If your organization is planning a summer camp, send us your information to
be included in our online list. We'll post the initial list on March 1 and
add to it as we receive more information.

As a parent, I find the information really helpful. It's one-stop shopping for me, and I don't have to spend time searching several Web sites. And I know other busy parents feel the same way. So I encourage you to take advantage of this free service.

Here's what we need from you:

• Name of camp:

• Brief description of camp’s activities (50 words or less):

• Dates of camp (Range of dates, please, campers can call for more specific

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Are you a skier or snowboarder? Need to know how much snow Tamarack or Bogus or other ski areas have gotten with these latest storms?

We've got a great tool for you.

Our ski map provides links to several ski areas in Idaho, Washington and Montana.

Click on the map and you'll see the name of the ski area and what time the info was last updated.

Click on the individual ski resorts below the map and you'll get even more information, including hours of operation, total snowfall and temperature.

One caveat: this information is provided by each resort and is updated automatically -- which means Statesman staff don't update numbers. If something seems out of date, let me know and we can try to contact the resort.

Things can move quickly at the Idaho Legislature, and we want to make sure you are informed about the decisions that might affect you.

We've got a great team of reporters covering the session. You can see the list here.

We publish stories online frequently throughout the day. You can find them on our homepage and at IdahoStatesman.com/legislature.

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Right below the events calendar at IdahoStatesman.com (and right above the latest blog posts), you'll see our area for Multimedia. I fear that we haven't made it as easy as we'd hoped for you to find options other than photo galleries.

Right next to the icon for the camera are other icons. Click on the camera and you see our 3 most recent staff videos. Click on "all videos" and you go to our video page (videos.idahostatesman.com). You'll see all of our videos for the past year. We've put them in categories such as outdoors, sports, entertainment and news.

Not only that, but we welcome your videos. There is a link on the bottom of the video page where you can submit your own video. There are plenty of options - from sports to pets to entertainment. Your video doesn't fit one of our categories? Send me an email and we might be able to add a new category.

We've improved our things to do calendar. You can see the icon in the same place as before - next to local news on the homepage (and a similar location on the other pages).

It's easy to use. Click on a day, and you'll see the list of events. Or you can search categories like Music or Sports. Or type in a keyword like basketball and click the search button.

One cool feature is you can submit your organization’s event yourself. You do need to be registered at IdahoStatesman.com (the registration link is on top of the homepage), but after that, follow the link on the left on the main calendar page. The link will guide you through all the steps (including time, date, cost and other event details).