Kerri Thoreson
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Nothing says Christmas like Elf on the Shelf
Elf on the Shelf is a holiday tradition for many families. The elf magically appears in different places around the house each day of the Christmas season. The cleverness factor of the different poses and places is…
First selfie to celebrate a century
I've been fortunate to know and interview a number of centenarians through the years and it's always fascinating to hear personal frames of reference that are like reading a history book. Hazel Fox hit the century …
The road most traveled
In one of those random round robin conversations the topic of how many states people have visited came up. I've been to 32 of these United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, with the biggest gap on the remaining …
Giving new meaning to girl power
Giving new meaning to girl power
Time for elected leaders to lead
Wednesday morning quarterbacking in the wake of the election now begins in earnest.
A very interesting life ends too soon
On Friday, Patrick Jacobs suffered a massive heart attack, and on Sunday he passed away, surrounded by those who loved him most and best. Patrick was beyond three-dimensional; it takes four dimensions at the least …
Family's business is serving community
For 82 years and four generations, there's been a member of the Capaul family in fire service. George Capaul started with Kootenai Rural Fire in 1932 and his son Ray joined the Coeur d'Alene Fire Department in 1956.
Life is good on the golf course
Hayden Lake resident Fred Smothermon has lived through a lot in his 79 years, including three knee replacements, six back fusions and a quadruple bypass - with a few arterial stents thrown in for good measure.
A song from my father
Anniversaries of life-changing moments in time can be painful, and this year Oct. 12 will mark a decade since my much-loved father died.
Business of building a community
On Saturday night, the celebration of the past half-century of business was a real walk down Memory Lane for the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce: a glimpse at who we were before I-90 ... 25,000 people ago.
The friend I never met
My column last week, "Man on the Corner" brought an outpouring of response.
The man on the corner
For the past few years on spring, summer and early autumn days, I had noticed an elderly man sitting in a folding chair on his front lawn, not on the porch or front step, but out on the lawn near the sidewalk.
Local business and family growing
Entrepreneurs come in all sizes and shapes, and Coeur d'Alene native and business owner Jamie McGinnis Green looks a lot like a mother of three just weeks away from giving birth to No. 4.
End of an era at Silver Beach
On Sunday morning we read in Nils Rosdahl's Press business column that the Beachouse Restaurant at Silver Beach would close for good that evening, the building slated for demolition.
Strobel represents for real men at the fair
The culinary building is a feast for the eyes during the North Idaho Fair, with so many breads, cakes, pies and confections.