Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?

Idaho one of eight states where the strain of bird flu that has killed millions of wild birds in recent years has been found

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William Chesney Moe, 82

Bits and pieces of local life

On Sunday morning while most people were preparing for the Super Bowl parties, Mike McLean was feeding cattle in the back pasture. The McLean Cattle Company off Greensferry is a four-generation farm and ranch on the Rathdrum Prairie. Chores are part of daily life when you run hundreds of head of cattle over several hundred acres.

Scooter brings smiles to Fernan Elementary

Therapy dog's visit helps special needs students

COEUR d'ALENE - Scooter could not be stumped, no matter how hard the kids tried Tuesday in teacher Susie Brott's class at Fernan Elementary School.

All bark, no bite

Animal safety officers quell neighborhood nuisances

Helen Larson-Martin, 88

Jan. 3, 1927 - July 3, 2015

Sometimes, the facts will freak you out

At the 1:23 mark of the official trailer “Malcolm Gladwell Teaches Writing,” the camera briefly lingers on a shelf of Gladwell’s fabulous books. To the immediate left of his writings is a title that almost jumps off the shelf: FREAKONOMICS.

Donald Ernest Graham, 77

Donald Ernest Graham, 77, was taken from his loving family Dec. 15, 2010, after enduring a violent collision on I-90 during the course of his job duties for Service Master where he worked part-time as maintenance mechanic.

Study: Tall grass aids sage grouse nesting success

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Newly published research that examined the relationship between grass height and the greater sage grouse's nesting success could have implications for cattle and sheep grazing as environmental groups push for federal protection for the chicken-size, ground-dwelling bird.

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In Memory of Ethel Schnider, 79

Grouse wings and hunting dogs

It’s wing season time in North Idaho.

Worming into your life: Part 1

The subject of worms, and the possibility of them affecting your life (or rather, infecting your body), sends shudders up many a spine. Worms or parasites and other opportunistic creepy crawlers like to take a free ride on any host that happens along their path. Mostly that entails rodents or wild animals, but when a human comes along, well, hey — why not? It’s a free meal. A parasite is an organism that lives on another organism — animal, fish, bird, human — anything with blood (referred to as a host), and benefits by sucking the nutrients out for their own benefit, but at the expense of the host. In a derogatory meaning, it is someone who exploits others, relying on them to support them, but gives nothing in return. We may well know of a person who could be considered in this light. In the world of parasites, this is also true.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — New for fall

I know, I know the title sounds more like a column on apparel than wine, but as is true for most wine consumers our preferences change for both apparel and wine once the leaves start to turn. The sweaters come out and the flip flops get put away. The wines we select tend to be fuller bodied and richer, they not only taste better in the cold temperatures but they do better with heartier foods. So, here are some new additions to the shelf that we trust you will enjoy on the cooler evenings.

The power of kindness

A teacher asked her young pupils to tell about their acts of kindness to animals. After several heart-stirring stories, the teacher asked one boy if he had anything to add. He replied rather proudly, “I kicked a boy once for kicking his dog.”

Would you trade the heat for winter?

Hard as it is to believe, August is here! Wasn't it just a couple of days ago that we were hearing fireworks? My dog is still trembling.

Donna Joyce (Quist) Dickie, 88

Donna Joyce (Quist) Dickie, 88, died on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, contented, with her daughter at her side. She was under Sanford Hospice care at Cornerstone Residence in Kelliher, Minn., for the last several months.

Renee Henriette Moe-McCarley, 94

Renee Henriette Moe-McCarley died at the age of 94 on the evening of Tuesday, December 6, 2022 while in residence at the Life Care Center in Post Falls, Idaho.

Firefighting plan aims to protect Western habitat

BOISE - U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has released the initial plan for a new wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West sagebrush country that supports cattle ranching and is home to a struggling bird species.

Goodbye my friend

Food for Thought

Mindlessly removing soil from the Earth gives a man time to think; digging a hole is cathartic. I bury my heel into the footrest of the shovel, start to cry and dig deeper trying to determine the space needed to bury my best friend. I dig deeper and deeper, and I think. A bird's song breaks my internal dialog and I refocus on the task at hand. Molly is dead and needs to be buried.

Hunter survives grizzly bear attack in Montana

The man fired at the bear with a shotgun and a handgun, wounding the animal, which returned to the cover of the thick brush, wildlife officials said.