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Idaho Legislature’s budget committee conducts orientation for new members • Idaho Capital Sun
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The Idaho Legislature’s new-look budget committee conducted an orientation Tuesday at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise to help new members prepare for the upcoming legislative session.
Rather than debating budgets, the meeting served as a sort of orientation for the nine new legislators who will serve on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee during the 2025 legislative session.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC for short, is a powerful legislative committee that meets daily during the legislative session to set all of the budgets for every state agency and department.
Although the committee’s two co-chairs – Sen. Scott Grow, R-Eagle, and Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, are retaining their chairmanships, there are multiple changes coming to the committee for the 2025 legislative session.
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Nine of the 20 JFAC members did not serve on the committee during the 2024 legislative session, due to a combination of factors including legislators who lost re-election bids this year, and legislators who were reassigned to other committees for the upcoming legislative session.
JFAC did not consider any budget proposals or vote on any budgets Tuesday.
The 2025 legislative session kicks off Jan. 6. JFAC members plan to conduct their first meeting of the year Jan. 7.
Co-chairwoman Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls
Vice chairman Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Vice Chairman Steven Miller, R-Fairfield
Sen. Kevin Cook, R-Idaho Falls
Sen. Carl J. Bjerke, R-Coeur d’Alene
Sen. Phil Hart, R-Kellogg *
Sen. Cindy Carlson, R-Riggins * Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld, R-Twin Falls *
Sen. Codi Galloway, R-Meridian *
Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking, D-Boise
Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise *
Rep. Rod Furniss, R-Rigby Rep. Clay Handy, R-Burley
Rep. James Petzke, R-Meridian
Rep. Josh Tanner, R-Eagle Rep. Brandon Mitchell, R-Moscow *
Rep. Elaine Price, R-Coeur d’Alene * Rep. Sonia Galaviz, D-Boise *
* = did not serve on JFAC during 2024 legislative session
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2025 Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee members
Co-chairman Scott Grow, R-Eagle
Rep. Dustin Manwaring, R-Pocatello *
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Man buried while snow biking in Idaho, marking season’s first U.S. avalanche death – East Idaho News
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BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — A Treasure Valley man died in an avalanche north of Boise over the weekend, marking the first avalanche death in the country this season.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office said it received a report at 12:21 p.m. Sunday that an avalanche had buried someone near Wilson Creek Trail in the Anderson Creek area, west of Cascade. The sheriff’s office identified the victim as 41-year-old Jason Haines, of Kuna.
Snowmobilers in the area helped get Haines out of the snowpack, but Haines died from his injuries at the scene after life-saving measures were unsuccessful, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
The Payette Avalanche Center said Haines was one of two people on snow bikes who triggered the avalanche near Lookout Peak.
“The slide was reported to be relatively small, but (Haines) was carried into a terrain trap and buried deeply,” the center said. “He was found with an avalanche beacon and extricated but did not survive.”
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Oakley girls basketball improves to 8-0 with win over Declo; Monday Idaho prep scores
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Quiet night in Southern Idaho for hoops action but that didn’t stop multiple teams from having impressive victories.
Boys basketball scores
Carey 56, Castleford 33
- Preston Wood had a 16 point/16 rebound double-double for the Panthers.
- Stockton Sears added 13 in the win
Girls basketball scores
Interclass
Oakley 49, Declo 32
1A
Carey 51, Castleford 28
Richfield 35, Hansen 20
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Highway 20 near Rexburg is back open after fiery crash – East Idaho News
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UPDATE
All lanes on U.S. Highway 20 are back open after a fiery crash near the Thornton exit. That’s according to a Facebook post from Madison County Sheriff’s Office around 6 p.m.
ORIGINAL STORY
REXBURG — Multiple law enforcement agencies have responded to a crash on U.S. Highway 20 involving a vehicle on fire and people being hospitalized.
The incident happened on Monday before 5 p.m. The Rexburg Police Department posted about it on social media, saying that there was a “significant traffic accident” in the westbound (southbound) lanes at milepost 328, which is near the Thornton exit.
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The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said two vehicles were involved, and one caught fire. Three people were transported to the hospital by ambulance. No one was killed, authorities say.
Pictures of the wreck were sent to the East Idaho News newsroom.
Traffic is being diverted off the highway at the Thornton exit. Law enforcement is asking drivers to plan an alternate route toward Rigby and Idaho Falls.
The fire has been extinguished, according to the Rexburg Police Department.
“Please use caution and give our emergency responders space to work,” the post read.
Details on what caused the crash and fire are not yet available.
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