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BYU-Idaho student killed in crash near Roberts has been identified – East Idaho News
ROBERTS — A university student has been identified as the man who died in a recent crash near Roberts.
Bonneville County Coroner Rick Taylor said Mario Vasquez died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center due to internal trauma he received from the accident on Friday, Oct. 4.
Law enforcement originally reported that Vasquez was 29 years old, but EastIdahoNews.com has confirmed he was actually 25 years old.
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Vasquez was a Brigham Young University-Idaho student who was enrolled in courses this semester, according to university spokesman Brett Crandall. Vasquez was from Nampa and his major was psychology.
The two-vehicle crash happened on Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 33 and Interstate 15 in Jefferson County, according to Idaho State Police.
Vasquez was traveling westbound in a 2011 Honda Accord on Highway 33. He hit the rear driver side of a tractor-trailer driven by a 62-year-old man from Canada, who was turning east out of the Sage Port of Entry near Roberts, ISP said.
Vasquez was transported by air ambulance to EIRMC.
Both drivers were reportedly wearing seatbelts. The incident remains under investigation by ISP.
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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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