Noonish: ITD is rushing signs to H95 & Prairie, where traffic is backed up due to power outage.
11:57 a.m. Power surge causes traffic lights @ H95 & Prairie to blink red in all directions.
11:37 a.m. Elderly woman w/Sandpoint plates is driving s/b on H95 & Granite Hill/Athol at speeds varying by 20 mph -- also weaving into traffic. (Update: She stops at Alpine Store/Garwood.)
11:28 a.m. Thief has just stolen a balck Honda from Honeysuckle (cross of Stiner & Crawford/CdA.
11:27 a.m. Someone has suffered a trauma injury at 391 E. Coeur d'Alene Lake Drive.
11:14 a.m. Coeur d'Alene police are looking for noncustodial parent named Gary, in a black Isuzu with Boundary County plates, who has taken a 10MO baby from 3630 Government Way/CdA.
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10:43 a.m. Mother & 3 small children have evacuated a smoking van on H95 & Chilco.
10:29 a.m. A woman is panhandling at Hayden WalMart on Honeysuckle.
10:28 a.m. Hayden City Hall reports a male transient was hanging out in nearby park last night.
10:27 a.m. Driver of red F150 pickup is locked out of vehicle @ Flying J pumps/PF.
10:04 a.m. Jeep is speeding @ 100 mph on s/b H95 @ Granite Hill/Athol, according to ITD worker.
9:54 a.m. Man & woman possibly smoking pot in vehicle w/child in back in 800 block of Berger/PF.
9:52 a.m. Caller reports man screaming, cursing at kids in 300 block of W14th/PF.
9:44 a.m. Vehicle has hit a pole @ 3rd & Spruce/CdA. Unknown injuries.
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.
