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…
From Tami’s heart to your lawn
A meme from a Facebook friend launched those yard signs you may have seen around Kootenai County — you know, the ones that read: “Turn Off the News & Love Your…
Bette hears sweet music of retirement
Coeur d’Alene Librarian Bette Ammon had planned to cook with her 8-year-old grandson, Max, and play her kazoo in retirement long before now.
Glad she held onto that name
First, you should know that Blythe Templin makes a variety of body care and pain management products from hemp oil.
The story behind the Obama sticker
Regular readers of the Coeur d’Alene Press Opinion page know that letter writer Marvin George Miller of Coeur d’Alene is a red-meat conservative. He eats liber…
Super CNA does it again
When we last visited Charlotte Mitchell, of Athol, she was removing litter along Ramsey Road, near her Athol home.
‘Carnival Girl’ living the dream
Phyllis Horne has lived a life made for movies.
Huckleberries: Rustlers Roost doing well despite COVID
Woody McEvers and his Rustlers Roost are doing all right, thank you. Maybe better than all right.
‘Goat trail’ no more
You might be a Coeur d’Alene native if … you know what Cecil Andrus meant 50 years ago today when he used the term “goat trail.”
Mom’s thoughts on Californians
My mother, Eva, who will turn 95 this month in a Coeur d’Alene care facility, bristles when locals get uppity about Californians, particularly incoming ones.
Marlo redefines retiring
Don’t read anything more into Marlo Faulkner’s retirement from nonprofit life than this: It’s time.
Music makes him feel good
You can take the boy out of the 1960s, but you can’t take the songs of the ’60s out of the boy.
A carrier never (ever) forgets
Ryan Brodwater is now a capital projects manager for the Spokane Transit Authority. But in another life he was one of four sons of Mike and Sandi Brodwater who…
Wallace ready for center stage
Wallace will use any excuse to party.
Oh, that beautiful shrieking
Mark Sales had a right to be annoyed after he was awakened by happy squeals from girls outside his hotel window.
Adoption leads to life of crime
Christie Wood spent almost 26 years in local law enforcement jailing thieves and other bad guys.