any and all victims of domestic

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit served a search warrant at a Ucon residence at around 8 a.m. Monday. The warrant, at 3900 E. 109th North was part of an ongoing investigation with a special investigation unit that also includes the Idaho Falls Police Department. The nature of the warrant was not disclosed.

The Jackson Ranger District has released a summary of alternatives being considered for on-mountain improvements at Snow King Mountain Resort in Jackson. The alternatives were released in advance of an official Draft Environmental Impact Statement that will be released in the near future. A 45-day comment period will begin when the DEIS is published in

The iconic Red Hill “I” has returned to the Idaho State University campus. A special celebration of its return will be held October 10, at 4 p.m. at the Hutchinson Quadrangle. The new “I” is 71 feet long and 24 feet wide. It was designed by a team of ISU civil and environmental engineering students

A 71-year-old Idaho Falls man was killed shortly after noon Tuesday when a 5th wheel camper fell on top of him and trapped him underneath. Bystanders jacked the camper up and pulled the man out. They were giving the man CPR when Idaho Falls Police and Fire Department personnel arrived. The man died at the

The Environmental Protection Agency has outlined a number of components in its final, $41 million cleanup plan for the Ballard Mine site, 13 miles north of Soda Springs. The work is expected to take six to eight years for construction alone. The former open-pit phosphate mine was operated by Monsanto from 1951 to 1969. The