The new range wars: Could food supply follow manufacturing across borders?

Free grass and range wars make up much of our western lore and literature. Here in Idaho, our heritage is deeply rooted in the livestock industry. Our current Lieutenant Governor’s grandfather, Andy Little, ranged more than 120,000 sheep from Emmett to Cascade. Former state Senator, Governor, and U.S. Senator Len Jordan supported his family by running sheep out of Kirkwood Bar below Hells Canyon during the Depression. This heritage lives on for many of us who grew up in rural areas of the West.

Opal’s homestead hacks: Don’t trash good garbage

Opal Harbert, Queen of Homestead Hacks, has an old-fashioned approach to daily life that’s becoming new again.

North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat

Sprague’s pipit, a songbird that’s lost more than 75% of its population since 1970 and breeds only in portions of Montana, North Dakota and small patches of three Canadian provinces

TRAPPING: F&G fails in its duties

Idaho Department of Fish and Game recently announced its new “solution” to body-gripping traps in Idaho requiring a mandatory trapper’s education course. The commission stated that they believe that, “A change in trapping rules would be too restrictive” for trappers.

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Dogs and kids

What I did on my summer vacation: Purchased two Labrador retriever puppies, fell in love with said puppies and changed my entire way of life.

Dakota to the rescue

Owner says lab saved Yorkie from hawk attack

POST FALLS - Steve Groves knew something was up when Dakota dashed into the woods, barking and hot on the trail of something.

Donald Roy Pearson, 77

Our world has lost the sound of booming laughter.

Anglin with Anglen - 1974

March 21, 1974

Idaho falconry: Hunting with beak, talons and feathers

A young falcon circled around a sagebrush and cheatgrass field south of Arco on Thursday when a few sage grouse burst from the ground. The chase was on. The falcon closed the gap and hit one of the grouse, but not hard enough to do any damage and the grouse flew away.

Man seeks missing emu

Bird missing since alleged dog attack resulted in death of other emu

COEUR d'ALENE - There are large feathers scattered throughout the property at Dan Dolezal's Coeur d'Alene home, the remnants of a battle between his two emus and two neighborhood dogs.

Delbert Kerr, 84

Delbert “Del” L. Kerr of Hayden, Idaho, passed away peacefully on May 27, 2024. He was born on May 13, 1940, in Outlook, Washington, to Wilbert and Alice (VanKlinken).

An autumn hike with a dog and a gun

We smelled them before we saw them, the dog and I.

Donald W. Klotz, 86

Donald W. Klotz passed away unto his Lord and Savior, Jan. 23, 2015. Born Oct. 19, 1928, in Sandpoint. He was a lifelong resident of North Idaho. After graduation from Priest River High School, he was a logger in the Priest Lake area until he was drafted into the Korean War where he was wounded and received a Purple Heart. With an interest in science and business he used the GI Bill to attend Idaho State University and became a registered pharmacist, for a career spanning more than 40 years.

Dog gone good job

KHS keeps finding homes for dogs, cats

Dogs and cats rule

The young can help an old 'Princess'

My wife and I drive 1,000 miles from our temporary California home to her Montana birth-land. As we round the dirt road onto the Flagot ranch I ask, "What's up with that old horse?"

Stay calm, for pet's sake: Keeping normal routines is pivotal for pet care needs in time of pandemic

Dogs can sense when we’re stressed and feel anxiety, said Dogology NW owner Mary Davies. Suddenly, there’s change, too, with families home all the time.

Wildlife birthing and hatching season to begin

Wild bird and mammal species generally produce young in the spring. This timing allows the young to gain the strength and size needed to survive the challenges of winter, or the rigors and dangers of fall migration.

Gilbert, the family pet

TWO DOT, Mont. — Mac and Melody White operate a cattle ranch near this speck on the map in south-central Montana, on the edge of the Crazy Mountains west of Harlowton, whose snow-dolloped peaks earlier this fall were worthy of a postcard.

Farm, ranch life on the Rathdrum Prairie

Recently, I realized that changing landscape can be disorienting when landmarks implanted in our brain no longer exist. I’ve lived here since Post Falls was fewer than 5,000 people and the Rathdrum Prairie between Post Falls, Rathdrum and Coeur d’Alene was 100 square miles of blue grass and hay fields.