Preserving El Mirador

Preserving El Mirador

Dr. Richard Hansen’s roots are firmly planted in southern Idaho, but his passion and life’s work lie in El Mirador Basin, Guatemala, home to more than 1,250 square miles of virgin rain forest and home to the earliest Mayan ruins in existence. Hansen, 56, is a...
Fall Shipping

Fall Shipping

At the Wells Summit shipping corrals, the sun peeks lazily over the Dollarhide Mountains, spying on the morning’s bustling activity and illuminating the vibrant quaking aspen leaves. Silhouettes against the dawn sky, the cowboys have once again beat the sun out of bed...
Homemade for the Holidays

Homemade for the Holidays

Pick your poison. Is it peppermint? Cherry? Raspberry or eggnog? Perhaps Irish Cream or Toffee? Orange or cranberry macadamia nut? Those are just a few flavors of chocolate bark offered this holiday season by Arno’s Confection Perfection, owned and operated by the...
Durfee Hot Springs

Durfee Hot Springs

To the many hikers, climbers and globetrotters coming out of the City of Rocks National Reserve near Almo, Durfee Hot Springs must look like a desert oasis. Luckily, the hot springs are more than a mirage: The natural hot springs have been providing refuge for...
Corn Chowder

Corn Chowder

After living in Boston for 10 years, I ate my fair share of clam and corn “chowda.” So I wondered, how can I make a healthy chowder that has the same taste and texture of a regular chowder, but without the butter, cream and cholesterol? …Well, here it is! Corn Chowder...