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Scanner Traffic/PM — 4.8.10

  • 5:44 p.m. Another tree has fallen down along Rosenberry Drive (Dike Road), partially blocking the road around NIC.
  • 5:19 p.m. A fallen tree has knocked power lines against a house @ 12743 N. Avondale Loop, igniting a possible structure fire.
  • 5:09 p.m. A tree has fallen on a house @ 1304 Sherwood/CdA.
  • 4:51 p.m. A red convertible w/the top down is swerving over the center line on H95 & M/P 442 (Chilco/Ohio Match roads).
  • 4:24 p.m. Resident on Logan/CdA reports a male grabbed a package on his threshold after knocking on the door. Resident confronted male before he could get away.
  • 4:21 p.m. A branch is lying on power lines @ Seltice Way & Mcguire/Post Falls.
  • 4:15 p.m. The city of Post Falls has found coliform bacteria in water samples in the Majestic View area. News release via Twitter here.
  • 4:12 p.m. A power pole is leaning about 35 degrees over the west side of Lincoln Way, near Virginia, prompting police to shut down traffic. Lines connected to the pole are hanging low to the street.
  • 4:02 p.m. A tree is down on power lines @ Strahorn & Lancaster, causing smoke.
  • 3:59 p.m. A large awning or gazebo from Coeur d'Alene Honda/Seltice Way has blown onto the shoulder of I-90.
  • Much, much more below
  • 3:57 p.m. A tree is lying on power lines @ Blue Creek Road & Yellowstone Trail.
  • 3:54 p.m. A fallen tree is blocking the roadway @ H54 @ M/P 10.9 (Lewellen Creek Road).
  • 3:54 p.m. A male is unconscious at the Powder Creek Saloon on Sherman/CdA.
  • 3:12 p.m. A fallen 50-foot section of a white pine is blocking a census worker from leaving a driveway @ H3 & Killarney Lake Road/Cataldo.
  • 3:02 p.m. Caller reports that a power line is down in the alley behind the Post Falls liquor store @ 7th & Frederick.
  • 2:47 p.m. A tree is down on power lines @ Mallory & Trails End Road/Rathdrum.
  • 2:22 p.m. Power line is down @ Canyon & Fairway/Coeur d'Alene.
  • 2:19 p.m. Power line and tree are down on road @ Schmidt & Hayden.
  • 1:50 p.m. Fallen tree is blocking both lanes of travel @ Loffs Bay & Rockford Bay roads/Worley.
  • 1:19 p.m. Caller reports a convertible w/it's top down is racing on Maplewood/Post Falls.
  • 1:12 p.m. A tree has blown down on I-90 @ Rose Lake turnoff (M/P 34). Motorists w/chainsaws are trying to remove it.
  • 1:12 p.m. Business @ 217 Appleway reports receiving counterfeit money.
  • 1:08 p.m. A power line has blown down across the road @ Fern Creek & Canyon/Cataldo.
  • 12:59 p.m. Lewis reports his neighbor's chickens & geese are destroying his property.
  • 12:52 p.m. A tree is leaning on a power line @ Cougar Gulch & Meadowbrook/CdA.
  • 12:47 p.m. Officer reports that a toolbox has fallen from a s/b pickup on H41, north of Mullan/Post Falls.
  • 12:43 p.m. A tree top has fallen on a small white car on Rosenberry Drive (Dike Road), adjacent to North Idaho College. Maintenance workers call for police to block road. Vehicle belongs to a North Idaho College worker.
  • 12:36 p.m. Father has questions re: his 16YO daughter dating a 19YO male.
  • 12:29 p.m. 22YO female is suffering such bad abdominal pain that she hardly can breathe @ Perimeter & Careywood.
  • 12:23 p.m. Mother is in KCSD lobby to report that her daughter is being stalked.
  • 12:14 p.m. A tree is down over the road 3 miles west of H95 @ Upriver & Four Winds.
  • AM Scanner Traffic


  • 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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