<p>Avista Utilities crewmen Derek McLeod, top, and Ben Gies install a new utility pole near French Gulch Road Sunday after high winds knocked out power lines in the area on Saturday.</p>
February 14, 2011
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February 14, 2011 8 p.m.
Windy weekend
Gusts top 50 mph; hundreds lose power
COEUR d'ALENE - Fierce northeast winds buffeted the region on Saturday night, cracking off tree limbs, toppling garbage cans and knocking out power lines.