Bridge over I-90 will be replaced
The Government Way bridge that crosses Interstate 90 in Coeur d’Alene will be closed starting June 27 for demolition and construction of a replacement.
The bridge needs to be replaced because girders underneath have been damaged from the impact of large trucks unable to clear the bridge from below, according to the Idaho Department of Transportation. Traffic has been restricted to the middle of the bridge for months because of the weakened girders.
It will take 18 months to build a new, four-lane bridge. Access to businesses will not be restricted, but drivers needing to cross I-90 will have to detour to other bridges, the next closest being on U.S. Highway 95 or Fourth Street.
A public information meeting on the project is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at the Idaho Transportation Department’s regional office, 600 W. Prairie Ave.
For information, call the project hotline at 765-4301.
University presidents get raises, renewals
University presidents in Idaho have gotten raises of 1 percent to 4 percent and the renewal of their one-year contracts, according to the state Board of Education.
University of Idaho President Timothy White got a raise of about $5,000 a year, to an annual salary of $166,892.
Other raises for university presidents were:
•Boise State University President Bob Kustra, from $165,240 to $166,892.
•Idaho State University President Richard Bowen, from $165,240 to $166,892.
•Lewis-Clark State College President Dene Thomas, from $125,000 to $130,000.
•Eastern Idaho Technical College President Bill Robertson, from $101,750 to $102,767.
The presidents also receive supplemental compensation from their foundations.
Post Falls Police hold ‘Kids & Cops’ day
The Post Falls Police Department is hosting “Kids & Cops,” a family day at the department headquarters, today from 10 a.m. to 2p.m.
The open house event will feature a children’s bicycle rodeo, police department tours, face painting and a scavenger hunt.
Information will be available on the OASIS Program, Block Watch, Volunteers in Police Service Program, the Police Officer Reserve Program and the DARE Program.
Parents also can learn how to properly install a car seat and pick up a child identification kit.
The Post Falls Police Department is located at 1717 E. Polston Ave.
Divers come up empty on day two of search
Idaho Falls Divers and scent dogs failed in a second day of searching Friday to find a 14-year-old boy believed drowned in the Snake River.
The search was to resume Saturday in the 50-degree water.
Zachary Hanson was swimming with two friends near a power plant spillway Thursday when he went underwater and didn’t resurface.
On Friday, Bonneville County expanded its search team to include crews from Bingham and Jefferson counties. More than 50 searchers, plus dogs and boats, plied the water described by divers as so murky that it was impossible to see their hands in front of their faces.
Community members joined the family in a vigil on the riverbank.
Man arrested on child porn charges
Twin Falls, Idaho A Buhl man who took his computer hard drive to a computer store where employees found allegedly sexually explicit images of minors has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography.
Roger A. Labrie, 42, could face a maximum five years in prison and $5,000 in fines if convicted.
According to police reports, Labrie took a computer to Trilogy Network in Twin Falls, to have the hard drive formatted.
Police got a search warrant and enlisted a city computer specialist to search the hard drive. They allegedly found more than 5,000 digital images, a large number of which depicted images of children in sexual acts.