Gabriel Cruden

Learning to See What’s Right in Front of Our Eyes

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

I’d forgotten about the stars. Not “forgotten” forgotten. I knew they were still up there, but they’d fallen off my radar. All summer long, when the dogs dragged me out…

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Enjoying the Outdoors

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

If you’ve spent time in this area for any amount of time, you may know fall and winter is a popular time for the hunters to emerge. Maybe you’ve been…

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’Tis The Pumpkin Season

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

By Cassie Patton Many may enjoy a good slice of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. Especially as the aroma of pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg fills the house with these earthy…

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They Paved Paradise and Put up a Dentist’s Office

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

There’s a meme going around Facebook that says: “You know you’re old when you drive around and say, ‘I remember when all this was forest.’” As if I needed yet…

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Getting By – Making Do

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

People of my generation were born in the Depression years, were school kids during World War II, and lived through post-war shortages. After the war, we still had shortages of…

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Smoke on the Water: The Steamboats of the Pend Oreille

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

By Robin Milligan If you stepped onto the Newport wharf on a warm July afternoon in 1908, the town would hum with expectation. Men in stiff jackets adjusted their hats,…

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Huckleberry Press October 2025

By Gabriel Cruden / October 3, 2025 /
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The Pioneer Picnic Grounds

By Gabriel Cruden / October 3, 2025 /

By Ray Bilderback When I was a boy, in the late ‘30s and early ‘40s, we looked to the radio for information and entertainment. I remember sitting with my grandfather…

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Taste Budz Review: The Station, LLC

By Gabriel Cruden / October 3, 2025 /

The leaves are beginning to turn, making it a great time for scenic drives. If you find yourself near Newport on an adventure, be sure to swing by The Station…

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Hit The Trail With Soph

By Gabriel Cruden / October 3, 2025 /

By Sophia Mattice-Aldous Being outside provides plenty of opportunity for comic relief. A sense of humor can go a long way toward alleviating a hard situation (although, if you’re at…

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