Travel

Share Love at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah’s Canyonlands

By NATALIE BARTLEY On your way to Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, or the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for a vacation? A visit

March 31, 2018

Lower Antelope Canyon Glows with Shifting Light

By DIANNA TROYER Walking through Lower Antelope Canyon is like Alice slipping down a magical rabbit hole and finding a wonderland. The popular slot canyon,

February 1, 2018

Idaho Tribes Making A Comeback — Duck Valley Reservation

The Duck Valley Reservation is home to the Western Shoshone and Northern Paiute Tribes. The reservation is unique in that it splits in half between Idaho and Nevada. The walkway leading to tribal headquarters is on the state line, the 42nd parallel.

February 1, 2018

Small Regional Wineries Are Winners

By HOLLY ENDERSBY While the big-name cellars flourish in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, finding smaller wineries producing great wine at reasonable prices is still a

February 1, 2018

Nez Perce Historical Park Visitor Center

Experience the Past of the Nimi’ipuu at the Nez Perce National Historical Park Visitor Center

If you’re going to be in the vicinity of Lewiston, Idaho, and have interest in Native history, the Nez Perce National Historical Park Visitor Center should be on your “to do” list.

December 1, 2017

Remembering A Part of History Lost Forever

Retired electrician Richard Kossman said he was fortunate to have worked in northern Iraq, touring cultural sites there before they were destroyed by millitants. In 1990, the Malta, Idaho, native was based in a Syrian border town, Rabia, about 70 miles northwest of Mosul. By DIANA TROYER

December 1, 2017

Banish Winter Woes with Festivals!

January and February days are dark, and spring seems a long way off. Solution to the deep winter doldrums? Why festivals, of course! By HOLLY ENDERSBY

December 1, 2017

Frontier Life of Cowboys and Indians Comes Alive in Montrose

by DIANNA TROYER

As we listen to the hiss of a forge and marvel at a farrier pounding and shaping a red-hot glowing horseshoe, gunfire suddenly erupts from a nearby saloon at Adobe Flats, a re-created historic town near Montrose, Colo.

October 1, 2017

Ainsworth Hot Springs, Idaho Senior Independent

Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort

by JACK McNEEL

Beautiful scenery with an incredible hot pool, unusual yet outstanding restaurant, and clean motel rooms—what more can anyone wish for in a short vacation trip north of the border?

October 1, 2017