5:41 p.m. An estranged husband pulled a knife on his wife at the Hauser Smoke Shop, while they were discussing a division of their goods.
4:51 p.m. Employees at Home Depot/Neider report a strong smell of butane outside.
4:46 p.m. A 15YO Post Falls middle schooler was jumped by two girls and knocked unconscious. The girl suffered a bloody lip and neck injury. She’s now home.
4:18 p.m. A small dog is hanging by its collar from the tailgate of a local business parking lot.
2:32 p.m. PFPD Blue is looking for a slender 6-foot man in his twenties who was carrying a large kitchen knife early this morning when he attempted to rob the Post Falls Gas Mart. You can read the PFPD Blue news release here.
2:01 p.m. A broken-down semi is blocking traffic in the righthand lane eastbound, a mile from the top of Lookout Pass.
1:54 p.m. CPD Blue has been unable to catch a black Labrador with a red bandana and collar that has been running between the buildings at the courthouse.
1:34 p.m. 18YO female has collapsed at a health facility on Ironwood Drive. She may be involved in a suicide attempt by slashing her wrist.
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
KevinTaylor on February 04 at 4:05 p.m.
1:54 p.m. CPD Blue has been unable to catch a black Labrador with a red bandana …
I tried to catch a Labrador once with a red bandanna. It’s harder than it sounds. Maybe they should go to a caddis fly … or some bacon.
Cabbage Boy on February 04 at 4:11 p.m.
Or a pot-bellied hog from the AM scanner traffic.