PIG: Put fault where it lies

It deeply saddens me that someone did not have enough sense to secure a pig in the back of their vehicle before transporting it to the fair. So the pig falls from their vehicle and has to be butchered because it was so badly injured. Hopefully that was the only animal they own.

Summer road trip survival

Summer vacations are here and so are the long and sometimes dreaded road trips. Regardless if your children are toddlers or teens, keeping road trips healthy is always a challenge. Typical road trip food consists of convenience store calorie laden cuisine such as chips, sodas and candy. Simply, a 16 ounce soda, bag of chips and a candy bar can add up to over 1,100 calories. That is more than 1/2 of a persons daily calorie needs provided just from a few snacks. Couple that with long hours of sitting in a car and this can wreak havoc on your daily physical activity and nutritional needs.

OINK! Prairie Pig gratitude

I would like to thank everyone in the Post Falls community for helping Post Falls High School to raise over seven thousand pounds of food for the food bank. This is an all-time record for our school's Prairie Pig food drive. Thanks to your contributions, we not only helped the people of our community, but we also brought home Porkchop. Yes, I mean the pig.

The Light Side: Keep the pig

Hundreds ask Vermont to keep prank pig on police decal

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?

Wine talk

We recently held a wine dinner at the Clark House with Bryan Hinschberger of Amphora Distributing, whom we talked about last week. The staff at the Clark House was fabulous to work with and the meal was not only delicious, well-paired and well-presented, but the evening was flawlessly timed. Despite being for sale, the restaurant and inn remain open and will continue to operate as they always do. If you have not been, you should go - the setting is unrivaled. On this beautiful mid-September night, sitting in the garden for the first course, paired with some wonderful French sparkling wine, was magical.

Passion for agriculture

Rider receives multiple awards for her work for the fair and support for the farm industry

Passion for educating about agriculture drives Linda Rider

The top 10 wines of 2017

Help pen the pigs at the fairgrounds

Community members are being asked to go hog wild to help pen the 4-H pigs during the North Idaho State Fair at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds.

On health care's cliff: More meds isn't necessarily good medicine

There’s a pill for every ill.

The Light Side: Inmate goes whole hog

Inmate adds pig image to Vermont police cruiser decals

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a bit less fat

Dublin coddle is considered one of Ireland's national dishes. But like many of Ireland's great foods, it is rich in fat.

The risks of sun exposure

Sun exposure causes several changes to our skin. The damage from UV light occurs from a breakdown of the elastin and collagen in the skin, which are the fibers that keep our skin from sagging and stretching.

Today's ghastly groaner

While walking past a farm, Fred noticed a pig with a wooden leg.

Exceptional resources for business growth

Twenty business owners recently graduated from a yearlong Entrepreneurial Leadership Training program offered by the Idaho Small Business Development Center at North Idaho College.

GOOKIN: Letter was 'appalling'

On 1-5-16 Councilman Dan Gookin attended a special meeting of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee. He was so appalled at what he witnessed, he was compelled to write about it. His letter to the editor said a man was standing outside the door passing out fliers to people entering the building. Mr. Gookin alleges some people ignored the man and at least one person was rude and berated the man. There were about 50 committeepersons in the meeting along with 20 or more spectators. I wonder if the offensive person Mr. Gookin saw and heard was a member or a spectator?

Logger LEAP deadline nears

Program continues logger education

Deadline is March 1.

Movers and Shakers May 3, 2011

Ouren picked to lead new Community 1st Bank in Cd'A

As budget cuts loom, is shutdown next?

WASHINGTON - With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when a government shutdown instead of just a slowdown will be at stake.

JUDD JONES: Let's talk gallbladder

When you spend a fair amount of time talking with different people about health, you tend to touch on the same topics over and over again. One such question that comes up frequently, especially with folks who practice alternative medicine, is regarding our gallbladder. Now you may be wondering why this small hollow organ that sits next to our liver is so important.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Weight Gain Part II: Adrenals

In part one of the subject of weight gain we talked about the role of the thyroid relative to weight gain.