Police seek robber of store’s pharmacy
Spokane police are looking for a suspect, possibly in his 60s, who stole drugs from the Albertsons store at 510 E. 37th Ave. on Sunday morning.
The white male, bundled in a purple scarf and turquoise hat and wearing dark glasses, walked into the store, showed a handgun to a pharmacy worker and demanded medications, police Officer Devin Presta said.
The robber then taped the worker’s hands together and escaped before the worker could alert other employees. Few people were in the store when the robbery occurred at 10:30 a.m., Presta said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Spokane Police Department.
Passenger dies day after accident
Dorothy Kincaid, an 87-year-old Deer Park resident who was involved in a car accident Saturday on Highway 395, has died, according to police.
Kincaid was riding in a car driven by Alan Hastings, 86, also of Deer Park. Hastings’ car was westbound on Crawford Road near Deer Park about 1:45 Saturday, according to the Washington State Patrol. After Hastings stopped at the intersection of Highway 395 and Crawford, he tried to cross the highway and was hit by a car driven by Bruce Mason, 46, of Chewelah, police said. The accident blocked the highway for several hours Saturday.
Kincaid was taken from the scene by helicopter to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, where she died Sunday at about 5:30 p.m., the WSP said.
Post Falls
Snowmobile driver injured in crash
A Post Falls snowmobiler was in fair condition at Kootenai Medical Center Sunday night with non-life-threatening injuries he sustained Saturday afternoon on Rathdrum Mountain.
A report from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department said 31-year-old Michael Peterson was attempting to jump off his sled, which was headed for a tree, but his foot snagged on the machine.
Other riders, the Northern Lakes Fire Department and members of the sheriff’s Recreation Safety Section got Peterson off the mountain to an ambulance.
Wellpinit, Wash.
Horse rescuers need trailer, feed
Rescuers on Saturday retrieved about 20 malnourished horses found on the Spokane Indian Reservation last week, and efforts continued Sunday.
Most of the animals – there may be more than 33 – were being taken to Fantasy Farm Thoroughbreds in Springdale, but a few were already adopted out, and at least one youngster ended up inside a residence.
Volunteer Julie Boehrig said the rescuers were impeded by the deep snow and are in desperate need of hay to feed the horses, some of which were gnawing fence posts when they were discovered.
Rescuers also need a trailer to help move the horses, she said, as well as other supplies.
Hay can be delivered directly to Fantasy Farm, she said. A&M Mini Storage in Clayton has offered space for other supplies.
An account has also been set up at Bank of America for The Horse Rescue Alliance to help with costs, Boehrig said.
Coeur d’Alene
Medical centers await inspections
Some health care centers are having to delay hiring and some patients are having to travel longer distances because state inspections are not being carried out, officials say.
Twelve dialysis stations at the $1 million Fresenius Medical Care/Hayden Lake Dialysis center have not been used for a year because state inspections have not been done, forcing patients to travel outside the area.
Nearby, the $19 million Life Care Center of Post Falls is facing similar delays because it has not been inspected. “We still have no word,” said executive director Valerie Zaharie-Glauser.
Only two patients are being treated at the facility that could handle about 130 patients and employ 150 workers.
Idaho Health and Welfare, under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Welfare, decides which facilities to inspect, or survey, based on a federal ranking that is based on need. “We do these on behalf of the federal agency,” said Emily Simnitt, spokeswoman for Idaho Health and Welfare. “They have not told us to do the surveys yet.”