Briefs

• Megaload on track to enter Montana

BOISE - Idaho Transportation Department officials say a 45-ton shipment of oil production equipment is drawing close to the Montana border and could leave Idaho roads this weekend, around the same time a second shipment enters Idaho from Oregon.

The megaloads, hauled by transport company Omega Morgan, are bound for Canada's disputed tar sands energy development, and they have been a focal point for protesters.

Idaho Transportation Department spokesman Adam Rush says the first shipment is just east of Arco, Idaho, and is expected to travel through Leadore and Salmon before crossing the Lost Trail Pass into Montana.

• Jailer arrested, suspected of sex with inmate

BOISE - An Ada County jailer has been arrested on suspicion of having sexual contact with a female inmate.

The sheriff's office says 36-year-old Seanjay Wright of Meridian was booked into jail Wednesday on two felony counts. He also was fired.

Sheriff Gary Raney says jail deputies learned Wednesday morning of possible contact between Wright and the inmate. Boise police investigated and found enough evidence to arrest Wright, who had been a sheriff's office employee for two years.

Raney says his office will look closely at the jail operations to make sure it doesn't happen again.

It was not immediately clear when Wright would appear in court.