HEYBURN — First responders, a medical helicopter and police are at the scene of a crash Friday where a westbound semitruck went through the railing of the Interstate 84 exit 211 overpass.
Authorities say a set of camp trailer safety chains and quick, careful work by emergency crews saved two people after their pickup truck plunged off a bridge, leaving them dangling above a deep gorge in southern Idaho.
The Minidoka County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy David Curt Pinther was sworn-in as the new Minidoka County Sheriff on Thursday in front of a crowd of his supporters.
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New Minidoka County Sheriff
David C. Pinther is interviewed and sworn in as the Minidoka County Sheriff on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the Minidoka County Courthouse in Rupert.
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New Minidoka County Sheriff
David C. Pinther is interviewed and sworn in as the Minidoka County Sheriff on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the Minidoka County Courthouse in Rupert.
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New Minidoka County Sheriff
Minidoka County Commissioner Kent McClellan interviews David C. Pinther for the position of Minidoka County Sheriff on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the Minidoka County Courthouse in Rupert.
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New Minidoka County Sheriff
David C. Pinther is interviewed and sworn in as the Minidoka County Sheriff on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the Minidoka County Courthouse in Rupert.
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New Minidoka County Sheriff
Minidoka County Commissioners Wayne Schenk, left, and Sheryl Koyle, right, interview David C. Pinther for the position of Minidoka County Sheriff on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the Minidoka County Courthouse in Rupert.
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New Minidoka County Sheriff
David C. Pinther thanks those in attendance after he is sworn in as the new Minidoka County Sheriff on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the Minidoka County Courthouse in Rupert.
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New Minidoka County Sheriff
David C. Pinther looks back at the crowd of people in attendance to show their support for Pinther as the new Minidoka County Sheriff on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the Minidoka County Courthouse in Rupert.