The independent record store, which has moved around the Lake City three times and outlasted former industry giants such as Borders, Sam Goody and Hastings, plans to close July 3 after 53 years in business, 41 of them in Coeur d’Alene. Their building at 1620 N. Government Way sold last summer, and the business will shutter when its lease expires this year after its owners fruitlessly searched for another new home.
Business was so slow when Terry and Deon Borchard first moved their record store, the Long Ear, to Coeur d’Alene in 1985 that they relied on relatives to keep the phone line busy.
“When we moved up here, nobody knew we were here,” Deon Borchard, who … [6889 chars]
Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review | Published: 2026-05-01T01:00:00Z
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