With Spokane-area shows canceled, the already-big event could attract as many as 50,000 people, organizers estimate. Author: Casey Decker Updated: 6:03 PM PDT July 2, 2021
COEUR D ALENE, Idaho The 4th of July fireworks show in Coeur d Alene could wind of being one of the city s largest ever events, according to organizers and local first responders.
The City of Spokane postponed its four professional shows, and there s a strict burn ban in place in Washington. That means CDA may become the only legal way for people to get their firework fix this holiday weekend.
The event is normally large, and since it didn t happen in 2020 due to COVID, was already expected to be larger than normal. Now, with many more Washingtonians likely to cross the border, the celebration could be truly massive.
Duane Hagadone, cutting through the waters of the lake he loved. Thirty years ago, I came to Idaho to work for a most extraordinary gentleman. And on Saturday, April 24, the call I didn’t want to hear reached me way down south, in an idyllic seaside village that is now my winter home, a place and a life that gentleman quite frankly made possible. When I joined the tiny
Priest River Times as a writer, photographer and chief bottle washer in the chilly fall of 1991, the owner of that paper and many others, Duane Hagadone, was already a legend. Long before I met him, his signature was evident: in the high standards we were all expected to meet, in the way my publisher, who called him DBH, spoke of him in awe and admiration, in the elegance of his hotel.
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Inlander on Dec. 22, 1993. Duane Hagadone passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at the age of 88. Y ou might see him on a crisp morning at the controls of his sky-blue ocean racing yacht as it cuts through the light morning fog on his commute to work. Or you may see him driving a ride em lawn mower over the meticulously kept grounds of the Coeur d Alene Resort. Or maybe you ll see him proudly showing wide-eyed visitors from Los Angeles or New York around his new lakeside golf course and one-of-a-kind floating green. Even if you don t see him, it s impossible to miss the signs of his presence all over North Idaho. He and his companies own and operate seven newspapers, two radio stations, two marinas, and four hotels, including the crown jewel of all his holdings The Coeur d Alene Resort.
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho Duane Hagadone spent his life developing North Idaho. He created The Coeur d’Alene Resort and left behind a legacy of impact to those who knew him.
According to his company, the Coeur d’Alene Press, Hagadone died on Saturday. He was 88 years old. Kiki Miller, a current Coeur d’Alene Councilmember and fellow local leader, worked for The Hagadone Corporation for 14 years. She worked her way up in the corporation and was always learning from her boss. He told her to “keep your eye on the goal and do what it takes to get your vision to fruition.”