May 20th, 2010 
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John Miller, Idaho Life
What happens when Idaho Life reporter John Miller meets Sting Ray Robb on the track? Guess you could say it was pretty much a hoot.
John Miller was a fixture on local television in Boise, Idaho throughout the late 1990′s until he left Boise in 2002. During the time he produced a series of human interest stories known as “Idaho Life with John Miller”. In seven years Miller produced hundreds of the short 5 minute segments presented in the local news hour on KTVB and loved by all.
Channel 7, KTVB has brought John back to produce a number of new stories which will be airing during the nightly news casts. Wouldn’t you know someone would give John and KTVB a heads up on Karting’s local young rising star Sting Ray Robb. Monday afternoon found Red Apple Racing, Sting Ray, John Miller and the camera man at the local Star Idaho karting track shooting one of the famous “Idaho Life” segments.
(Note: KTVB requires the video to completely load into your computer cache before it starts playing. On slow connection this may require wait a several minutes. ) Learn what happened to John Miller and what he is doing now below the fold.
Source: KTVB.COM – Posted Aug. 15, 2009 at 4:33 PM – Updated Tue, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:05 PM
KTVB's John Miller
I wonder what happened to John Miller. Is that the same guy whose byline I sometimes see in the Press-Tribune?
BOISE – Former KTVB Idaho Life Reporter John Miller spent more than a decade in the Treasure Valley, documenting the people and places that made – and still make – Idaho unique.
From stories about crazy dogs, to funny people and interesting places, Miller put a fun spin on the news – with his feature stories appearing each day at five and ten on channel 7.
In 2004 he left Boise with his wife, former KTVB executive news director Tracy Brogden-Miller for an opportunity in Seattle. Two stops and two kids later, the Millers have settled in Kansas City where Tracy runs a news operation and John takes care of the twins.
“Life is happily uninteresting right now,” Miller said. “I run around with the kids all day long and do what stay at home parents do. Play dates, cook clean and laundry. There’s never a five o’c lock deadline anymore.”
His twins – pre-schoolers Kate and Taylor, now four – are spending the summer at home with Miller – and he’s starting to think the same thing many stay-at-home parents do as the summer days wear on.
“I was at the pool today with a friend of mine,” he said. “The kids were running around whacking over the head with those foam noodles. I looked at him and said ‘how many days until school again?’”
Miller says he loves Kansas City – and compares it to Boise
“It’s similar to Boise in the respect that people just know each other,” he said. “In Boise it’s so much about families. It’s great and surprisingly (there are) lots of things to do here. It’s real kid friendly.”
He hasn’t been back to Boise since leaving more than six years ago, but still misses the area.
“I do miss turning stories, and I miss Boise. I saw Sun Valley on TV today. It’s so familiar even though I haven’t been back. I miss all the things there are to do.”
“I still have dreams about my time in news,” he said. “It’s like I haven’t studied for the exam and it turns into Dee reading the intro for a story I haven’t shot yet.”
With the kids approaching elementary age, what’s next?
“I’ve got some yogurt to clean up on the kitchen floor and six loads of laundry. But beyond that I don’t know. Come up with something for dinner.”
His kids aren’t the only thing getting him up early. He’s training for the Kansas City Marathon is in full swing – meaning an early-wake-up call to hit the trails and run.
And no, that John Miller you see writing in local newspapers for the Associated Press isn’t the same guy. The AP John Miller said one of his first introductions to news in Boise involved the KTVB Miller – who had just left town.
“The first time I met (now) governor (Butch Otter), I introduced myself as John Miller from the Associated Press, and he said, ‘I know what John Miller looks like, and you’re not John Miller,” he said.
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