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AM Scanner Traffic — 1.10.13

  • 12:15 p.m. Possible fraud reported at business in 5500 block of Government Way/Hayden.
  • 11:57 a.m. Firefighter battling rural Athol blaze asks chief if they should switch to salvage mode.
  • 11:27 a.m. Heavy smoke & possible flames reported in 10:57 incident in rural Athol.
  • 11:06 a.m. AAA en route to green Mazda w/flat tire parked along w/b I-90/4th of July Pass.
  • 10:57 a.m. Possible chimney fire reported @ Howard/Shara, Athol.
  • 10:13 a.m. Red pickup or SUV speeding at 100 mph on w/b I-90/MP 8 (Huetter rest stop).
  • 10:05 a.m. Gray Landrover parked inmiddle of Sheep Springs Road/Athol (cross of H54), blocking.
  • 9:07 a.m. A Chevy Blazer is stopped on road @ H41/MP 21 (south of Spirit Lake Cutoff).
  • 8:57 a.m. 4YO boy in gray coat walking by himself @ Ramsey & Wilbur/Hayden.
  • 8:55 a.m. 2 deer are walking along freeway @ I-90/MP 15 (Sherman Avenue).
  • 8:54 a.m. 2 elk trapped on I-90 side of chain-link fence @ w/b I-90/MP 16.3. Rest of herd on hillside.
  • 8:48 a.m. Green Chevy Excursion has slidden partly off e/b I-90/H41, blocking one lane.
  • 8:32 a.m. Vehicle has lost a wheel on H95/MP 453 (north of Bonner County line).


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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