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: She shattered glass ceilings with her typewriter
Frances Cope could do it all — and did for the Press
Huckleberries: Seattle's all wet; water skiing was invented in Cd'A
Returning heroes, leaning barns and true leaders
Huckleberries: Attention, shoppers: Dixie was ahead of her time
DFO is back after root-seeking Portugal quest
Huckleberries: Humps, lumps and disco dancing
Here's how our community got to where it is today.
HUCKLEBERRIES: 'Coeur d'Alene was different back then'
Christa Manis Hazel was 19 going on 20 when a community firestorm engulfed her.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Penney's earned its place in Cd'A history
When J.C. Penney manager Ernie G. Meyer handed Mayor Marc Souther a symbolic key to his new store 60 years ago, it was a big deal.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Remembering 'a loyal friend and a fine sportswoman'
A fatal misstep on a diving board 81 years ago claimed one of Coeur d’Alene’s great female athletes.
HUCKLEBERRIES: A new music man and other visionaries
Many wondered whether a popular summer concert series in Coeur d’Alene and Hayden would survive without promoter Chris Guggemos.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Ramsey Road recollection, a motor sled and women in charge
Successful candidates often say they plan to “hit the ground running.”
HUCKLEBERRIES: Cd'A, going up
Coeur d’Alene residents are accustomed now to towering cranes downtown, lifting high-rises into existence. But that wasn't the case 40 years ago.
HUCKLEBERRIES: A kind man in a tough business
And so begins my 40th year in Coeur d’Alene. I’m not a native, neither am I a newcomer.
HUCKLEBERRIES: A history of holiday giving and 'outstanding' decorations
Gary Allen didn’t hesitate to answer an obvious question: “Would you do it again?”
HUCKLEBERRIES: Fox was no doc-in-the-box
If you’re lucky, you have health insurance and receive regular health care from a family doctor. If you’re luckier still, your family doctor knows your name wi…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Local crime of the '70s
It has been 50 years since the Marcussens disappeared without a trace. Rita Marcussen, 20, a popular 5-foot 5-blonde with shoulder-length hair, was last seen h…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Hello, hello
Coeur d’Alene had its Alexander Graham Bell moment 70 years ago when Publisher Burl Hagadone of the Coeur d’Alene Press dialed KNEW radio in Spokane.