The winners of the 2025 IDAHO magazine Fiction Contest, sponsored by Rediscovered Books, have been selected. Here they are: First Place—“Jack’s Journals,” by S.G. Copeland of Wallace Second Place—“Sariah and the Desert Rose,” by Mark Ready of Clarkston,
By Les Tanner Double-checking with event coordinators about the following locations, dates, and times is recommended. Northern Idaho 3 Idaho & Lewis County Treasure Hunt: Kamiah 3 Single Moms Celebration: Kootenai County Fairgrounds, Coeur d’Alene 3-31 Kootenai County
A Floatplane Challenge By Matthew Nelson In July 2004, I went to Idaho to complete my rating as a floatplane pilot that I had started in Alaska in 2002. It doesn’t take most pilots thirty-eight hours in eleven
Music to Your Ears By Bob Johnson When we crossed the Washington border on the final leg of our move to northern Idaho last summer, one of the first places on my “To Visit” list was a record
A Rude Spire in the Sticks By Rick Just Last December, Rick penned an item in his “Speaking of Idaho” history blog that caught our attention. You’ll find out why at the end of his piece, an edited
Three Nights on a Mountaintop By Thomas Moore Two scathing bolts of lightning tore through the air above the trail to Bonneville Peak. The rain transformed itself into a blistering hail. Spheres of ice as large as ping
A Long-Ago Dream Drowned By Mary Terra-Berns I was making good time on my morning bike ride from Rose Lake to Harrison on the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes. Other than waterfowl, I had the trail to myself.
Vision of an Ancient Spectacle By Bruce Collier My bird dog Kyra and I have been here many times before. I should be contemplating the pheasants and the cover that hides them from us, but I’m always distracted
IN THIS ISSUE: Bonneville Peak, Caldwell, Hayden Lake, Medimont, Meridian, Niagara Springs, Owhyee Mountains, Payette National Forest, Pocatello, Riggins, St. Anthony This content is available for purchase. Please select from available options. Purchase Only
With Guileless Cheer By Steve Carr My two year-old niece navigates life backwards. That’s right. Her parents strap her in a back seat of the car, facing backwards. At first it seemed rather cruel to me, but I’m
