Cooking with Sarah

"Cooking with Sarah" will run weekly. The column features recipes submitted by readers.

BFHS volleyball loses five-set playoff opener

COEUR d’ALENE — The Badger varsity volleyball team saw its 2019 season end in a hard-fought, five-set playoff opener at Coeur d’Alene Charter.

Your vote can help county win

BOUNDARY COUNTY — Community involvement was key to the community being named a finalist for a $250,000 High Five Idaho grant, said Bonners Ferry Mayor David Sims.

Two swimmers to represent BFHS

BONNERS FERRY — For the second year in a row, Bonners Ferry will have a swim team — and this fall it has doubled in size.

Varsity XC shows off at Kellogg invitational

PINEHURST — The Bonners Ferry boys and girls varsity cross country teams put on a show at this year’s Ben Castro Invitational, taking second and third, respectively. The Invitational took place in the rain and the fog on Thursday, Oct. 13, at the nine-hole Pinehurst golf course near Kellogg.

Teacher of the year nominations sought

The Idaho Department of Education is accepting nominations for Idaho’s top teaching honor, teacher of the year.

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Barajas commits to Ellsworth, thanks family, friends

Evan Barajas has committed to Ellsworth Community College and accepted a scholarship to continue competing in wrestling, now on a collegiate level.

More caterpillar problems discovered

In the summer of 2010, the Idaho State Department of Lands (IDL), the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and the U.S. Forest Service detected new areas with defoliation by a caterpillar called the Douglas-fir tussock moth in Kootenai and Benewah counties in Idaho, and Spokane County in Washington.

Rough-legged hawk: A visitor from the north

“Anyone who has ever stopped to watch a hawk in flight will know that this is one of the natural world’s most elegant phenomena.” — John Burnside

Rotary Club brings circus to town

BONNERS FERRY — From Leo the Clown to Francis the Lion, cotton candy to peanuts, the ambiance in and around the classic big top circus tent was filled with excitement from beginning to end of the two performances that took place on June 12.

Free avian flu testing for the fair

BONNERS FERRY — As the Boundary County Fair approaches, entrants are getting their ducks in a row — or any other poultry — that may be competing this year. One of the steps for this is getting the poultry tested for Avian influenza (AI), commonly known as “bird flu” or “avian flu.”

XC shows off at Kellogg Invitational

Rain and grass do not usually generate fast cross country times. During the Ben Castro Kellogg Invite, held at Pinehurst Golf Course, a flat course and talented runners managed some of the fastest times of the season. The 5k course navigated the perimeter of the golf course and took place almost entirely on natural surfaces. Competing teams included Bonners Ferry, Kellogg, Priest River, Coeur d’Alene Charter, IC Academy, Lakeland, and others.

USS Idaho to be christened

In a uniquely Idahoan twist, rather than breaking a bottle of champagne on the boat's hull, Stackley will christen it with a bottle containing water that she has collected from four of Idaho's lakes, Lake Pend Oreille, Payette Lake, Henrys Lake, and Redfish Lake

Youth does well on season's opening day

Tycen Koberstein, 11, is pictured with a 6x7 bull scoring 337 that he shot on opening day of rifle season in North Idaho with his dad Ryan Koberstein and Uncle Trevor Koberstein.

BMCS track brings home hardware at districts

Boundary County Track and Field teams finished out the season with big wins at districts, taking first and second place out of 12 schools.

The orchestrated circus has begun

District 1 legislators discuss local issues, concerns in the weekly Notes From Boise column

Local kayaking duo breaks record and inducted to elite club

Boundary County kayaking duo and life partners Josh Friedman and Julie Kirk not only beat their best race time at the Yukon River Quest, a 444-mile race on the Yukon River, they also made history by being inducted into the Yukon River Quest Great River Club.

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Nation will go up in smoke

Well a predictable event has accrued, another black robed judge has ruled that same sex ‘marriage’ is legal, but this time it is in Idaho.