Author: Mariah Wheeler

UTAH – Yesterday there was an Amber Alert all over the place in Idaho and I’m assuming surrounding states. Here in Boise it was over the radio, and news, on our cell phones, including an update that came in on my cell phone at 2:17am. I even saw one when I was driving home on the highway overpass. The alerts were for a missing baby boy from Boise who was believed to be taken from his mother. The mother gave birth to a little girl about a month ago and her and the baby girl both tested positive to for…

OGDEN, Utah  – The Weber County Sheriff’s Office is welcoming a new member to its K-9 team. Meet Midas, a year-and-a half old Fox Red Labrador. Midas is training as an explosive detection dog. “We have a very well rounded K-9 unit that serves the citizens of Weber County,” says Lt. Cortney Ryan of the Weber County Sheriff’s Office. Ryan says Midas is a great addition to the K-9 team which now consists of two dual certified, drug and apprehension dogs, one single purpose narcotics detection, one electronic detection and now an explosive detection dog.