Stories from Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Grand View, Idaho (August 12, 2019) – An eight month investigation has revealed that non-conforming waste in the treatment process led to the tragic incident on November 17, 2018 at US Ecology’s Grand View, ID stabilization facility. US Ecology issued a summary of the final report which features the work of third-party expert investigators specializing in this type of incident...

On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 1:19 a.m., Blaine County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on Hwy 20 at milepost 173, east of Hot Springs Landing. The collision occurred at the site of a temporary traffic signal for the Idaho Transportation Department’s bridge construction project south of Bellevue, Idaho. ...

Ronn was born on February 16, 1949 in Nyssa, Oregon to Alice and Dick Barker. They brought him home to meet his older brother Rich, and then his sister Rella joined the family. He had a great childhood living along the Boise River in Garden City. When his father decided he wanted a ranch, the city boy moved to the country in Indian Valley, Idaho. ...

Clarence Joseph, 94, of Mountain Home, husband, father, grandfather, and devoted friend, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019. He was born February 28, 1925 in Loreauville, Louisiana, the only son of Ephrem Joseph and Emma Jones. A Veteran of World War II and Viet Nam, he served in the Army Air Corp and the United States Air Force for 29 years. ...