Bridge Construction Collapse

Shortly after I arrived at work and settled in for what I thought was sure to be an incredibly slow Monday afternoon, I was startled by a frantic desk editor who instructed me to drop everything and follow up on a hot piece of breaking news.

Around 2PM on Monday afternoon a call came across the scanner that a bridge had collapsed in Nampa, and roughly 25 cars or people were involved in some way or another (or at least that is the information I was given).

As additional information became available I learned that the bridge that had collapsed was actually a prefabricated section of overpass which had not yet been installed over the interstate. You see, the idea (as I understand it) is that they build the bridge in sections on site and once completed they put them into place over the interstate.



Unfortunately 14 workers were involved in the accident, however, none of them were fatally injured.

I produced a quick little slideshow that you can check out here.

Soccer Saturday

This weekend the Idaho High School soccer championships rolled into town so for much of the past two days I have been out at the fields covering the action. Today I covered three different games, which made for a long day, however, I can't complain to much because the weather was wonderful and the action and reaction was pretty exceptional.

As with any championship game in any sport, emotions always run high and this weekend's games were no exception.


Soccer has always been one of my favorite sports to cover for many reasons, all of which I was reminded of today.

Welcome Home

On Thursday, October 23rd I returned to work after a week long vacation to my home state of Iowa. The primary reason for heading back to the heartland was to help in celebrating the marriage of two of my long time friends, Danny and Chelsea.


Being that Ames, Iowa is the land of my birth and that I haven't been to the state in almost two years, I had a long list of places I wanted to go and people I wanted to see. Unfortunately it wasn't possible to accomplish all of them, however, I did have the opportunity to cross a few important items off the list.

I caught up with a few old friends.


I ate at a few of my favorite restaurants.

I went running in through the streets I ran in high school.


I bellied up to the bars I frequented in college. Oh, and I shot some really big guns (when in Rome, right?).


So much more to say but I'll leave it at that. Thanks to everyone who made my trip so special!

Pretty Bird, Pretty Bird...

Show Time

Last night I covered the Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson show in Boise. Pretty uneventful although I was highly entertained by all of the poor guys who had been dragged there by their wives and girlfriends. Hilarious.

Brain Pains

On Monday, October 6th I spent my afternoon at the Caldwell Senior Citizen Center with Executive Director Paige McMichael.

Paige has been struggling with pain associated to the two herniated discs in her back, which she cannot afford to have surgically repaired since she has no health coverage. As the director of the center and a board member for two other community organizations, Paige works very hard and stretches herself out pretty thin.

After hanging out with her in her office Monday afternoon it became very obvious that she was dealing with an immense amount of pain, which made for compelling pictures, however, made it harder for me to bring myself to take them.

Here are a couple shots from my afternoon with her.



If you'd like to read the story you can check it out here.