In brief: Post Falls getting I-90 interchange

The Federal Highway Administration has approved a new Interstate 90 interchange to serve the west end of Post Falls, including a new Walmart store and the Cabela’s sporting goods store near Stateline.

The Beck Road interchange will be designed and built by Foursquare Properties Inc., the Carlsbad, Calif., developer of The Pointe, the shopping center that began with the Cabela’s anchor store.

Foursquare will recoup the cost of the project through temporary suspension of state sales tax collections at the Cabela’s store. The state’s latest cost estimate for the project is $28 million.

Construction on the diamond-shaped interchange is expected to begin next year and last about a year, after environmental work and project design are completed, Foursquare President Jeff Vitek said.

The interchange will be built to state and federal standards and turned over to the state, which will maintain and operate it.

Scott Maben

Police say man threatened kids

A Spokane man called trick-or-treaters demons while threatening them with a large stick Halloween night in the area of East Central Avenue and North Regal Street, according to police.

John M. Gouveia, 52, alias John Sweet, remained in jail on $7,500 bond Tuesday night after appearing in Spokane County Superior Court on Monday on two counts of second-degree assault and one count of harassment.

Police responded to the area about 6:30 p.m. Sunday after witnesses said Gouveia was threatening children with the stick and told one man “that he was going to cut his heart out,” according to a probable cause affidavit.

Gouveia ran at police with an 11-inch knife and called them demons but dropped the weapon when he was about 25 feet away, according to the affidavit. He was handcuffed without further incident.

Gouveia has no criminal record in Spokane County.

Meghann M. Cuniff