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A New Year’s toast: Here’s northern lights in your eye
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (462+ words) Arctic air fast-froze my nostril hairs and eyelashes the instant I flung open the door of my log cabin. Eyes squeezed shut against the crystal bright day, I staggered outside, gripped the porch post and heaved. My cabin had no…...
Idaho senators urge Trump to reverse course on marijuana policy change
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (769+ words) Idaho's U.S. senators have sounded the alarm with President Donald Trump over his recent decision to relax federal marijuana restrictions. Republicans Mike Crapo and Jim Risch each signed a letter sent to Trump opposing his executive order this month that directs…...
The Broiler restaurant is making a comeback
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (187+ words) MOSCOW " A former Moscow restaurant is being revived next month. The Broiler, which served hungry customers from 1970 to 2014, will reopen Jan. 9 in the Best Western Plus University Inn. Manager Kris Raasch said the restaurant was once a "big staple" of…...
In Washington orchards, immigration crackdown sows fear and uncertainty
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1803+ words) UNION GAP, Wash. " On a chilly fall morning, farmworkers fanned out through an orchard here to pick rose-hued apples from green rows of trees that flank this central Washington valley's irrigated slopes. These Pink Ladies were one of the last…...
Idaho receives nearly $186M award to bolster rural health care infrastructure
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (340+ words) Idaho is one of 50 states awarded more than $100 million in federal funding to invest in its rural health infrastructure for the coming year, with additional awards to arrive through 2030. "The projects supported by this grant will help Idahoans in remote…...
After its start two years ago, Clarkston VFW Military Museum is growing
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (480+ words) An impressive collection of military memorabilia got its start two years ago when a veteran dropped off four hats from a thrift store. Dennis McDonald, one of the regulars at the Asotin County Veterans Outreach Center, hung the caps near…...
Are our dogs clockwatchers? They seem to be able to tell time
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (485+ words) Throughout our lives, we perceive and react to time in various ways. Cognitively, pets can't count and they don't wear watches but somehow, they seem to know when certain times of the day arrive. Behaviorists say dogs seem to know…...
Reading program a hit in Whitman County
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (630+ words) The national program brought locally by United Way of Whitman County is successfully fostering a love of reading in the area's youth. The nonprofit recently celebrated a milestone of having more than 1,000 children younger than age 5 enrolled in Dolly Parton's…...
Idaho’s domestic elk farms drawing criticism
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (1127+ words) Despite legislative testimony saying it was unlikely to happen, some of Idaho's domestic elk farms have proven to be porous with multiple examples of wild animals getting into the high-fenced operations and domestic animals escaping. Over the past 12 months, chronic…...
Conservationists file suit challenging commercial marina in Sandpoint area
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (300+ words) The Center for Biological Diversity and the Idaho Conservation League filed a lawsuit earlier this month challenging a commercial marina and luxury housing development project located near Lake Pend Oreille and Sandpoint, Idaho. In a lawsuit filed Dec. 18 in U.S. District…...