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Happy Birthday, Lewiston Tribune

First issue (of the Lewiston Tribune) printed Sept. 30, 1892, under leadership of Alford family -- Kerri Sandaine tweet.

DFO: I spent the best two years of my newspaper career in the newsroom of the Lewiston Tribune, rubbing shoulders with terrific Idaho journalists like Paul Emerson, Bill Hall, Ladd Hamilton, Jim Fisher, David Johnson and so many others. I consider Publisher Butch Alford to be the patron saint of all heart-weary journalists who entered the profession full of idealism, only to be discouraged by the commercial reality of newspapers that put advertising ahead of content. Butch & the Trib restored my faith in this profession in the two years (1982-84) that I worked in Lewiston. I'm glad I joined the SR and have spent the last 30 years in Coeur d'Alene. But it was so hard to leave Lewiston. The Trib is an oasis in the middle of a desert of under-performing newspapers. It will continue to be as long as an Alford is running the show.

 



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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