Bedke: Good times in Idaho

Lieutenant governor shares updates, insight during North Idaho visit

Financially, Idaho is doing just fine. Knowing this, fourth-generation Idaho cattle rancher and Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke remembers the words of his grandfather: "It's not going to be the bad times that put the ranch out of business, it's going to be the good times that put the ranch out of business."

A good life

Marion Heffner shares stories, offers a bit of advice, as she turns 100

Marion Heffner shares stories, offers a bit of advice, as she turns 100

Fast Five: Community, Jacob Bonwell is here for you

Meet Jacob Bonwell, an optimistic, deep thinking, developing, philanthropic chemical engineer who finds peace and life guidance in reading futuristic nonfiction books, watching Boeing, SpaceX and Blue Origin rocket launches whilst enjoying all that the Pacific Northwest has to offer.

Adelpha Grace Teeters, 84

Adelpha Grace Teeters was born Sept. 17, 1928, in Greybull, Wyo., to Everett and Nancy Vaught.

The puppy timeline: A socialization guide

Socializing is important for raising puppies into emotionally healthy dogs, just as caring for a puppy’s growing needs is important to physical and mental health. In order to have a well-adjusted and social dog, owners should provide training specific to each stage of a puppy’s development.

FAST FIVE: Katie Johnston: Teacher, welder, traveler

Meet Katie Johnston, KTEC welding instructor, wife and dog mom. Katie lives

Packing in pulses

Beans and legumes are often humorously thought of as the “musical fruit,” but these nutrition gems do far more than keep you regular. Pulses consist of the seeds of legumes, which include peas, lentils, chickpeas and beans. Pulses are an inexpensive way to add protein, fiber, and antioxidants into your diet, and the nearby Palouse happens to be one of the top growing regions in the world for this crop. Pulses are planted in April and May and harvested in August. Pulses are a fat-free source of protein and rich in a variety of fiber and other nutrients. Check out the following fun facts about pulses from the U.S.A. Dry Pea & Lentil Council:

EDITORIAL: Through it all, Ness has been more

Kootenai Health CEO retires as one of region's finest leaders

Is our country 'for the birds'? Thank 'the Bard'

My Garden Path

Now that summer has officially arrived, we can relax and enjoy it — or can we? The weather always seems to have a few nasty surprises for us such as hail, wind, high heat and even floods. We’re very fortunate not to live in “tornado alley.”

Say goodbye to September

My Garden Path

I hope your yard hasn't been visited by frost yet. Mine hasn't and hopefully won't be for a while yet. The term "frost" refers to temperatures right at or just below 32 degrees. A "killing frost" means the temperature is 28 degrees or below.

Time to get to work

My Garden Path

April 1 marks opening day for most of our local greenhouses. It's great to have places where we can buy plants that are grown for our area. Too often the big box stores have plants for sale that are either offered too early in the season to survive here, or my personal favorite: plants that may be perennials elsewhere, but will not live past the summer months here. Remember the old adage, "let the buyer beware."

Hot enough for you?

We may not have had much in the way of nice spring weather, but we’re certainly getting plenty of the summer kind. That’s fine with me as long as the hail and strong winds stay away.

Bring on a nice long Indian summer

I don’t see how it’s possible that we’re into September. This had to be the fastest summer ever … at least for me it was. Hope you had better luck.

MY GARDEN PATH: June…already?

We can only hope that June doesn't fly by as quickly as May did.

Black bears in the Wood River Valley find food reward from unsecured residential garbage cart

Residents must work to keep bears from becoming habituated to garbage and other attractants at campgrounds, cabins and residential neighborhoods.

Residents must work to keep bears from becoming habituated to garbage and other attractants at campgrounds, cabins, neighborhoods.

The case of the missing birds

Where have all the birds gone? That depends who you ask.

State of the Birds

Report highlights successes of protecting bird habitat on private lands

The University of Idaho Gap Analysis Program - or UI-GAP - is going to the birds with a new report that shows the significant contribution that private landowners make to birds and habitat conservation.

Single-stream could be costly

County considers recycling options

COEUR d'ALENE - Single-stream recycling could cost the county an additional $30,000 to $50,000 a year if it decides not to pay Coeur d'Alene Garbage an estimated $1,800 a month in recycling fees.

Young bald eagle rescued in Cd'A

Bird was found wandering, starving outside ITD office

Second night of protests peaceful

Coeur d’Alene resident Bob Dorn didn’t distinguish between protesters chanting Black Lives Matter slogans Tuesday evening in downtown Coeur d’Alene, or the armed men and women standing nearby on the sidewalk.