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Outdoors

What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
The good with the bad

COEUR d'ALENE - There's good news and bad news, Jim Hayden said.

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Details emerge in poaching case

SANDPOINT - An audio recording of Idaho State Police Trooper Jeff Jayne's sentencing hearing provides further insight on the factors that influenced how his moose poaching case was handled.

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Chinook fishing heating up on Cd'A

Chinook fishing on Lake Coeur d'Alene appears to be heating up.

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Tough time for fly-fishing

Mike Beard, a fly-fishing guide at Orvis Northwest Outfitters in Riverstone, scouted the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River on Monday, fly rod in hand.

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Middle Fork River Tour delivers scenic treat

SANDPOINT - Bonner County locals are no strangers to natural beauty, but Sandpoint resident and firefighter Clint Frank says that they're missing out if they i…

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Seminar season

Susan and Don Houk operate Lake Charters Inc., on lakes Coeur d'Alene and Pend Oreille. Both licensed guides, they've been taking out clients since 1995, troll…

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Treading carefully

As the weather turns toward spring, ice fishing in the Coeur d'Alene area is just about finished.

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Panhandle Bass Club to host seminar at Spring Great Outdoor Days event

Fishermen from the Panhandle Bass Club will host a seminar on Saturday and Sunday, March 5-6, at Cabela's in Post Falls during the Spring Great Outdoor Days event.

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Idaho angler in pursuit of elite fishing title

One angler from Idaho has qualified to compete in the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series, which includes eight fishing tournaments offering a top prize of $100,000 each.

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Smooth sledding

About 11 miles northeast of Coeur d'Alene, up the narrow, switchbacking road that curves toward the mountains, four snowmobiles roared into the wide clearing a…

Updated 15 years, 6 months ago
Fly-fishing could heat up soon on local rivers

It's not quite springtime, but the fly-fishing on local rivers might be heating up soon.

Updated 15 years, 7 months ago
Bays open up for pike

The ice on several bays on area lakes is tapering, opening up the areas for spring fishing, said Johnny Booey, fishing lead at Cabela's.

Updated 15 years, 7 months ago
New road kill marking system to benefit project

Anyone traveling throughout southeast Idaho may start noticing some wildlife carcasses - those unfortunate victims of vehicle collisions - lying on the side of the road, marked with bright orange paint.

Updated 15 years, 7 months ago
Cold rivers, good fishing

Much like the fish they pursue, steelhead anglers are a nomadic breed.

Updated 15 years, 7 months ago
Avalanche danger was greater later

SANDPOINT - Avalanche danger in the Idaho Panhandle has tended to lurk later in the season over the last decade, according to the U.S. Forest Service.