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Wrap your holiday minds around staying local, and circulating the much-needed love to these local businesses and their owners. Shop with the caretaker mentality and engage in conversation with our local community folks and make it meaningful. Additionally, you could ...

Story by Bethany Nitz-Maile | Photos by Jean Wolford Treasure Valley denizens will recognize more than a few local hot spots in Toby Davis’ oil paintings. The Olympic Hotel, the 8th Street Thomas and Hammer coffee shop and the 10 Barrel ...

Story by Drew Dodson | Photos Submitted   If you’re curious to learn about Eagle’s burgeoning wine industry, you may be interested in the upcoming “Taste the Terroir” Eagle Community Dinner, held in Lakeshore Plaza. The event will celebrate Eagle’s ...

In the wine industry, an AVA designates a specific geographic region as historically and topographically distinct, producing wines with distinguishable characteristics. Historically, most wine grown in Idaho, as well as some areas of eastern Oregon, had been a part of ...

Story by Tia Crabtree, Photos by Jean Wolford SUMMER FUN WITH KIDS! Explore & Play! It’s been an unpredictable year for weather. Each morning we ask Alexa “what’s the weather” or we Google our WeatherBug app for details because it’s ...

Story by Chelsea Chambers Crossley Park – North of Eagle Island State Park Entrance Owning a home can be hard work. Lawn maintenance and building upkeep alone can make home ownership a hassle. Crossley Park eliminates the worries of home ...

Courtyard Elegance in Eagle for unique patio accessories. Long summer days and cool evenings with useful items that comfort, protect, organize and entertain.   Meori If you’re hitting the Shakespeare Festival this is must!  The name meori marries two Japanese ...

Story by Pamela Kleibrink Thompson BARDENAY Gaze on the Greenbelt or shimmering pond while you dine among flowering cascades of color on Bardenay’s spacious patio. The first restaurant in the United States to include an in-restaurant distillery in 2000, Bardenay’s ...

Story by Pamela Kleibrink Thompson, Photos by Jim Peterson & Jean Wolford It’s almost summer and color is blooming everywhere. Mother Nature will inspire more than 50 artists who will paint, draw, and sketch the natural landscape at the 3rd Annual ...

Story by Andrea Bruce-Niederer, Photos by Amanda Bruce-Niederer  After a long winter, the incredible beauty of spring has a way of stimulating our senses and propelling us into the garden.  However, with so many gardening possibilities in our sunny climate ...