Fun with wine lists

As wine professionals, we get to try a lot of great new wine every week. But even with regular visits to the shop from distributors, importers and winemakers, there are still more wines we have yet to try. Jonathan Oberlander from J. Scott Winery had a great way of breaking down all the wine that is out there. He said, "There are three kinds of wine; those I like, those I don't like and those I have not tried yet." Well said Jonathan, we have adopted that mantra.

'Think big for yourself'

Innovative Idaho students invent, inspire

The journey to wellness begins

By DEVIN WEEKS

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — What’s new?

The release of new vintages of wines are aggregated in the Spring and again in the fall. It is a fun time for us as wine professionals because we get to try all that is new. This spring is no exception, we have tasted some great new wines that we have brought into the shop. Here is a list of some of what’s new.

Coffee, cars and camaraderie

Fledgling CDA club growing bigger by the week

Group hopes to continue hot rods for generations to come

LEGION BASEBALL: Lums respond with shutout

The Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen won by shutout on Friday, and the Northern Lakes Mountaineers opened their tournament with a pair of victories.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — The benefits of essential oils and aromatherapy

What are essential oils and how are they made?

Med students supported by community that raised them

Hospital creates endowment, awards $15,000 to North Idaho natives

Northwest Speciality Hospital awards $15K

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — The wines we love right now

After all of the joy of the holidays and toning things down a bit for January we are entering the remainder of winter.

OPINION: GOP platform: IFF does the thinking for you

It’s easy to see why some Republicans don’t fit the mold of Dorothy Moon’s stale old party.

More tornadoes than usual east of the Rockies this spring

Weather Gems

We've had numerous destructive and deadly tornadoes already this spring east of the Rockies and it's not even mid-April yet.

We can 'blame the sun' for our Pacific Northwest drought

Weather Gems

It remains my firm climatological opinion that the combination of a weak 'El Nino' sea-surface temperature event in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and relatively high sunspot activity in 2012 as expected, has led to the all-time record mid July through early October drought pattern in the Pacific Northwest, including North Idaho.

Tokyo hit by record snowfall

Weather Gems

This past week, Tokyo measured 27cm (10.6 inches) of snow, the most snow in 45 years in the nation's capital, more than double the normal snow of just 4.3 inches for an entire winter season.

We may be entering an extended period of 'global cooling'

Weather Gems

The Sept. 23 issue of TIME MAGAZINE reported there has been, in just the past year, "a 60 percent increase in ice-covered Arctic Ocean waters." Some climate scientists claim that the planet is undergoing "GLOBAL COOLING," what I call a 'naturally occurring climate cycle.'

The sky was 'smiling over North Idaho' on May 24

While Sharon and I and our two poodles, 'Sholeh' and 'Genny' were enjoying the beaches at Newport, Ore., this past week, a 'rare' meteorological phenomenon was occurring in the skies above North Idaho.

Is Seattle next on the 'Ring of Fire' hit list?

In the past year or so, there have been three horrificially destructive earthquakes in the same circum-Pacific system of fault lines called the horseshoe-shaped 'Ring of Fire,' which also features hundreds of active volcanoes.

Gov. Little issues stay-at-home order, directs all non-essential businesses to close

Gov. Brad Little has immediately ordered all Idaho residents to remain at home except for necessary activities and directed non-essential businesses close for the next three weeks in order to slow the spread of coronavirus.

HUCKLEBERRIES: No foolin': High rises here to stay

Some subscribers, as Elvis would say, were all shook up April 1 when they read about the 120-story skyscraper coming to Coeur d’Alene’s waterfront.

FAST FIVE: T.J. Ross tells the tales of wild Idaho

Meet T.J. Ross, the regional communications manager for Idaho Fish and Game in the Panhandle Region. T.J. has been with the department since 2012, and he thoroughly enjoys working for the people of Idaho; he is honored to live and work in such an incredible state. When asked what he does for Fish and Game, he says he tells the stories of Fish and Game – what they do, why they do it and how it benefits people who hunt, fish and trap in Idaho.

Record pursuit

Larry Kmetz collects vinyl - perhaps as much as 30,000 worth of music

Every day starts the same, Larry Kmetz says.