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This Boise couple thru-hiked Idaho’s wildest trail. They covered 982 miles in 51 days

Hiking & Trails

This Boise couple thru-hiked Idaho’s wildest trail. They covered 982 miles in 51 days

“With every creek crossing and downed trees, and all of a sudden there’s no trail and so you’re bushwhacking … it was so much worse than even we were expecting. And we were expecting it to be really bad.”

Fishing report: Hit the Snake River for giant Idaho sturgeon

Fishing

Fishing report: Hit the Snake River for giant Idaho sturgeon

September 22, 2020, 6:00 AM

Outdoors: Idaho hunters survive grizzly attack; Eagle dad, daughter reel in fishing records

Outdoors Blog

Outdoors: Idaho hunters survive grizzly attack; Eagle dad, daughter reel in fishing records

September 21, 2020, 12:07 PM

Wading through the pandemic: COVID-19 is one thing fly fishing clubs don’t want to catch

Fishing

Wading through the pandemic: COVID-19 is one thing fly fishing clubs don’t want to catch

September 16, 2020, 6:00 AM

Land your lunker: Here’s what to do when a big fish strikes

Fishing

Land your lunker: Here’s what to do when a big fish strikes

September 15, 2020, 6:00 AM

Smoke made Boise air ‘very unhealthy’ Sunday, and it won’t clear for several days

Weather News

Smoke made Boise air ‘very unhealthy’ Sunday, and it won’t clear for several days

September 13, 2020, 2:54 PM

How an increase in people camping during the pandemic is impacting Idaho’s forests

Camping

How an increase in people camping during the pandemic is impacting Idaho’s forests

September 11, 2020, 8:00 AM

‘A good paddling’: It’s easy to find Idaho’s simple joys from a paddle board on the river

Outdoors Blog

‘A good paddling’: It’s easy to find Idaho’s simple joys from a paddle board on the river

September 9, 2020, 6:00 AM

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Idaho’s latest hot spot continues to add COVID-19 cases at high rate; statewide average rises

September 27, 2020, 8:11 PM

Vote now in the Treasure Valley athletes of the week contest (Sept. 21 to 27)

‘Idaho’s first world-class brewery’ says it’s coming, Boise, and ‘sky’s the limit’

Former Boise State players Rypien, Wilson turn heads in Week 3 of the NFL season

As 7-day average climbs, Idaho reports 449 new coronavirus cases, 75 in Ada County

Longtime trail to Stack Rock is now closed; Idaho Parks and Rec names interim director

Hiking & Trails

Longtime trail to Stack Rock is now closed; Idaho Parks and Rec names interim director

Fishing report: Idaho river flows are friendly for trout, bass anglers

Fishing

Fishing report: Idaho river flows are friendly for trout, bass anglers

September 8, 2020, 6:00 AM

Hiker posing for photo falls to death in ocean after tree limb snaps, Oregon cops say

Outdoors

Hiker posing for photo falls to death in ocean after tree limb snaps, Oregon cops say

Irritated moose repeatedly rams car with head to make it move, Colorado video shows

Outdoors

Irritated moose repeatedly rams car with head to make it move, Colorado video shows

September 24, 2020, 12:39 PM

Nearly a dozen elk invade a Yellowstone front yard during mating season, video shows

Outdoors

Nearly a dozen elk invade a Yellowstone front yard during mating season, video shows

September 21, 2020, 5:39 PM

What is Fat Bear Week? You can vote to crown the heftiest in Alaska national park

Outdoors

What is Fat Bear Week? You can vote to crown the heftiest in Alaska national park

September 21, 2020, 1:58 PM

Gorging bears are lounging on national park roads. Here’s how to keep them safe

Outdoors

Gorging bears are lounging on national park roads. Here’s how to keep them safe

September 21, 2020, 12:46 PM

‘One of Idaho’s best climbers’: Friends remember man killed in rock climbing accident

Outdoors

‘One of Idaho’s best climbers’: Friends remember man killed in rock climbing accident

September 19, 2020, 4:00 AM

Driver faced pack of wolves on dark road in Yellowstone National Park, video shows

National

Driver faced pack of wolves on dark road in Yellowstone National Park, video shows

Michelob Ultra is hiring someone to travel to national parks — for a hefty salary

Outdoors

Michelob Ultra is hiring someone to travel to national parks — for a hefty salary

Local runner brings Boston Marathon to Boise as Idaho races go virtual, too

Outdoors

Local runner brings Boston Marathon to Boise as Idaho races go virtual, too

Boise, Bureau of Land Management firefighters called to blaze near Lucky Peak

Fires

Boise, Bureau of Land Management firefighters called to blaze near Lucky Peak

Bow hunters attacked after surprising grizzly bear and her cubs, Idaho officials say

Outdoors

Bow hunters attacked after surprising grizzly bear and her cubs, Idaho officials say

September 16, 2020, 11:48 AM

Hiker missing for two weeks found dead in Colorado national park, rangers say

Outdoors

Hiker missing for two weeks found dead in Colorado national park, rangers say

Idaho’s top catches of 2018

Idaho’s top catches of 2018

January 17, 2019, 1:42 PM

2016 Playing Outdoors photo contest winners

2016 Playing Outdoors photo contest winners

October 24, 2016, 5:08 PM

2013-15 what I caught/shot

2013-15 what I caught/shot

March 26, 2015, 12:00 PM

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