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Alaska Viking’s ‘Mooseltoe’
Americans in the 1960s and 1970s proved they were suckers for cute gimmicks before a Coeur d’Alene-born Alaskan be…
HUCKLEBERRIES: An artful legacy
As a teen, approaching her senior year of high school, Anne Solomon was elected national president of Girls Nation, something no other Idaho girl had done befo…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Cd'A rock 'n' roll writer
You know Michael Koep as the man who is keeping Chris Guggemos’ summer music legacy alive. But Michael’s “loyal, energetic” fans know him as the drummer of …
HUCKLEBERRIES: Miss Diamond Cup's swimsuit controversy
In Coeur d’Alene’s 1960s, when hydroplanes thrilled spectators and a swimsuit competition was part of pageantry, a young woman in a modest bathing suit caused …
HUCKLEBERRIES: Of 'purple gold,' Manley and Reed
Venerable Mary Lou Reed and her late husband, Scott, co-founded the Kootenai Environmental Alliance with good friend Art Manley 50 years ago.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Tubbs Hill came close to being developed
Tubbs Hill is hallowed ground today. But it wasn’t in the early 1960s when the City Council, by a slim majority, approved a developer’s request to carve up the…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Still French cleaning after all these years
Paul and Inez Sand faced a challenge on June 29, 1963, when the Press announced their purchase of French Cleaners, then at 730 Fourth St., from Colorado busine…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Rooster tails and screaming engines
It was Car d’Alene, Ironman and Art on the Green rolled into one. Coeur d’Alene was all in. The unlimited hydroplane owners and drivers were all in, too. The…
Huckleberries
“Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness (lie).” Blessed words for some. Fighting words fo…
Huckleberries
The Coeur d’Alene Shrine Club Octocycle hasn’t appeared at a Fourth of July Parade since 2016. And, unless its new owner in Spokane has mastered its quirks, th…
Huckleberries
It’s easy to imagine how Chris Guggemos would introduce his follow-up act. Wearing white summer shorts, a tucked-in Hawaiian shirt and a wide smile, Coeur d’Al…
Huckleberries
Mary Souza took her activism to a higher level 10 years ago when she ran for Coeur d’Alene mayor.
Huckleberries
That 75-ton, green-and-rust contraption in front of the Museum of North Idaho played a key role in the local economy for almost 50 years.
Huckleberries
Sometimes, as he sees rapid growth destroying the area’s infrastructure and culture, Dave Walker wonders if his beloved father did his job as a chamber of comm…
Huckleberries
Thirty-six years down, 64 to go, and the question remains: Did Red fill the time capsule?
Huckleberries
It was THE place to go to celebrate. Cloud 9, perched seven stories above the shoreline, offering a sweeping view of Lake Coeur d’Alene, from Cougar, Casco and…