Steve Bunk

Boise, Idaho

Managing Editor at Idaho Magazine

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Fiction Contest Awardees

1 week ago | idahomagazine.com | Steve Bunk

The winners of the 2025 IDAHO magazine Fiction Contest, sponsored by Rediscovered Books, have been selected. Here they are:First Place—“Jack’s Journals,” by S.G. Copeland of WallaceSecond Place—“Sariah and the Desert Rose,” by Mark Ready of Clarkston, WashingtonThird Place—“Bill’s Project,” by Les Tanner of CaldwellHonorable Mention—“Showdown at Eagle City,” by Kyle Cossairt of Coeur d’AleneThe winners receive cash prizes and handmade Tensegrity Awards (pictured).
May 2025 Calendar

2 weeks ago | idahomagazine.com | Les Tanner |Steve Bunk

By Les TannerDouble-checking with event coordinators about the following locations, dates, and times is recommended. 3 Idaho & Lewis County Treasure Hunt: Kamiah3 Single Moms Celebration: Kootenai County Fairgrounds, Coeur d’Alene3-31 Kootenai County Farmer’s Market: SATURDAYS. 9 AM – 1:30 PM, .Hayden3, 10 Long Camp Saturday Farmers Market & Swap Meet: Kamiah3-4 Riggins Rodeo: The action statrts at 1:30 PM each day at the Rodeo Grounds. There are also a breakfast and a parade.
Rough Water Landing

2 weeks ago | idahomagazine.com | Matthew Nelson |Steve Bunk

A Floatplane ChallengeBy Matthew NelsonIn July 2004, I went to Idaho to complete my rating as a floatplane pilot that I had started in Alaska in 2002. It doesn’t take most pilots thirty-eight hours in eleven different floatplanes flown in a half-dozen states over two years to earn the Aircraft Single Engine Sea (ASES) rating, but that’s what it took me. I caught an airline flight to Boise and then drove to Coeur d’Alene.
That Hoodoo - IDAHO magazine

2 weeks ago | idahomagazine.com | Rick Just |Steve Bunk

A Rude Spire in the SticksBy Rick JustLast December, Rick penned an item in his “Speaking of Idaho” history blog that caught our attention. You’ll find out why at the end of his piece, an edited version of which we reprint here with permission. One day I was browsing through the Twenty-Third Biennial Report of the State Historical Society of Idaho published in 1922, as one does. It caught my attention that the report listed all the monuments in Idaho and associated with Idaho at the time.
Endurance - IDAHO magazine

2 weeks ago | idahomagazine.com | Thomas Moore |Steve Bunk

Three Nights on a MountaintopBy Thomas MooreTwo scathing bolts of lightning tore through the air above the trail to Bonneville Peak. The rain transformed itself into a blistering hail. Spheres of ice as large as ping pong balls came ricocheting down from the skies. I darted to locate a reprieve and at last found haven under the branches of a mighty pine tree. Over the next three hours, I felt powerless before the torrents of the storm raging above me. I tried to stay away from the tree trunk.
Medimont—Spotlight City - IDAHO magazine

2 weeks ago | idahomagazine.com | Mary Terra-Berns |Steve Bunk

A Long-Ago Dream DrownedBy Mary Terra-BernsI was making good time on my morning bike ride from Rose Lake to Harrison on the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes. Other than waterfowl, I had the trail to myself. I glided through Medimont and onto the diked section that separates Cave Lake from the wetland and the Coeur d’Alene River on the other side.
May 2022 Map - IDAHO magazine

2 weeks ago | idahomagazine.com | GaBrielle Newberry |Steve Bunk

And the Winners AreOur annual photo contest winners show us Idaho's sights. View galleryHere's where you'll find great Idaho fiction from our annual contest. View stories OUR NEW ADDRESSWe’ve changed our mailing address. It’s now: PO Box 140222, Garden City, ID 83714HOW TO ORDERClick HERE to print an IDAHO magazine order form, or call (208) 941-3715, or use the Subscribe tab on this page. MOVING? Don’t miss an issue! Click HERE to change your address.
Back to the Future

2 weeks ago | idahomagazine.com | Steve Carr |Steve Bunk

With Guileless CheerBy Steve CarrMy two year-old niece navigates life backwards. That’s right. Her parents strap her in a back seat of the car, facing backwards. At first it seemed rather cruel to me, but I’m told they’re good parents and other good parents do the same. Once the last of the complicated system of straps and buckles clicks into place, Brylee is tethered so securely I feel claustrophobic. I’ve been there, in a way, but for minutes, not the hours Brylee often endures.
Green Soup/Hibiscus Berry Smoothie

1 month ago | idahomagazine.com | Steve Bunk

By Amy StoryINGREDIENTS4 tomatillos2 jalapenos1 poblano or bell pepper1 small onion1 clove garlic2 c. chicken broth1 c. diced chicken (cooked)Small bunch cilantro1 lime1 Chayote squash or 2 small green squash, about two cups worthSalt and peppercuminsmoked paprikaoreganoPREPARATION> Roast tomatillos and pepper on sheet pan at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes, turning at halfway mark. > Blend tomatillos and peppers with half of the onion and most of the cilantro, saving some for topping at end.
Midair Collision

1 month ago | idahomagazine.com | John Larsen |Steve Bunk

They Never Saw It ComingBy John M. LarsenOne day in 1969, I was driving down State Street in Boise, heading for my home on O’Farrell Street, when an emergency vehicle sounded a warning as it came up behind me. I pulled over, the truck went by, and it turned on 5th Street. I followed it, and soon came upon a Cessna 210 D that had smashed into the street. The airplane’s twenty-foot-long fuselage had been squashed to about six feet long when the plane dove straight down into the pavement.