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AM Scanner Traffic — 7.15.09

  • 11:37 a.m. Traffic hazard: Wire in e/b I-90 roadway b/n MP 30-31 (4th of July Creek).
  • 11:22 a.m. Silverwood Theme Park security has detained a drunken man.
  • 10:50 a.m. Hayden woman reports her 16YO son who has a history of suicide attempts may have taken an overdose. He's unconscious.
  • 9:41 a.m. R/P reports his neighbor @ McGuire & Cannon/Post Falls has threatened to kill him if he talks to the neighbor's wife again re: their wandering dog. R/P says he'll kill the dog next time it enters his yard.
  • 9: 17 a.m. R/P reports that a large chain is lying on e/b I-90 @ MP 11 (NW Blvd/CdA).
  • 9:10 a.m. Upon inquiry, officers discover that a helicopter hovering over the Spokane River is involved in an osprey count.
  • 8:57 a.m. Local officers are investigating the report of a large animal hit on H41 (unknown precise location) -- possibly a wolf.
  • 8:53 a.m. Perfection Tire reports a theft of services.
  • 8:52 p.m. R/P reports a dead cat in the w/b lane of Mullan @ H41/Post Falls.


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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