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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: A nickel for your thoughts - and bikes
A guy walks into the Lake City Bicycle Collective shop and claims he has the strangest donation ever.
HUCKLEBERRIES: City Hall Takeover II a failure
On Tuesday, local GOP Svengali Brent Regan tried — and failed — to elect an ultraconservative Gang of Four ticket to the Coeur d’Alene City Council.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Gotta grab a Golden State guffaw, y'all
Tracie McLinden knows what it’s like to drive around town with out-of-state plates.
HUCKLEBERRIES: 'Two Gun' cleaned up N. Idaho
Few locals today have heard of Richard “Two Gun” Hart.
CDA skaters never had a better friend
Woody McEvers Skate Park is a roaring success today.
Persistence prevails on the trail
Doug Eastwood and other boosters had planned to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the North Idaho Centennial Trail last year.
The Shadows' circle is finally broken
The Fabulous Shadows played five times as long as a reunion band than it did in the ‘60s.
Bomb blast reverberates 35 years later
Bill Wassmuth was on the phone with a friend when the bomb went off.
HUCKLEBERRIES: World-class listener can also write
Harry Amend spent his career in education and beyond teaching people how to communicate.
Relay this: Legend of Big Dad lives on
Gary Rasmussen knew how to inspire his track teams.
DBH: Once upon a scribe
Duane Hagadone wore many hats during his 88 trips around the sun.
Painful lessons in politics still apply
If 60-year-old Steve Widmyer could talk to his 35-year-old self, the Coeur d’Alene mayor knows what he would say: “Do your own homework.”
Little Library packs volumes of love
Kelly White loves books, preferably historical fiction, and is the daughter of two teachers.
Major Whipple's shot still resonates
We shouldn’t be surprised that local Republican kingpin Brent Regan is giving butterfly kisses to John Birchers and claiming they’re the brain trust of conserv…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Nelly knuckle-rap rings 'round the world
Well, as expected, rap and hip hop fans — and even some Europeans — have noticed our kerfluffle over rapper Nelly’s sold-out concert at the North Idaho State F…