Story and Photos by Warren Clary When my wife Jeanne and I moved from Boise to Meridian in 2005, we acquired a new house on a nice-sized lot. The house was positioned off-center, within about six feet of
A Light Show on Independence Day Story and Photos by Matt Demke “Hey, do you have anything going on the next couple of days?” “Where are you taking me now?” Most of the backpacking adventures my cousin Tristyn
Images from the Backcountry Eighty Years Ago By Karlene Bayok Edwards Photos by Joe Bayok In 1936, my father, Joe Bayok, used part of his first Forest Service paycheck to buy what he called a “good” camera, a
The Russian Way By Les Tanner Photos by Jan Boles I don’t know how it is elsewhere, but it’s almost a certainty that everyone who lives here in the Treasure Valley is familiar—maybe too familiar—with the large gray
A Place of Light and Hope Story and Photos by Bren Slade The light was dim inside the ambulance. My daughter lay breathing but unresponsive. Were there windows? I don’t remember. It was Christmas Eve. Five months earlier,
Who Was the Wag Named Arthur Brissette? Photos courtesy of Ralph Allen When a Boise couple dropped by IDAHO magazine’s office recently, the topic came up of the quirky pig postcards on these pages. Ralph Allen mentioned he
How a Photo Trove Rescued a Community from Oblivion Photos Courtesy of Clearwater Historical Museum The images on these pages have a curious history. In the early 2000s, a man named Jim Smith was tearing down an old
Of an Idaho Backroads Wanderer Story and Photos by Linda Lantzy As I descend the steep, winding road into the Pittsburgh Landing area of Hells Canyon, the temperature starts to climb. Even on this gray, drizzly spring day
This month’s cover of IDAHO magazine showcases the winner of our annual Cover Photo Contest, shown here along with the two runners-up and the Publisher’s Choice winner, awarded by publisher Kitty Fleischman. Below, the photographers describe their images.
2017 Cover Photo Contest Winners This month’s cover photo marks the twenty-seventh time that an image of a cowboy or rancher has appeared under the IDAHO magazine logo. That’s almost one in seven of our 198 covers, beginning
