Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.

Trevor A. Chadwick met his beautiful wife, Amber, in Star in 1993. Together in 1999, Trevor and Amber built their first house in Star. He graduated from Boise High School in 1989, attended Boise State University, and then decided to join the military.

Trevor has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) with added emphasis in Human Resource Management and Marketing. Trevor is an Idaho Hunter’s Education and Idaho Bow Hunter’s Education Instructor and was named the 2014 Regional Instructor of the Year. Trevor is co-founder of the Youth Hunters of America, an organization that provides free hunting opportunities to kids in our community. Trevor was the President of West Valley Little League for over 8 years. He was also the assistant baseball coach at Cole Valley Christian High School.

Trevor and Amber have been married for 27+ years and have four children. All of their children attending Star Elementary, his daughter attended Washington State University, and his two sons graduated from Eagle High School with their professional technical certificate in welding. Their special angel baby, Brady, passed away in 1994. Trevor’s wife and children are his pride and joy. His hobbies include spending with his family in the outdoors, hunting, fishing, camping, and exploring all the beautiful places Idaho has to offer. Trevor has a passion for public service and loves actively participating in Star community events, and talking to residents.

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.

Mayor Robert Simison

Born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho, Mayor Robert Simison graduated from Whitman College with a degree in history and has spent his life focused on advancing policy priorities at the local and national level. Mayor Simison’s service to Meridian began in 2007 after he worked at the Nation’s Capital, and he has been a champion for common sense policy solutions to address community challenges.

Elected Mayor of Meridian in 2019, Mayor Simison focuses on meeting the needs of residents by delivering premier services to the public and improving the transportation network, while ensuring that Meridian remains a safe community built around families.

Under the leadership of Mayor Simson, road projects such as the Linder Road overpass have been advanced, as well as the building of two new fire stations and a police precinct set to open in 2023. Additionally, the Meridian Police Department has implemented a Crisis Intervention Team, added School Resource Officers dedicated to elementary schools, and expanded its focus on drug prevention efforts. Mayor Simison is also focused on enhancing services for families to live, work and play. This includes the expansion of Discovery Park, and investments at the Lakeview Golf Club and the Meridian Pool.

Mayor Simison is a lifelong Republican and active professionally in Meridian, Idaho and nationally. Along with several board roles as Mayor locally, Mayor Simison served on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation from 2020-2023 under Presidential appointment in 2020. He has been actively engaged with the Meridian Chamber of Commerce for over 15 years and is a board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Idaho.

Mayor Simison and his wife Jenny, along with their three children, Ethan, Natalie, and Ryan, live in south Meridian and enjoy skiing together throughout Idaho each winter.

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.

As a lifelong Idahoan, Mike Crapo has learned that a willingness to listen makes for a more effective leader and lawmaker. Mike’s commonsense approach and collaborative, creative problem-solving have enabled him to achieve lasting solutions to issues of importance to Idahoans and the country. Mike ranks 9th in overall Senate seniority in the 119th Congress. In addition to building on the successful 2017 tax reform law, increasing access to quality, affordable health care and promoting the United States’ global competitiveness through free and fair trade,

Mike’s many priorities for the 119th Congress include: • Removing excessive federal regulation; • Ensuring veterans receive the care and services they deserve; • Boosting energy innovation, including our nuclear energy infrastructure; • Protecting Idahoans’ Second Amendment rights; • Supporting Idaho communities; and • Advancing locally-driven collaboration as the best means of addressing many of our environment and public lands issues. Mike’s committee assignments for the 119th Congress are as follows: • Senate Finance Committee (Chairman); • Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee; o Securities, Insurance and Investment; Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection; and Housing, Transportation and Community Development. • Senate Budget Committee; and • Joint Committee on Taxation.

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.

Joe Stear, Kuna Mayor, grew up in Kuna since 1965, graduated from Kuna High School, raised his family in the community and has been a successful Kuna business owner for the last 37 years. Since 2012, Mayor Stear formerly served as a Kuna City Council member and has been actively involved with the Community, Economic Development Committee, Downtown Revitalization and serves on the Legislative Committee for the Association of Idaho Cities and is the Kuna City representative for the Ada County Emergency Management System. He joined the Kuna Rural Fire District in 1979 and was a firefighter until 1996 at which time he became a Fire District Commissioner and served in that capacity as Chairman of the Board until he stepped down January 13, 2016. Mayor Stear is a past president of the Idaho State Fire Commissioners Association and served on their legislative committee.

Notable Positions:

• Chair of the Allumbaugh House Group.
• Chair elect on the COMPASS Executive Board.
• 2nd Vice Chair of the AIC Executive Board.
• Vice Chair Valley Regional Transit (VRT).

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.

In May, Idaho Gov. Brad Little appointed her as the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs’ new executive director. She looks forward to building on the agency’s work and mentoring a new generation of young professionals.

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.

H.R.1269 - Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.

Mayor John Evans

John Evans grew up and was educated in the Midwest. A Vietnam veteran, John and his wife, Judy, were married in 1969 and have three grown children, twelve grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. John and Judy moved their family to Idaho in 1975 and then to Garden City in 1988.

Since he arrived in Idaho, John has been primarily involved in the construction industry. Since 1985 John has been in the residential real estate development business in Ada and Canyon Counties. His current project is in Caldwell. John has not engaged in any business activity in Garden City since his election to the city council in 1995.

Before he was elected Mayor in November of 2005, John served on the Garden City Planning & Zoning Commission from 1992-1995 and served on the Garden City city council from 1996-2005. While on the City Council, John served several one-year terms as President of the City Council, Council liaison to the Garden City Police Department, and Council liaison to the Library Board, a position he held for ten years. He also performed the council oversight function for the construction of the Police Department building in 1999 and the new City Hall/Library building in 2004. John also serves on the boards of the Community Planning Association (COMPASS), Valley Regional Transit (VRT), the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program (ICRMP) Board, and serves as a Fourth Judicial District Magistrate Commission member.

John and Judy enjoy hanging out with family and traveling to the coast and other points around the northwest. When time permits, John enjoys cowboy action shooting.

You may contact Mayor Evans at jevans@gardencityidaho.org or his assistant, Susanna Smith at ssmith@gardencityidaho.org

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.