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This week in Boise County, Idaho, two incidents occurred that require attention in the weekly safety report. The first incident involves a missing teen in Garden Valley, where authorities are seeking the public's help in locating a 16-year-old male with medical issues and suicidal tendencies. The second incident is an investigation into a school bus crash that occurred during a YMCA camp program, injuring eight passengers. Idaho State Police determined that the crash was caused by the bus driver veering off the road and overcorrecting, resulting in a rollover.

Jack Thomas, 66, was hiking in Idaho's Sawtooth Range at the time of his June 2016 disappearance

BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: The family of Jack Thomas, a missing hiker, has finally gotten closure after his remains were discovered seven years after his disappearance. Thomas was 66 when he reportedly vanished on June 15, 2016, while hiking in Idaho's Sawtooth Range. At the time, Boise County Sheriff's Office issued...

The Boise County Sheriff's Office said that the remains of 66-year-old Jack Thomas have been found, seven years after he disappeared while hiking.

BOISE COUNTY, Idaho — After seven years, the family of a hiker who went missing in 2016 now has closure. Crews found the remains of Jack Thomas in Boise County. Thomas disappeared in the Sawtooths in Elmore County. The Boise County Sheriff’s Office told KTVB they were contacted on...

The Boise County Sheriff's Office has asked for the public's assistance in finding a missing teen in Garden Valley.

IDAHO CITY (Idaho Statesman) — Jack Thomas was 66 years old when he went missing on June 15, 2016, while hiking in the backcountry near Atlanta, about 35 miles east of Idaho City. Seven years later, his remains were finally found, Boise County officials told the Idaho Statesman on...

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Boise County Sheriff's Office is asking the community to look out for a missing Garden Valley teenager. 16-year-old Nathan Michael Stetzel went missing on Sunday, Aug. 27. What he was last seen wearing is unknown. Nathan has brown hair and brown eyes, is 5'11" tall...

For many months it had been Makenzie Peters’ ambition to raise up a lamb and show it at the Gem Boise County Fair this summer. It would mean lots of hours of work — feeding, grooming, training for showmanship behaviors. Never did the nine-year old from Garden Valley imagine what an emotional and precarious journey awaited her and Rose, her young Dorset lamb.

The two nights of ICA Rodeo during the Gem Boise County Fair and Rodeo drew record standing-room-only crowds on both nights. Barrel racing and roping events drew the most competitors each night and in the Saturday morning slack time as well. The number of competitors in each event determined the number of places that won money in each event.

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