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D.F. Oliveria

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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…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
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Ruthanna Hawkins Rauer enjoys the memories but downplays her glory days.

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
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Which of the following describes Barb Renner of Dalton Gardens: 1. Former partner who helped Tom Robb build the Iron Horse Bar & Grill into an institution. …

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
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Sally Finney Johnson is still amazed that no one died 20 years ago when a school bus slid off Yellowstone Trail Road and tumbled 400-plus feet down a steep hil…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
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Ben Fairfield had a bird’s-eye view of the pigeon when the Coeur d’Alene Press came calling.

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
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The banner headline in the Press 60 years ago sounded like something former editor Mike Patrick might concoct for his annual April Fool’s Day joke: “Tubbs Hill…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
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The Seeweewana did not go gentle into Lake Coeur d’Alene’s deep.

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
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According to a local legend, a mighty wind blew down the Coeur d’Alene Drive-in screen while “The Exorcist” was showing.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
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If you’re like me, you’ve wondered what the late Bard of Sherman Avenue would do with today’s overripe local news cycles.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
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It’s all there — the bell, the world war monument, a new freedom tree, the Never Forget Garden, the flags symbolizing our country and five branches of the serv…

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
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Richard Butler of the Aryan Nations began 1998 with plans to march his goose-steppers through downtown Coeur d’Alene. He ended up raising $35,000 for human rig…

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
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In an imaginary world, Woody McEvers and Ron Swanson would be great friends.

Updated 3 years, 8 months ago
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I first saw my future wife 50 years ago at a church Valentine’s banquet.

Updated 3 years, 8 months ago
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Ron Hodge wishes, half in jest, that he had received a quarter each time he heard the bromide: “You’re lucky. Your customers don’t complain.”

Updated 3 years, 8 months ago
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The sweet sounds of Coeur d’Alene summer didn’t die four months ago with Chris Guggemos.

Updated 3 years, 8 months ago
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The news during the morning services that Sunday stunned the St. Pius X congregation.