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Anheuser-Busch’s Elk Mountain Farms, located near Bonners Ferry, is renowned for its size – with 1,700 acres under trellis, it’s the world’s largest contiguous hops farm.<p>Elk Mountain’s operators are beginning the second year of working with researchers from University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences to earn a new distinction – as trailblazers in innovative, sustainable production practices.<p>Last summer, Elk Mountain tested U of I’s patented t...

Anheuser-Busch’s Elk Mountain Farms, located near Bonners Ferry, is renowned for its size – with 1,700 acres under trellis, it’s the world’s largest contiguous hops farm.<p>Elk Mountain’s operators are beginning the second year of working with researchers from University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences to earn a new distinction – as trailblazers in innovative, sustainable production practices.<p>Last summer, Elk Mountain tested U of I’s patented t...

2021 One year ago

Hockinson author Dan Strawn’s slim-yet-layered new memoir centers on his beloved brother’s experience as a soldier in Korea. But “Past Awakened: Wars, Letters, Brothers,” is also about the tricky process of memoir writing itself: chasing down distant facts and cross-checking personal recollections that are already fading.

She’s sweet and loving, with a soft spot for song and dance. She’s frugal and factual and suffers no foolishness. Firmly principled, she’s always ready to insist upon what’s right — except when she’s pulling some hilarious stunt.