11:59 a.m. Blue flatbed pickup, without a front license plate, is weaving all over I-90, w/b @ Milepost 4 (near Spokane Street/PF). Driver may be drunk.
10:42 a.m. R/P @ Riverview & Highland/PF reports that smoke from a fire in an old wood stove is filling her house. She hasn’t evacuated yet.
10:25 a.m. An alarm company reports that the holdup alarm at the Idaho Independent Bank in Riverstone was a false one. Several CPD Blue patrol officers had been hurrying to the scene.
9:55 a.m. A red Toyota 4Runner has rolled over completely, landing back on its wheels, at Mullan Trail, just off I-90.
9:28 a.m. A black pot-bellied pig is running loose and creating a traffic hazard at a CDA intersection.
9:15 a.m. The traffic light for the w/b turn lane from Hayden Avenue onto Highway 41 is malfunctioning.
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nic on February 04 at 12:20 p.m.
9:28 a.m. A black pot-bellied pig is running loose and creating a traffic hazard at a CDA intersection.
Somebody’s having pork for dinner.
christiewood on February 04 at 4:50 p.m.
I must go home and see if my female pug “Hannah” is there. The description is eerily familiar.
DFO on February 04 at 4:58 p.m.
Welcome back, Christie.