11:40 a.m. R/P reports a large amount of smoke coming from the hillside, on the south side of the Spokane River, across from Millview & Canal/CdA.
10:50 a.m. Local business is concerned that a employee who is distraught re: IRS issues hasn't shown up for work in two days.
10:46 a.m. Illegal dumping reported @ 208 West Appleway.
10:08 a.m. Coeur d'Alene police are attempting to locate a missing person named Nathan who was last seen wearing a Motley Crue T-shirt and has two, lower-lip rings.
9:45 a.m. A chocolate Lab is running loose in front of the police station.
9:21 a.m. A 55YO male worker fell 3 to 4 feet from the back of a pickup after suffering a seizure in 5200 block of Woodland Drive (cross of Riverside Harbor).
9:09 a.m. Ambulance is transporting an 18YO male who fainted after suffering an injury to his thumb @ Post Falls High.
8:26 a.m. Alcohol may be involved in a 3-vehicle, rear-end crash @ H95 & Ironwood.
8:23 a.m. A dog is on the freeway eating a deer carcass. No specific location given.
8:20 a.m. Children have been transferred to a new bus from a damaged one, involved in a 8 o'clock accident w/another vehicle @ H95, near Worley. SR story here.
8:09 a.m. An 88YO male has fallen twice in the video section of the Trading Company on Seltice Way.
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.
