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…
HUCKLEBERRIES: A woman with a cause
Dixie Reid made one thing clear after she became the first woman to be elected to the Coeur d’Alene City Council: She wasn’t a women’s liberationist.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Carissa’s Law: Wrongs made right
In life, Carissa Benway was “a pretty girl with a pretty smile” who ran away from home.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Twenty-two years of silence
For two decades, locals wondered what happened to Ron and Rita Marcussen.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Part of our world
The dedication of the Coeur d’Alene Resort’s floating green didn’t go as planned, thanks to an afternoon wind, but it still sizzled.
HUCKLEBERRIES: From the Golden State to the Gem State
I didn’t know there was a subtle Northwest bias against ex-Californians until I became one.
HUCKLEBERRIES: At the right place, at the right time
A broken-down 1966 Buick saved a 4-year-old girl’s life 45 years ago.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Wait a minute, please, Mr. Postman
Hayden Lake residents were miffed in the 1950s when the U.S. Postal Service folded their post office into the one at the former Hayden Village.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Human rights, local victories
A 96-point headline in the Coeur d’Alene Press 25 years ago announced the effective end of Richard Butler’s neo-Nazi organization: “Aryans Lose.”
HUCKLEBERRIES: Steering into — then away — from the skid
Jim Fromm was for hydroplane racing before he was against it. The late Coeur d’Alene mayor is recalled for casting a tie-breaking vote 40 years ago that vanqui…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Pappy's place
Gregory “Pappy” Boyington was a hero who debunked heroes.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Prepared to die, but lived long lives
Jim Shepperd and Earl Hunter expected to die.
HUCKLEBERRIES: A book of those gone
On the day she vanished 39 years ago, Debbie Swanson had a heated argument with a student’s stepfather on Tubbs Hill, according to a new book.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Counting the days
Gone is the venerable foursome who illustrated “The Old Man and the Sea”: Jim Shepperd, Elmer Jordan, Bill Wood and Ace Walden. Gone, too, are the matriarchs i…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Be prepared ... to travel
Tiny Athol once was the railhead at the center of the Girl Scouts’ universe. On July 15, 1965, 616 girls from New York and New Jersey emerged from 27 Northern …
HUCKLEBERRIES: Capone's: Where everybody knows your name
It boiled down to Coeur d’Alene or Eugene, Ore. Tired of working long hours in the Los Angeles hospitality business, Tom and Teresa Capone searched the country…