Also in this issue:

Festival food
The menu is delicious, always. Plus: A first-timer’s experience.

Hope is happening
There’s something for everyone in this little big town.

Hand carved
Sculptor Mark Heisel has a reverence for stone.

It just gets inside of you
Debut novel 'Idaho' gains accolades nationwide.

New campaign, Old values
Group kicks off effort to “Reclaim Idaho.”

Museum unearths criminal past
Cabinet of curiosities reveals dark side of Bonner County.

Nicky Pleass, awesome octogenarian
World navigator still blazing trails.

Happy trails
Bikers have many ways to go explore.

Where the world ceases to exist
Life on the lake generates memories that last through generations.

Cabinets, still wild
Popular hiking guide out in third edition.

A smaller hamster wheel
A physicist and a doctor walk into a hardware store...

Downtown street rearrangement
Summer changes to Sandpoint’s downtown district.

Horses from the heart
Hope artist launches Whinny Nicker Neigh series for children.

Clagstone Meadows
Pioneer ranchland opens to the public in August.