A Meditation on the Mountains By Marylyn Cork We often hear the term “sense of place.” But what does it mean? The best definition I’ve found is that it’s a strong identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants
By Amy Story Larson This month it’s my pleasure to feature two recipes from K.D. Ische. I met K.D. and her husband, Allan, through their karaoke business. While K.D. befriends everyone with her warm smile and consistent hospitality, Allan
How a Vandalized Memorial Brought Idahoans Together By Dan Prinzing In 2017, I was taken aback when a national reporter covering an attack on the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial asked if that act of hate represented
Early Cattle Drives through Idaho By Billy Jim Wilson In 1879, the year after the Bannock War that pitted U.S. troops against Bannock warriors of southern Idaho and Paiutes of northern Nevada, cattlemen in eastern Oregon began to
Still Very Much Alive By Dana Lohrey Photos courtesy of Dana Lohrey As a small child growing up in Clearwater, I used to visit the store to listen to Fred Murphy, the storekeeper and postmaster. He’d tell me
Served Up by the Dog Whisperer By India Caedmon Photos by Stephanie Tsuneko To those of you who are grounded, the Aldape Pass is a dip in the mountains adjacent to the Treasure Valley—a relatively untouched stretch of
And Memories to Keep By Sayantani Dasgupta On a Saturday morning, sometime in mid-August 2006, I stepped inside an American café for the very first time. I had won a ten-dollar gift certificate in a drawing held during
The Plot Arises for a Stirring Novel By Lorie Palmer When my editor at the Idaho County Free Press told me that Emily Ruskovich’s parents lived in Grangeville, I went into geek mode. “The author of Idaho? Her
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By Les Tanner In spite of our efforts to ascertain that events listed in our calendar are described accurately, cancellations or changes due to weather, illness of performers, and other such things, although rare, are bound to occur.
