🌱 Boise Snowmobile Death + Pizza Return + Local Snow Pictures

Happy Monday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

The Boise Daily opens the week with sad news of a Boise woman's death due to a snowmobile accident near McCall. If you like powder skiing, Bogus Basin has plenty and we offer Boise's first baby from our second hospital. We have some great photos of the snow up Highway 21 and one of Boise's most recognized pizza joints is back.

First, today's weather:

Not as cold, becoming breezy. High: 41 Low: 31.

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Here are the top stories in Boise today:

1. A Boise woman is dead after a snowmobile accident near McCall. Big Country News Connectionreports 23-year-old Emma Mills died at the scene before medical personnel arrived. (bigcountrynewsconnection.com)
2. KIVI-TV's Steve Dent checked in with Bogus Basin after last week's storms to find our local ski resort picked up 56 inches of new snow, bringing the total to 115 inches. (6 On Your Side)
3. Yesterday, the Boise Daily published the story of the first baby born at St. Alphonsus. Today, we are pleased to publish the KTVB-TV staff story of James Mazzaglia, the first baby born at St. Luke's for 2022. (KTVB)
4. CBS2 photographer Josh Hemmert made a trip up Highway 21 to grab some photos of Lucky Peak and Idaho City covered in snow. (idahonews)
5. Six years is a long time to step away from a business. Lite-FM's Chris stopped by the recently opened Casanova Pizzeria, named best in Idaho nearly six years ago. After moving from the previous location on the Bench, the Neopolitan-style pizza place has reopened on Fairview Ave after being unable to find a location for six years. (liteonline)

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Today in Boise:

• The Garden City Design Review Committee meets Monday. (3 pm)

From my notebook:

• US National Weather Service Boise Idaho: "Wintery weather is expected to make its return to the region Monday PM and lasting into the middle of the week as a strong cold front pushes through the area. Winds will be on the increase Sunday with stronger winds Monday." (Facebook)
• US National Weather Service Boise Idaho: "Jan 1st 2022 minimum temperature of -3 degrees at the #Boise Airport was the first day below zero in 1809 days. This is the 4th longest streak between days below zero since records began in 1877. #idwx" (Facebook)
• Boise Weekly: "Rick Just's History Corner: Talbott Jennings Link in bio" (Instagram)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North End East: "Just a heads up parents, if your kiddos want to go sledding they should be supervised and doing so in a safe area. - There are some kiddos sledding by the west side of the Sherman hollow subdivision where there are many steep drop offs." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Canterbury, Lancelot, Maywood: "odd footprints? - I thought these were odd footprints...any thoughts?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Hazelwood Village: "3 Strange glowing orange lights in the sky drifting off to the Northwest just now. - Much larger than any star. Not white or red like airplane lights. Round glowing orange. About 60 degrees above the horizon." (Nextdoor)

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