Jail

After Jerome County voters turned down a $13-million dollar bond to build a new county jail for the third time, county commissioners are trying to find innovative ways to get an acceptable facility to jail inmates.  Tom Mikesell, now the owner of GM Technologies, based in Jerome, thinks he has a solution...

- Twin Falls County officials have released the name of an inmate who died in the county jail.

Twin Falls police are investigating the death of a Twin Falls County jail inmate. A news release from the sheriff's office says the inmate was found dead in his cell from a suspected suicide at about 3 a.m. yesterday morning. County prosecutor Grant Loebs says the death will be investigated to determine if it was a suicide or involved foul play...