A Great Horned Owl Saved By Kathleen St. Clair-McGee Photos by F.E.B. Jones for AHWF One morning not long ago, I got a phone call from a woman who had found a great horned owl that had been
Amid Sandpoint Hippies By Steve Bunk In 1978, I moved to Sandpoint for a while and shared a property with a couple who had descended upon the hippie concept like politicians on babies. Conversely, I regarded the decade-long
Old West Idaho Madams By Milana Marsenich After novelist and therapist Milana Marsenich was contracted to write the new nonfiction book, Idaho Madams, for Farcountry Press, she became fascinated by the infamous women she researched in Sandpoint, Lewiston,
You’ll Smile Story and Photos by Desiré Aguirre When I saw the grin of Les Tucker, our ninety-six-year-old Western Swing Hall of Fame fiddler, I knew we were going to be all right. I knew he had one
In with the Old and New By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey On a clear blue day in the summer of 2018, I peered out the windows of a building in downtown Sandpoint and saw the city for the first time—metaphorically,
Haute Cuisine at the General Store By Desiré Aguirre Photos by Christine Holbert This feature is offered free in its entirety for the first part of January. I admit it. I got lucky. A friend had two extra
In Praise of the Late Idaho Writer Patrick McManus By Pat Walch For my dad’s birthday back in the late ‘70s, I went shopping and picked up a book that had a cute cartoon of a fisherman on
A New Old Medical Model Story and Photo by Mike Turnlund One day when I was about eight years old, I didn’t go to school because of an ache in my lower abdomen. This greatly concerned my mother,
Talk about a Close Shave By Jesse Warburton, aka Brother Music In northern Idaho, deer, geese, ducks and other wildlife can be observed almost everywhere—in the parks, paddling about in ditches next to the road, crossing streets, eating
Since 2013, the library has utilized 3D printing through programs, classes, and one-on-one assistance. We have helped everyone from senior citizens to five-year-old children with projects ranging from duck call whistles to a 3D diagram of a beetle. Continue reading
