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**Here We Have Idaho**

“Welcome to Hear We Have Idaho a local show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Here 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:
“There’s truly one state in this great land of ours, Where ideals can be realized. The pioneers made it so for you and me, A legacy we’ll always prize.” Here are your hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.”

Latest Episodes:

Rod Beck- District 2 Commissioner Aug 12, 2026

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Rod Beck
District 2 Commissioner

Chairman

Rod Beck is the Chairman of the Ada County Board of Commissioners. Beck has an extensive background in conservative governance in Idaho including having served in the state Senate as Majority Leader.

Beck believes it is critically important to work each day to uphold the Idaho Constitution. He believes government should operate within its means just as families do. Beck supports free markets, limited government and cultivating a business-friendly environment. He believes property taxes are too high and is working to address the issue in part by limiting government spending where appropriate.

Beck’s considerable experience includes serving as Executive Director of the Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) whose mission is to provide funding for affordable housing opportunities in Idaho communities where they are most needed. Additionally he has nearly four decades experience as a real estate broker.

Beck was instrumental in transforming the underutilized horse racing track at Ada County’s Expo Idaho property into a once-in-a-generation park set to open in the late summer of 2026. No property tax dollars are being used on this project.

Born and raised on an Idaho potato farm, Beck grew up planting and harvesting potatoes, which gave him a solid work ethic. Rod and his wife Rhonda have been married for 51 years. They have three daughters and three sons, as well as 18 grandchildren.

You can contact Chairman Beck at bocc1@adacounty.id.gov or call 208-287-7000.

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM at 4pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. 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.

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Dee Sarton discusses with Vic and Tom about Idaho Proposition 1 Aug 07, 2026

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Alex J. Adams- ACF Assistant Secretary Aug 05, 2026

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Alex J. Adams, PharmD, MPH, serves as Assistant Secretary for Family Support, leading the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He was nominated to lead the agency by President Donald J. Trump and was confirmed on October 7, 2025, by a vote of the U.S. Senate.

Assistant Secretary Adams brings years of health, human services, education, and regulatory expertise to advance President Trump and Secretary Kennedy’s broader vision to Make American Healthy Again. Prior to leading ACF, Dr. Adams spent more than ten years in Idaho State Government, most notably as Governor Brad Little’s budget and regulatory director and state Department of Health & Welfare director. In these capacities, he oversaw the state’s first upgrade to a AAA credit rating with both Fitch Ratings and Moody’s. Dr. Adams led the Governor’s zero-based regulation initiative, which resulted in Idaho becoming the least regulated state in the nation. He also made significant efforts to improve Idaho’s child welfare system, enacting kin-specific licensing standards, announcing paid family leave for foster parents, extending foster care to age 23, and overseeing record recruitment and retention of foster homes, and ending diversion of Social Security survivor benefits.

Dr. Adams earned his bachelor’s degree and Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Toledo in Ohio and his Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. Dr. Adams and his wife, Jennifer, are raising their daughter, Emerson.

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Christian Welp- Director of Diocesan Projects on Prop 1 Jul 29, 2026

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https://www.dioceseofboise.org/

Christian Welp

Director of Diocesan Projects

cwelp@rcdb.org

(208) 342-1311

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An Introduction to the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act in Idaho Jul 24, 2026

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Marijuana: the final conclusion in Idaho Jul 22, 2026

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Darl Bruner- Nampa Mayor Jul 17, 2026

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Darl Bruner was sworn into office as Nampa’s 32nd Mayor on June 15, 2026. Mayor Bruner was appointed by Nampa City Council following the sudden passing of Mayor Rick Hogaboam, who suffered a medical incident just over 70 days after taking office.

Darl Bruner was born in Nampa, grew up in Boise and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Northwest Nazarene University. After graduation, he was a Juvenile Probation Officer for Canyon County. After graduate work at the University of Utah, Darl entered the business world, operating businesses in Seattle, South Dakota, North Dakota, Winnipeg (Canada), Edmonton (Canada), Alaska and a second business in the Seattle area.

In 1994, he chose to make a career change so he could be at home with his young children. He worked at Northwest Nazarene University for 30 years before retiring as the Director of Alumni Relations in 2025.

Mayor Bruner served on Nampa City Council for eight years, ending in January 2024. He has been an active member of the community through various non-profit and volunteer organizations:

Lion’s Club member for over 30 years
Coached Upward Basketball
Umpire for church softball
Nampa Development Corporation member
NNU volunteer

He and his wife, Paula, live in Nampa and have two adult children and five grandchildren.

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Brad Pike- Eagle Mayor Jul 15, 2026

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Mayor Brad Pike

Brad Pike is the Mayor of Eagle Idaho, elected in 2023. Before being elected Mayor of the City of Eagle, Brad served on the Eagle City Council as Council President. He also served as a Liaison to the Eagle Urban Renewal District, Eagle Sewer District, and the Eagle Senior Center. He is currently serving in his second term as fire commissioner for the Eagle Fire District.

Brad came to Eagle after retiring at the rank of Captain from his career in the fire service with the Santa Clara County Fire in California. While in California, he served as a city council member, Vice Mayor, and Mayor for the City of Hollister, California. He also served as a chairman for the Council of San Benito County Governments, which is responsible for local transportation needs.

Prior to his fire career, he had the opportunity to coach the national baseball team for Guatemala and teach Junior High School for a small Christian school in Hemet, California.

Brad earned Bachelor of Arts degree from Point Loma Nazarene University while playing one of his favorite sports, baseball.

Brad and his wife, Tami, have been married for over 30 years and have two grown boys. They moved to Eagle in 2011.

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John Wagner-Director, Idaho National Laboratory Jul 10, 2026

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Dr. John C. Wagner is the director of Idaho National Laboratory and president of Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC. He is responsible for management and integration of a large, multipurpose laboratory whose mission focuses on nuclear energy, national and homeland security, and energy and environment science and technology. He manages this U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory of approximately 5,200 scientists, engineers and support staff in multiple nuclear and nonnuclear experimental facilities, with an annual budget of over $1.3 billion. Wagner began serving as INL director on Dec. 11, 2020. He has more than 20 years of experience performing research, and managing and leading research and development projects, programs and organizations. He has been at INL since 2016 and served as associate laboratory director for Nuclear Science and Technology (NS&T) since 2017. His previous roles included director of Domestic Programs in NS&T and director of the Technical Integration Office for the DOE-NE Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program at INL. Wagner initially joined INL as the chief scientist at the Materials and Fuels Complex in 2016. Wagner received a B.S. in nuclear engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1992, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Pennsylvania State University in 1994 and 1997, respectively. Following graduate school, Wagner joined Holtec International as a principal engineer, performing criticality safety analyses and licensing activities for spent fuel storage pools and storage and transportation casks. Wagner joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as an R&D staff member in 1999, performing research in the areas of hybrid (Monte Carlo/deterministic) radiation transport methods, burnup credit criticality safety, and spent nuclear fuel characterization and safety.

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