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Caribou County, Idaho
February 29, 2024 | Vol. 1 No. 4
Caribou County Responds to Emergency at Chesterfield Reservoir Over the weekend, a call was received by the dispatch center for assistance at the Chesterfield Reservoir. A press release from Sheriff J Adam Mabey reads: “At about 3:40pm, Sunday, February 25, 2024, the Caribou County Emergency Communication Center received a call for assistance at the Chesterfield Reservoir, approx. 16 miles north of Bancroft. It was reported that a 47 year old female had been involved in a snowmobile accident while out on the reservoir ice. The parties involved said it had been a slow day fishing and that the people in their party had been taking turns on the snow machine when the accident occurred. The victim was not wearing a helmet. The Caribou County EMS was dispatched along with the Caribou County Search and Rescue, Sheriff’s Deputies and Portneuf Air Rescue Helicopter. The victim was moved off the ice to the Reservoir’s main parking area where she was loaded onto the helicopter
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EMS called in Life Flight, over the weekend, to Chesterfield Reservoir
and transported to Portneuf Medical Center. The condition of the victim is unknown.” In rural counties like Caribou, the importance of services such as Life Flight and a rapid and well-equipped Search and Rescue crew is extreme-
ly important, as demonstrated by this recent event. Sheriif J Adam Mabey stated, “I am very grateful for the helicopter resources we have available to our rural community and the dedication of the volunteers who man our Ambulances and Search and Rescue."
Bowen Shines At State with Third Title Jody Reeves
The Soda Springs Cardinals sent six wrestlers to the state tournament last weekend inside the ICCU Dome in Pocatello. The six Cardinal wrestlers, five boys and one girl, would all represent Soda Springs well. Of the six wrestlers, four would place and make the podium. Abbiegail Krupp would be the lone female wrestler for the Cardinals. She would work hard but fail to grab a win and would be eliminated in the second round. The Cardinal’s other wrestler who failed to place would be Owen Miller. Miller would perform well winning his first match by decision 6-4. Miller would fall in his second match before winning his third by decision 13-6. He would need to win his next match in order to place. Unfortunately he would lose by technical fall and be eliminated. Cole Garbett would take home sixth place after going 3-3 in his matches. Cole would win his first match then be sent to the consolation bracket after dropping his second. Cole would win his next two matches before ultimately getting beat in the fifth place match on the bracket. Zayden Garbett would place fifth in his weight bracket. Zayden would fall in his first bout and be put in the consolation bracket. From there Zayden would look good as he would win his next three matches. Two by fall and one by forfeit. In his next match he would have a rematch with his opening round opponent where he would once again lose to the older more experienced wrestler. From there he would wrestle in the fifth place match where he would win by pinning his opponent. Elijah Dilworth would have a terrific tournament as he was one of the wrestlers thought to contend for the state title in his weight. Elijah would make short work of his first opponent pinning him in under one minute. In the second round he would once again look very good and eventually pin his opponent once again. That win would put him in the semi final just one win away from wrestling in the championship match. In that semi final match things would be a little
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The Odysseus lunar lander has become the first U.S. made spacecraft to touch down on the moon in 50 years made touchdown last week. The condition of the craft is unknown by mission control at present. The craft, nicknamed “Odie,” experienced a very difficult landing attempt, during which mission control lost communication contact with the craft. Later, contact was announced to have been re-established. The mission for Odie, the first commercially produced vehicle to touch down on the moon, is to assess the environment of the moon’s south pole in advance of the planned crewed mission to the moon, currently scheduled for late 2026.
Grocery merger leads to lawsuit On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the $25 billion dollar merger between Albertsons and the Kroger Corporation. The proposed unification of the two grocery giants would be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history. The FTC is skeptical of the merger, because in their opinion the merger would radically reduce competition in the supermarket sector at a time when food prices are skyrocketing. Kroger and Albertsons employ unionized employees, and the companies state that their merger would represent an alternative to the non-unionized companies Walmart and Costco, although unions themselves are largely opposed to the merger.
AT&T Outage affects thousands
Lucas Hansen shares the spotlight with his friend, three-time state champion Tucker Bowen.
more competitive as Elijah would get the victory by decision 14-7. This would put him in the championship where he would face a senior from Clearwater Valley. The match would go all three rounds and be competitive throughout. In the end Elijah would run out of time and come up just short losing by decision 8-6. Elijah would earn the second place spot on the podium and will undoubtedly return next year as one of the favorites once again. Even with the success of these wrestlers all eyes would be on Tucker Bowen. Tucker would enter the tournament seeking his third consecutive state title. Tucker, who has recently
signed to wrestle at the University of Wyoming, would be the favorite to win his weight class. Tucker would meet expectations as he would dominate his first two opponents winning both matches by technical fall with scores of 20-5 and 17-2. Tucker would ease up slightly in his semi final match as he would win just by major decision 13-2. That would put him in the championship match right where he planned to be when the weekend began. In the title match Tucker would look very comfortable despite never having wrestled BOWEN On Page 12
INSIDE Caribou County EMS................................... Pg.2 Chamber of Commerce............................... Pg.3 Obituaries...................................................... Pg.4
Legislative Updates and Letters............Pg.7 Community Briefs...............................Pg.10 Sports......................................................Pg.11-12
Last Thursday, tens of thousands of U.S. customers lost cell phone access as as result of an outage on the part of AT&T. While there have not yet been any reports of serious results from the interruption, many 911 services were potentially unable to receive or respond to an unknown number of calls, and it was reported that some lines had been flooded by calls from people seeking to verify that their phones could still contact emergency services. There is no evidence that the outage was the result of any malicious action, but the chaos and communication problems that resulted from it certainly put a spotlight on the potential for such an interruption in service to generate confusion if a malefactor were to undertake it in the future.
Brad Compher trial underway
The man accused of murdering Pocatello woman Nori Jones in 2004 is finally facing trial for his alleged crime. Compher was originally charged with the stabbing death of Jones in 2014. His trial has been delayed since that time as his competency to stand trial was argued in the legal system. Compher was first found competent enough to understand the trial proceedings, but was deemed not competent enough to justify the death penalty as a potential punishment. DNA linking Compher to the crime has been uncovered in the meantime.