PSNI’s greenhouse set to open May 6
By Kathy Hubbard
Reader Contributor
Every gardener in the panhandle has been itching to don their gloves and set their trowels to work planting, but the weather forecasters keep cautioning …
By Kathy Hubbard
Reader Contributor
Every gardener in the panhandle has been itching to don their gloves and set their trowels to work planting, but the weather forecasters keep cautioning …
By Reader Staff
Men in beards and flannel move over, women are headed into the forest for the second annual Women in the Woods Field Day, Friday, May 10 in …
By Darrell Ehrlick
Daily Montanan
A prediction, several years in the making, came true on April 8 when an alliance of nearly a dozen conservation groups filed suit against the …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The dream of the North Idaho Native Plant Arboretum in Lakeview Park began in 1997, when Master Gardener Lois Wythe sought out a community of …
By Karissa Huntsman
Reader Contributor
Water levels on Lake Pend Oreille began rising on April 1, signaling that summer is on its way. Living in a lake town is a …
By Alex Baumhardt
Oregon Capital Chronicle
Federal regulators are allowing construction to begin on expanding a controversial gas pipeline running through North Idaho, Washington, Oregon and northern California.
The Federal …
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
In the 1960s and 1970s, political and cultural movements rose up to challenge and change society. These mass movements gave rise to iconic protests and …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
There are few things more evocative of a North Idaho summer than frog song in the evening, but these musical neighbors don’t just serenade passersby …
Brad Smith
Reader Contributor
Like many other local skiers and riders, I was curious to see what the acquisition of Schweitzer by Alterra Mountain Company (AMC) would mean for lift …
More than 30 wildlife conservation groups joined forces Feb. 15 to back a petition to the U.S. Forest Service, requesting that the agency ban Idaho from paying private contractors to …
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