Birds of Prey NW rescues young osprey in McEuen

COEUR d’ALENE — A young osprey in McEuen Park was rescued Tuesday by Birds of Prey Northwest after citizens called to report that the bird was on the ground.

William H. Boekel, 87

William Howard Boekel of Rathdrum, Idaho, passed away peacefully at home on June 7, 2024, due to heart complications.

Feels like the first time

North Idaho Fair and Rodeo offers plenty of new experiences

COEUR d'ALENE - Kayla Dorame stood alert before the judging table, her fingers quick to nab the Silkie rooster that kept trotting away.

Glen Otis Petersen, 89

Glen Otis Petersen passed away peacefully on July 20, 2016, at the age of 89. He was born on Feb. 4, 1927, in Norfolk, Neb., to Louie and Opal (Timperley) Petersen on his mother’s birthday.

September means lots of hunting opportunities

Plenty of small game and upland birds in Idaho

Hunting options many in Idaho

Study finds blackbird decline in California

FRESNO, Calif. - A blackbird species found mostly in the Central Valley of California has experienced a major decline in its population during the past several years due in part to farming practices, researchers say.

'Mechanisms that provide certainty'

Idaho puts forward plan to protect sage grouse habitat

Ranchers cheered by lifting of wolf protections

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lifts federal barriers for more than 1,300 wolves in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Utah

MINNEAPOLIS - Ranchers in Western states said they're hopeful the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list will make it easier to hunt the predators and stem losses of cattle and sheep.

Visit Andrus Wildlife Management Area

Nestled in the breaks of Hell's Canyon and overlooking Brownlee Reservoir is the Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area, more commonly known as Andrus WMA.

OPINION: HARVEY MACKAY — Happiness is a way of thinking

A group of 50 people was attending a seminar. For a group activity, the leader gave each attendee one balloon and asked each person to blow it up and write his or her name on it with a marker. He collected all the balloons and put them in another room.

Opal’s homestead hacks: Feed the birds

This one really is for the birds.

Pet Adoption Day is Sunday

Furry four-legged friends will be up for adoption during the fifth annual Pet Adoption Day on Sunday at Parker Subaru in Coeur d'Alene.

Government releases fire plan to protect struggling bird

Strategy meant to halt decline of sage grouse populations, habitat

BOISE - A federal wildfire strategy released Tuesday aims to protect the West's sagebrush country which is home to a struggling bird species whose potential listing as a threatened or endangered species already has delayed energy projects and oil and gas deals.

Tyson shares love of pigeons in new show

PASADENA, Calif. - As a kid growing up in a bad Brooklyn neighborhood, Mike Tyson was fascinated by the pigeons that flocked around his apartment building.

Marcia Blood Murray,

Marcia Blood, born June 23, 1940, was the second child of four (Daniel, Marcia, Joanna and Nola) born to Marjorie Alene and Harold Blood.

Spring cleaning? Don't forget the refrigerator

Spring is in the air, so for many of us this means spring cleaning is right around the corner. Don't forget to add the refrigerator and freezer to your spring cleaning list. Waiting deep inside them could be scary "science experiments." Food kept too long or at improper temperatures can become contaminated with bacteria, which can cause illness. According the CDC, last year alone, there were more than 76 million cases of food-borne illness in the United States.

Grassland-nesting shorebird to be studied

BOISE - A large shorebird that nests in grasslands and uses its extra-long bill to pluck crustaceans from mudflats and wolf spiders from animal burrows will be the subject of an intense study this summer in three states.

A guide to take the pain out of Thanksgiving math

Ready for the annual Thanksgiving math quiz?

PETS: Keys to domestication

Stephanie’s column in Saturday’s Coeur Voice, “Careful before adopting a Malinois” breed of dog — which applies to many of the dangerous, er, to be PC “bully” dogs, was an excellent way to approach the controversial issue.

Hardware distributor Orgill sinks roots in Post Falls

POST FALLS — The first catalogue of Lownes, Orgill and Co. in 1856 reveals intriguing products that haven't been sold for decades — a dog-powered churn, for example.