The Spokane Police department seized a significant amount of guns and drugs in four separate incidents over the weekend, including arresting one man with three military-style rifles in his possession.
In collaboration with two instructors from Ravalli County Search and Rescue in Hamilton, Montana, about 16 volunteers took lessons on first aid, restraining techniques for other animals, and how to find their dog’s pulse, in addition to lessons for the dogs, such as scent tracking.
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and Office of Emergency Management are warning residents of the potential danger in drinking well water after a flood.
As the Spokane River continues to rise until its eventual cresting sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning, residents in flood-prone areas are preparing for the worst.
When Mary Jo Faulhaber saw water from the Spokane River creeping onto her property and threatening to flood her basement this morning, she called her good friend and ex-neighbor Heidi Boehl.
Rivers, streams and lakes were rising to flood stage on Tuesday across the Inland Northwest with the peak runoff likely to arrive on Wednesday and into the weekend.
When they said “I do,” Franklin D. Roosevelt was President of the United States, the cost of a new car was $920 and former heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali was about 2 months old.
While the Inland Northwest brings in thousands of cats and dogs each year from across the country, it also sends out hundreds of felines and euthanizes many more.