Region's bass fishing set to heat up

There’s a sweet spot in North Idaho waters and it has to do with temperature.

A summer full of French whites

We have frequently talked about how wine tastes change with the seasons, richer more full bodied wines appeal in the fall and winter, and generally speaking as the weather warms folks prefer lighter bodied reds and crisper whites. This summer has been really warm (we are not complaining!) we love summer and the warm days when the mild temperatures stretch into the evening. To go with this warm weather we have seen huge demand for dry roses and crisp white wines, and fortunately the weather has coincided with a great influx of lovely, light bodied, crisp and zippy French white wines.

Flame in or flame out?

NEW YORK - Amazon is making a bid to enter living rooms with Amazon Fire TV, a new streaming device that delivers online video, music and other content to televisions.

Soft plastic worms and flip-flop weather

There’s a sweet spot in North Idaho waters and it has to do with temperature.

Connery-hosted runway is mad for plaid

Fashion show celebrates Scotland, features celebrities

NEW YORK - Sean Connery celebrated Scotland's eclectic style with a fashion show featuring celebrities, athletes and wounded war veterans in modernized kilts, capes and beanies from that country's top designers. Connery said Monday's Dressed to Kilt, marking its seventh year, "certainly brings together a very interesting mix of people."

The Latest: Pandemic has killed 97 medical workers in Yemen

CAIRO — A humanitarian group says 97 medical workers in Yemen have died of the coronavirus, the first reliable estimate to give a glimpse into the pandemic’s impact on the devastated health sector in the war-torn country.

Does Avista make too much money?

One Last Thing

Local utility’s results mirror industry norms

Artemis II astronauts bound for moon after rocketing away on NASA's first lunar voyage in decades

Five minutes into the flight, Commander Reid Wiseman saw the team’s target: “We have a beautiful moonrise, we’re headed right at it,” he said from the capsule. On board with him are pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen. It was the most diverse lunar crew ever with the first woman, person of color and non-U. S. citizen riding in NASA’s new Orion capsule.

Vintage variety: Car repair shop is a walk into the past

MOSES LAKE — Walk in the door at Shade Tree Customs and there is a full-size 1920s-era gas pump straight ahead. It’s a reproduction, but there it is – 6 feet tall, glass dome and all, and a price sticker of 17.6 cents per gallon.

State of the art collision repair center strives for excellence

BONNERS FERRY — Modern and cutting edge equipment coupled with professional and courteous service is a mainstay at a local automotive collision repair shop, right here in Boundary County.

Chamber director set to retire

Bulldogs times 2 visit Griz, Cats

What do we make of these bands of Bulldogs invading Montana, playing both the top-ranked Bobcats and No. 3-ranked Grizzlies Saturday?

Fish and Game stocks 30,000 catfish across the state, many in eastern Idaho

Lots of cats — as in catfish — are being dumped into Idaho lakes and ponds this month to give anglers some action on those warm days when trout go into hiding.

Spring brings challenges for county's roads

For those of us who live and drive on rural Bonner County roads, this is an interesting season of weight limits, potholes and mud, soon to be followed by dust. For the Bonner County Road & Bridge Department, springtime is uniquely distinctive because we are converting trucks from snowplows back to dump trucks while keeping an eye open for the unexpected spring snowstorm. Operators are out on graders smoothing out winter’s potholes and leveling gravel surfaces as roads dry out and the rains cooperate.

Many Mexicans skeptical as Calderon defends drug war

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gunmen slaughter 19 men at a rehab clinic. Sixteen bodies are dumped in a northern city. Twelve police officers die in an ambush. Soldiers kill 15 gunmen outside a tourist town.

Kellogg modernizes sanitation

Highlights from today's legislative session

Senate passes bill to limit Idaho specialty plates

Dead deer dumped and floating in Hayden Lake

HAYDEN — Protruding from the chilly Hayden Lake waters are the hind legs and butt of a decomposing deer.

Duck hunter misses target, hits house

A woman said her boyfriend was going to confront a duck hunter on a pond near her house after her house was hit with a bullet, according to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office.

'Crippling' winter storm forecast to ramp up Friday

2017 is set to go out with a blast. A major winter storm on track to hit Northwest Montana today through Saturday could dump up to 20 inches of snow in valley locations and nearly 4 feet in the mountains.