🌱 Gas Prices Again Fall + Target Closed + Michael Vaughn Update

Hi all. I'm back in your inbox this morning with everything you need to know about what's happening locally. In today's issue of the Daily, you'll find news about these stories and more:

• Almost one-quarter of Idaho's lobbyists were fined for filing late reports related to our previous one-day legislative session.
• Boise Target employees will enjoy Thanksgiving at home this year and forever after an announcement from the company early this morning.
• While the search continues in a Fruitland backyard for missing Michael Vaughn, one arrestee has been found mentally unfit to continue court proceedings and is headed to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

But first, today's weather:

Cloudy. High: 41 Low: 26.

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Here are the top stories today in Boise:

1. Here is good news just before we head out for the holiday drive. CBS2 news staff report the average price for gas fell last week in Boise by 3.8 cents per gallon. Fueling up your vehicle will now average $4.21 per gallon with one station in Boise now selling gasoline for under four dollars. Boise is still above the state average of $4.17 per gallon. (Idaho News)
2. The holidays are a busy season for many, and some things are forgotten. Apparently, this is true for state lobbyists also. The IdahoCapitalSun's Kelcie Mosely-Morris writes Idaho Secretary of State’s office issued fines to 91 lobbyists for filing late reports after the one-day session of the legislature on Sept. 1. The reports were due Oct. 15 with 23 percent of lobbyists filing late. (idahocapitalsun)
3. Here is an early holiday present for all Target employees and future Target employees. TasteOfHome's Melany Love writes the super store announced Monday that all stores, including those in Boise, will be closed on Thanksgiving forever. Target released the news to employees in an announcement Nov. 22. Shoppers can be back in the aisles on the following day, Black Friday. (tasteofhome)
4. A woman arrested in connection with the disappearance of Michael Vaughn has been found mentally unfit to continue in court proceedings and she has been transferred to custody of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare for treatment. KTVB-TV staff write Sarah Wondra appeared Monday morning for a status conference. Arrested Nov. 12, Wondra was one of the occupants of a house on Redwing Street in Fruitland that investigators began searching a day earlier related to the disappearance of Vaughan, who was 5 years old when last seen in his Fruitland neighborhood in July 2021. (ktvb)
5. Boise Patch invites our followers to invite Bonita, Molly or any of the adorable pets currently up for adoption to spend Thanksgiving with your family. (Boise Patch)

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Today in Boise:

• Weather permitting, the Boise Public Library continues to host Music and Movement in the Park Tuesday mornings. (10:30 AM)
• The Household Hazardous Waste Collection site for Tuesday is the Albertsons located at 1653 S Vista Ave. (Noon)
• The Parks and Waterways Committee for Garden City convenes Tuesday evening. (4:30 PM)
• The Boise Festival of Trees kicks off Tuesday with the evening gala (requires reservations and tickets in advance). Nov. 23 is Senior Day, and the festival is open Thanksgiving with visits with Santa. (5:30 PM)
• Just in time for the holidays, the Morrison Center presents the Hip Hop Nutcracker Tuesday evening. (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Boise State University: "Support Boise State students and the @campusfoodpantry by purchasing the official 2023 Dogs of Boise State calendar today. We're paw-sitive these will make great gifts for your loved ones this holiday season." (Boise State University via Instagram)
• Idaho Humane Society: "Thanksgiving is just around the corner and many of us want to share the great food on the table with our pets. We'd like to offer a quick reminder of safe food treats for dogs and those to avoid." (Idaho Humane Society via Facebook)
• US National Weather Service Boise Idaho: "Check out the haze collecting in the Treasure Valley due to the inversion from one of the Bogus Basin webcams... This will keep our temperatures slightly cooler today and tomorrow, but we expect a slight warm up for Tuesday!" (US National Weather Service Boise Idaho via Facebook)
• Boise State Public Radio: "Authorities do not consider two surviving roommates, a man in a white hoodie found on video footage to have been near two of the women at a food truck shortly before their deaths, nor another person who drove the women home, as suspects." (Boise State Public Radio via Facebook)

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