BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Thunderstorms and severe wind gusts nearing 60 mph in some places have been knocking out power and delaying flights.
Early reports indicate that the roof was blown off the Alaska Air Cargo center building near the Boise Airport. CBS2 crews managed to get photos of roofing materials and debris in front of the building. We are working to get more information about what happened and the extent of the damage.
RIRIE, Idaho (KIFI) – It has been more than eighty years since U.S. Navy Corpsman Calvin Hairl Johnson left Ririe for the front lines of World War II.
In honor of Memorial Day, hundreds gathered at the Ririe-Shelton cemetery to pay tribute to a local hero — the cemetery’s most decorated veteran.
Johnson was one of more than 6,800 U.S. servicemen who gave their lives in the battle of Iwo Jima.
“These men were not fighting for a piece of volcanic rock. They weren’t just defending a hill or an island,” said Johnson’s granddaughter Kelsey Tucker. “They were standing in the breach between a brutal, expansionist empire and everything we hold dear – our families, our democracy, our freedom.”
He left behind a wife, Shirley, and a newborn daughter Cheryl.
Shirley and Calvin Johnson.
On Monday, Cheryl and her daughter Kelsey shared the legacy they have painstakingly uncovered through hundreds of Johnson’s letters and interviews with fellow servicemen.
Twenty-nine days after his arrival on Iwo Jima, on March 20th, 1945, the 20-year-old medic ran into the line of fire to save another wounded Marine.
“Cal didn’t hesitate. He moved forward through mortar blasts and machine gun fire, determined to reach the wounded man,” Kelsey said. “Shrapnel tore into him, but he kept crawling. He reached the man and rendered first aid. Cal then exposed himself again to enemy fire, intending to get a litter team to evacuate his patient. Cal was hit a second time and killed.”
For his sacrifice, Johnson was awarded the Silver Star, the military’s third highest honor, by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
“If that trouble to keep this freedom of ours must go on and on and on, may God help you and me and all Americans to have the fortitude of Calvin Hairl Johnson and his World War II buddies,” Cheryl said.
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) – The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Raymond Robinson, 71, who was reported missing Monday, May 25, 2026.
Robinson left his home to go fishing and was known to be in the Birch Creek Campground area in Clark County.
The sheriff said he may be driving a red 1997 Ford Expedition with license plate 4BT916U. He is described as 6’2″ tall, approximately 180 pounds, with blue eyes and grey hair. He may be wearing blue Wrangler pants, a plaid shirt, and a Vietnam hat.
They say Robinson is hard of hearing and suffers from dementia and PTSD.
If you have any information or have seen Robinson, call the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office at 208-785-1234 or 911.