PADDLING -- The North Fork Payette River has never been beginner water in the first half of June, but this year even the experts had their hands full of flow at the North Fork Championship. The annual race held last weekend can always be expected…
WILDLIFE ATTACKS – Authorities say a black bear killed a 16-year-old runner while he was competing in a 3-mile Alaska hill-climb race near Anchorage on Sunday. The teenager, whose identify has not been released, was a participant in the juniors division of the Robert Spurr…
HIKING -- A series of Community Kids Hikes are being organized this summer near Lake Pend Oreille by the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness to encourage families to get outdoors. The hikes will be in both the Idaho and Montana portions of the proposed…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
