EMERALD CREEK, Idaho — There's garnet fever in the Inland Northwest. The Idaho Panhandle National Forests are hosting garnet hunting sessions all throughout the summer. The Emerald Creek Garnet area ...

ST MARIES, Idaho — The Emerald Creek Garnet Area in St. Maries closed for road construction and site improvements in 2019, and remained that way to adhere to social distancing guidelines during the ...

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Check the web site for last-minute closures before making the trip. It’s updated daily. Clarkia is southeast of Spokane in Idaho. For directions, nearby ...

PULLMAN — A scientific friend I work with paid me a compliment last summer that still rings in my little head. She said the garnet earrings I had on that day looked good. It was true (I modestly admit ...