"We're just passing through," said Rick Bright, of Sunnyvale, Calif., as he walked his dog Cinder near Fernan Lake in Coeur d'Alene on Thursday. He was visiting family in Montana.(SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

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• Thursday Scanner Traffic/DFO, Hucks Online
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