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…
Record rainbow trout legacy endures
Record-breaking rainbow trout was caught by Wes Hamlet in Lake Pend Oreille in 1947
Want more excitement in your yard? Feed the birds!
During the warmer months, insects and other invertebrates provide much of their nutrition. Birds that are able to switch from an insect to a seed diet can stay…
Simpson recognized conservation law leadership
Congressman Mike Simpson received the national Land Trust Alliance’s Public Leadership Conservation Award for his role in passing the Great American Outdoors A…
Researchers turning beer byproducts into paper, textiles
Maggie Zee, a student at The University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has found a way to utilize the waste left behind from Hops, used pr…
Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative meeting Nov. 23
Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative
The ring-necked pheasant can be found in county
However, it was a ring-necked pheasant that caught my attention last week as I was traveling the Farm to Market road in northern Boundary County.
Winter storm warning issued
Winter storm warning issued for the Idaho Panhandle from 11 p.m. tonight until 4 p.m. Friday.
KVRI hosting sub-committee Grizzly Bear Meeting
KVRI Grizzly Bear Sub-Committee Meeting
Coalition urges governors for collaboration to save salmon
A coalition of 25 organizations from the Pacific and Inland Northwest region has issued a letter to the four governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington…
River otters: playful and fast swimmers
It was just a flash of a furry animal with short brown hair and a long tail by the creek that got my attention. Upon further observation I saw it was an adult …
Western Grebe; a ballet dancer in a tux!
Last week while observing along the Kootenai River I saw a long-necked, nearly all-black water bird with white chin, neck, chest and yellow bill with unusually…
Alta garners major recognition for work in sustainability
Long known as the standard bearer in the timber industry, Alta Forest Products is garnering big-time attention for its progressive work in sustainability and e…
Blue Jay or Steller’s Jay: That is the question
“These jays have similar personalities. Both are raucous and have a bit of a reputation for being ‘bad boys.’ They are as watchful as dogs, and that they negle…
Ken English receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Ken English has received a lifetime achievement award from the Idaho Fish & Game for his work caring and rehabilitating birds of prey in the region.
Photo of the week: Tamarack Trees
Awe, the Gifts of Fall, the Tamarack trees.