Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Pair do well at rifle competition
Two members of the Kootenai Valley Junior Rifle Team traveled to Spokane on Nov. 2 to participate in the first mat…
IF&G tagging white-tailed deer, hopes to learn survival rate
The Panhandle region is the base location for multiyear research conducted by Idaho Fish and Game to check animals’ survival, particularly the white-tailed dee…
Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative hosts meeting Jan. 25
Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative
Weather rhymes and folklore
Before there was a weather channel, weather apps for your smartphone, Doppler radar, or the National Weather Service, our ancestors were busy observing their n…
Power outages due to wind
Wednesday morning saw power outages and wind and flood advisories for Bonner, Boundary and Kootenai counties.
Power Outages Due to Wind
Wednesday morning saw power outages and wind and flood advisories for Bonner, Boundary and Kootenai counties.
Schweitzer dims night skiing
SANDPOINT — Schweitzer Mountain Resort is dimming out night skiing over the Martin Luther King holiday due to a "overwhelming" lack of compliance with mask req…
Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative hosts meeting Jan. 25
Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative
Wildlife adapts to the rigors of winter
With things a little out of wack this winter, we can all count on one thing — snow! It’s cold outside! When it gets cold what do you do? I put on a warm sweate…
Have a happy New Year 2021, everyone
I would like to wish the residents of Boundary County all the best for 2021 after what has been a rather tumultuous 2020, to say the least.
North Bench Fire reschedules annual meeting
North Bench Volunteer Fire District annual meeting has been rescheduled to Jan. 25, 2021, instead of Dec. 14, 2020.
Is what you are seeing a wolf or a coyote?
Coyotes and wolves have some similarities, but in fact they have many differences between them.
North Bench Fire postpones annual meeting
North Bench Volunteer Fire District annual meeting has been rescheduled to Jan. 25, 2021, instead of Dec. 14, 2020.
Conks growing out of a tree trunk means the tree is dying
On a recent hike in Boundary County, I saw several conks overhead in a White Alder tree growing on the trunk, a sure sign the alder is decaying from the inside…
Getting antsy: Ants in the house
Ants are among the most successful insects, out numbering all other individual animals combined. Their presence in nature is essential to the well-being of the…
UI Extension forest health program being offered
"Current Topics in Forest Health" is an Idaho Forest Stewardship program, co-sponsored by University of Idaho Extension, the Idaho Department of Lands, and many other agencies and organizations.