My front-yard garden has grown lush and wild in our recent spring rains, with flowers blooming in shades of yellow, red, burgundy, mauve, white, orange, purple and blue. I see them — the orien…

Everyone knows about house sitters and pet sitters. How about traveling pet sitters?

NEW YORK — Kristia Leyendecker has navigated a range of opposing views from her two siblings and other loved ones since 2016, when Donald Trump’s election put a sharp, painful point on their p…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, …

We’re so excited to mark the centennial of Neill Public Library with a weeklong celebration Tuesday through Saturday.

This story begins as does most of the prevailing Eurocentric culture in the U.S. with the sailors that brought the Vikings, Polynesians, explorers, colonists, unscrupulous opportunists, slaves…

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MIAMI — Flanked by a huge writhing snake, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades will begin Aug. 5.

The Nez Perce Tribe is taking on sole responsibility for fish production and maintenance at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery next week, thereby expanding its role of managing salmon and steelhe…

School is out and summer is here, and we’re gearing up for our favorite time of the year — summer reading. This season is also known for the summer slide, our not-so-favorite term for the loss…

As you read this, Tayler Parsons might be in Burlington, N.C., Johnson City, Tenn., or Pulaski, Va.

Artemis, my pouting diva tomato, has finally stopped sulking about being uprooted to a raised bed in our backyard. She was one of a half-dozen tomato plants I’d coddled indoors for six weeks, …

Johnson’s Heritage Farmstead owners Rodney and Michelle Johnson moved to the area two years ago from Alaska where they had enjoyed participating in farmers markets for more than a decade.

It was bound to happen. Interior designers, builders and people with money who love their pets have come together like a supernova celestial event.

Hailey Lewis and Garrett Stauffer, both of Moscow, are engaged to be married at 3 p.m. June 11 at Three Meadows at the Dworshak Reservoir. The two met through their trivia team, “Team Spirits.”

In collaboration with other public health entities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections linked to Jif peanut butter …

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The St. James Episcopal Church in Pullman started with a free children’s library in the summer of 2018 and by March of 2020 — as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold — parishioners pivoted from boo…

As the school year winds down, families are gearing up for summer fun. But the longer days and warmer temperatures aren’t just about soaking up the sun, sleeping in and staying up past bedtime…

LEWISTON — If you are looking for Paul Sauder this time of year, check Mann Lake at the crack of dawn — it’s a safe bet you’ll find him at the end of the dock fishing for crappie.

After too many days away from my garden, I took a slow walk around the flower bed in our front yard, needing to reconnect with its spirit of beauty and peace. Instead, I found traces of the da…

Taking a pet on a boat that won’t be touching land for hours increases an owner’s responsibilities.

The “show” has once again returned to St. Mary’s Catholic Parish School in Moscow, and the students are ready.

Why would you open an atlas? You have a geography question, or want to know where something is. Or maybe it’s just curiosity, you like maps, or you want to do some travel research.

It may not seem like it now, but soon, it will be boating season in the Inland Northwest and many people want to take their pets, too.