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D.F. Oliveria

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Updated 2 days, 12 hours ago

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 5 years, 10 months ago
Politics from another universe

Not that long ago, Jeff Ward, Ron Lahr, and the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans were a force.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Story of our soldiers' resting place

During bittersweet remembrances, like Memorial Day and Veterans Day, we’re reminded

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
How you count votes counts

Jim Hammond knows it is important to count every vote.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
From beyond, the Bard is grinning

I’ve run and re-run Tom Wobker’s little pieces of poetic candy in

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Sorry, but you're probably a newcomer

Jimmy McAndrew started the discussion by defining

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Poems posted on poles

The poem posted on Telephone Pole No. 700085 at 9th & Locust verifies that Roger Dunsmore

Updated 6 years ago
Wordsmith's advice still rings true

Once upon a time, the late Dave Bond and I were part of the same newspaper panel.

Updated 6 years ago
When nature calls, go outside

Steve Green, 72, is grateful that fate led him to

Updated 6 years ago
Huckleberries: A pilot's perspective on accident

LaDonna Beaumont hasn’t forgotten about the horrible July 5

Updated 6 years ago
Huckleberries: Soldiers should all dine here

In these troubled times, it’s hard to find silver linings.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Huckleberries: A timely tribute to Tony

Two roads diverged in a wood, and Tony Stewart – Tony Stewart took the one less

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Huckleberries: She's got a chain on him

Mrs. O and I were walking along Front

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Huckleberries: Talk about burying the lead

Clyde Bentley packed off a piece of Coeur d’Alene Press

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Ron’s tribute worth reading at least twice

Ron Edinger will have the last word, after all.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
A clean car joke you just can’t miss

Nancy Trusty worked for the four Coeur d’Alene mayors who served during the final two decades of the 20th century: Jim Fromm, Ray Stone, Al Hassell, and Steve …