Sharon Ostrom has been subscribing to The Press for 74 years.
That is not a typo.
And she plans to keep having it delivered to the door of her Coeur d’Alene home.
“I’m so used to it, I can’t be without it,” Ostrom said Thursday.
But she’s not above criticizing the city’s only daily newspaper. In fact, she has quite a bit to say on the matter.
Ostrom isn’t happy there’s no longer a Monday print edition. She doesn’t care for stories about the goings-on in other North Idaho towns like Wallace and Kellogg. And she said there are days the Spokesman-Review has stories about Coeur d’Alene she didn’t find in The Press.
“The paper isn’t as good as it used to be,” she said as she sat in her living room, several editions of The Press on a footstool in front of her. “Why do I care what’s going on in some of these other towns? That’s my only complaint.”
Yet, every morning, with the exception of Monday, Ostrom eagerly retrieves The Press from her front porch and retreats to her living room. There, she flips through the pages, reading about the local happenings, checking the sports section and lifestyles, looking over national and world events.
“I kind of like it all,
Addicted to news in Coeur d’Alene
