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a Taste of Vape
After being closed for the last couple of months, the little vape store just west of Idaho Street on West Main Street in Wendell has reopened with a new name... Taste of Vape. Sonya Barnhill in partnership with her husband Clayton (Taste of Ink) is building up her supply of disposable e-cigarettes, with and without nicotine. Better known as vapes, these battery-operated devices heat a liquid and produce a vaper (smoke) which is inhaled like regular cigarettes. They come in many shapes and sizes, and a large variety of flavors. Originally developed for smoking cessation, these devices have become a popular alternative from smoking tobacco. Vaping is generally less harmful than smoking because they contain far fewer toxins than cigarette smoke, and can have a much lower concentration of nicotine. Vaping has also spawned a renewed interest in the sport of blowing 'smoke' rings. Located at 120 West Main Street, Taste of Vape is open 10 to 8 most days. Call ahead to (208) 944-0343 to make sure.
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
January 29, 2025
Vol 49 Num 5
Soldier Mountain Hosts Snowmobile Hillclimb Race
This past weekend (January 24-25) 100 of the country's top professional snowmobile teams gathered at Soldier Mountain as the Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Hillclimb Association kicked off its 2025 racing season. According to the ski resort's manager David Alden, this is the first hillclimb race at Soldier and... it is likely the biggest event in Soldier Mountain's 78-year history. The snowmobile course ran directly under Chair 1, the same area recently converted into a training camp for U.S. Ski & Snowboard's slopestyle teams last month. The ski resort used the snow leftover from the training camp to create jumps for the snowmobilers. "It was a great time for both skiing and nonskiing families to watch something really exciting and unusual," Alden said. "Lots of people brought their lawn chairs and friends to enjoy this rare opportunity to watch a high caliber race, up close right here in their own backyard." The RMSHA races ran from 8 to 5 both days, with the mountain's chairlifts operating for normal skiing operations from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Rocky Mountain States Hillclimb Association creates, operates, and manages snowmobile hillclimb racing events in Purchasing food-related groceries in Idaho could soon become more affordable under a new the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. It is the bill. HB 61 (Food tax credits and refunds) proposed by Rep. Jason Monks, would increase the largest and longest-running hillclimb association and the only Gem State's grocery tax credit from $120 per Idaho resident to $155. sanctioned hillclimb organization in the U.S. Visit rmsha.net The current grocery tax credit of $120 per Idaho resident equals $480 for a family of four. The for more details. new proposed credit of $155 would increase the credit to $620 for a family of four. According to Rep. Jason Monks, that means after claiming the increased tax credit, a family of four would be able to purchase approximately $10,000 worth of food-related groceries tax-free during the year. The bill also has an alternative option of itemizing receipts which illustrates the complexity that would occur if the grocery tax credit was repealed as some have called for. The challenge is trying to define what qualifies as food for taxation purposes and how to define candy or soda. Instead of repealing or exempting the tax for all, grocery tax credits or rebates may offer lowincome households better savings. Most policymakers believe sales taxes are more stable and pro-growth than other forms of taxation – especially income taxes - and citizens are better served by adopting higher yearly grocery tax rebates and focusing additional tax relief on reducing income taxes. By adopting both the increased grocery tax rebate proposed by HB 61 and the income tax relief proposed by HB 40, Idaho lawmakers have the opportunity to continue to build on the tax relief efforts they've been enacting over the last several years.
Increased Grocery Tax Credit Proposed for Idaho