Idaho
Idaho Amber Alert: Laney Landry last seen in Owyhee County
UPDATE: The amber alert has been canceled. Laney was found safe.
An Idaho Amber Alert has been issued for 4-year-old Laney Landry from Owyhee County after she went missing while in the company of a 55-year-old man, local officials say. Anyone with information is urged to call 911 immediately.
Laney was last seen on Sunday when the suspect, 55-year-old Rand Gruber, took the child on an artifact hunt trip in the area of Bachman Grade in Owyhee County, according to the amber alert.
Gruber took the child after an argument and said he would return her at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, which didn’t happen. Gruber has no custodial rights and Laney’s mother has been unable to reach him.
Gruber took Laney in a white 2010 Ford Escape with Idaho license plates 1ALZN3U. The nature of his relationship to Laney was not immediately released by officials.
Laney is described as a 4-year-old black female with brown hair and brown eyes, standing 3 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 35 pounds, according to Monday’s amber alert.
Gruber is described as a 55-year-old white male with brown hair and green eyes, standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 200 pounds.
Anyone who sees Laney, Gruber or the vehicle is urged to call 911 immediately, or call the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office at (208) 495-1154 extension 2 if you have any other information that could help investigators.
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MERIDIAN — Former Idaho state Rep. Dorothy Moon was elected to her third term as chair of the Idaho Republican Party during last week’s Idaho GOP Convention in Meridian.
Moon announced her candidacy for a third term as chair earlier this month after first being elected in 2022 and again in 2024. In this year’s election, Moon received 306 votes, former Idaho state Sen. Steven Thayn received 155 votes and Mark Fuller, the previous Idaho GOP first vice chair, came in third with 134 votes. In receiving just over 51% of the vote, Moon was able to narrowly avoid a runoff.
In his challenge to Moon, Thayn called for fostering a greater sense of unity among members of the party.
“Unity does not mean uniformity of opinion,” Thayn said in a prior news release on his candidacy. “Nor does it mean forced agreement. Forced unity always leads to tyranny. Real unity is voluntary. It is built through listening, respect, and a sincere effort to solve problems together.”
In the initial announcement of Moon’s campaign, she highlighted improvements to voter turnout and the defeat of the 2024 ranked-choice voting ballot initiative as among key party successes during her most recent term.
BLACKFOOT — A large contingent of Blackfoot Police officers has cordoned off an area near the Taco Bell on Parkway Drive in Blackfoot.
Police responded around 5 p.m., according to multiple witnesses who contacted EastIdahoNews.com.
EastIdahoNews.com has reached out to Blackfoot Police for details.
We will update this story as we learn more.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — An Idaho Falls angler is back in the Idaho record books after landing a record-setting lake trout at Payette Lake.
Idaho Fish and Game said Dylan Smith caught and released a 43.25-inch lake trout on May 2, setting a new state catch-and-release record for the species. The fish surpassed the previous record of 42 inches.
The catch marks Smith’s second appearance in Idaho’s record books. He previously held the state catch-and-release lake trout record after landing a trophy fish in 2018 before that mark was later broken.
According to Fish and Game, Payette Lake has become one of Idaho’s premier lake trout fisheries thanks to years of management efforts aimed at improving both lake trout and kokanee populations.
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