In college, my roommate's mother was aghast that I and two of our other friends had never had huckleberries. She said "How could you girls not have had huckleberries?  You grew up at the foothills of the Cascades".

I love that quote. It's ten years later and I still remember it. We all grew up in Western Washington, which apparently meant to this Missouri mother that we should have all been raised on huckleberries.

Idaho State Department of Agriculture wants to celebrate the upcoming Idaho Farmers Market Week, August 7-13th, by hosting a photo contest. They're inviting photographers of all types to submit a photo relating to Idaho farmers markets. Their contest rules say that this could include preparing to go to the market, featuring products or activities at the market, or enjoy the bounty after you returned home.

Several people were injured when a tour bus crashed on Highway 95 Monday morning north of Sandpoint.