As I'm sure you've noticed by now, the Christmas decorations and music are running at full bore. You can see it at most stores and on the downtown streets; you can hear the Christmas songs playing as you peruse the aisles while shopping.

Personally, I don't mind the decorations, but hearing Christmas music in mid-November does seem a little strange. I start playing it on my radio at home...read more

It seems like all sorts of food-related world records have been broken recently, leaving me with cravings and a few questions.

The latest one I heard of was the 330-foot-long California roll constructed using more than 100 pounds of rice, 67 pounds each of cucumber and avocado and 167 pounds of artificial crab at UC Berkeley, according to the North Oakland News. More than 350 volunteers helped...read more

Google continues to amaze with Google Maps and its big brother Google Earth as it adds more and more features to discover the world — and even your own backyard. As a newcomer to Idaho and the Northwest, these features have been an immense help to me in getting to know this great state and this beautiful region in the past four years. I've learned so much that I am often able to help...read more

Hey Crowder fans! For those of you who didn't see it, here's the article that appeared in Oct. 18's IPT (3 Community) about David Crowder's upcoming concert in Eagle.

David Crowder brings "Church Music" to valley Tuesday

EAGLE ― Forget the organs and choir robes. "Church Music," as defined by popular Christian worship artist David Crowder, reflects the...read more

Wow! Has everyone been taking grouchy pills?

Most callers have been ... fairly nice and understanding when we've explained to them why listings for bazaars are being handled a little differently this year at the Idaho Press-Tribune. First of all there's the reduced space of the newspaper, the economy, our efforts to treat everyone the same, and ... the economy!

But then there are those...read more

Although I enjoy bicycling on the Nampa greenbelts and mountain biking in the local mountains, I've only ridden on the Boise River Greenbelt once, and just a portion of it.

With the fall leaves rapidly loosening their grip on the trees and the sun shining brightly enough to make it almost warm, my brother Jason and I decided to tackle the greenbelt Sunday afternoon and see how far we could get...read more