Tipped semi load closes interstate
All eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 at Wallace were closed for nearly three hours Saturday evening while crews removed the overturned load of a semi-trailer, according to a spokesman for the Idaho State Police.
A crane had to be brought in to lift the trailer and its load, a 110,000-pound generator that tipped over Saturday morning, blocking one lane.
The crane was moved in around 5 p.m. All eastbound lanes were closed during the operation, which ended around 7:30 p.m.
The ISP had no information about how the accident occurred. There were no injuries, a spokesman said.
Spokane
Man arrested after police chase
Spokane police arrested a burglary suspect Saturday night who tried to escape, officers said, by spraying them with pepper spray.
Responding to a reported burglary at 2411 N. Cincinnati at about 6 p.m., officers confronted a suspect loading items into a truck near the address. The suspect sprayed the officers and ran away, police said. The officers chased him.
A short time later, police received a call from a homeowner in the area, who said a man was hiding in his yard. The resident said the man offered him money to aid in his escape.
Police arrived and arrested Leo J. Maus, 24, on suspicion of third-degree assault on the officers. Maus also is being held on two unrelated warrants.
Coeur d’Alene
Art on the Green deadline nearing
Artists have until March 23 to submit entries to the poster contest for the summer’s Art on the Green event in Coeur d’Alene. The winner will receive $300 and a T-shirt with the winning design.
The poster will be 12 by 16 inches. The artwork should be in finished form, unframed. Artists do not need to provide lettering, but the poster must provide space for the words “39th Annual Art on the Green, August 3rd, 4th and 5th, 2007, on the grounds of North Idaho College. Citizens’ Council for the Arts,” plus the CCA logo.
Submit entries to the council at the Harding Center, 411 N. 15th St., Coeur d’Alene, or to the law offices of Flammia and Solomon, 317 Wallace, in Coeur d’Alene.
BREMERTON
Sound workers to retire carrier
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard workers will be traveling to Japan to help retire the historic USS Kitty Hawk and maintain the aircraft carrier’s replacement.
Launched in 1960, the USS Kitty Hawk is the oldest aircraft carrier in active service and one of only two still powered by steam boilers. Stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base since 1998, it will be decommissioned and replaced by the nuclear-powered USS George Washington in 2008.
Maintaining nuclear-powered reactors is a specialty at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, whose people do the same work on aircraft carriers in San Diego.
“We have a very highly trained and skilled work force,” shipyard spokeswoman Mary Ann Mascianica said. “It takes years to get that kind of experience. They have the talent, they have the skills.”
Up to 600 of the Bremerton workers will make annual four-month treks to Yokasuka to maintain the repair the George Washington, said Capt. Dan Peters, shipyard commander. A permanent detachment will also be established.
Once the George Washington takes over, the Kitty Hawk will return to San Diego, where it was home-ported for 25 years. No decommissioning date has been announced.
Compiled from staff
and wire reports