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CHENEY – Dozens of students from across the region will be at Eastern Washington University’s Hargreaves Hall early Friday morning, May 12, for the 2023 West Plains PACE Awards ceremony. The event runs from 7-8:30 a.m. PACE, or Partners Advancing Character Education, is a grassroots initiative that encourages good character through partnership with schools and other agencies. The organization works from a common list of monthly character traits like integrity, honesty and citizenship. Students with exemplary character traits...
CHENEY - A vigil to remember and honor the life and memory of Brayden "Fish Pockets" Bahme was held on May 1 at Crunk's Field. The sports field held nearly 500 people wearing Bahme's favorite color. Family, friends, neighbors and teachers all took time to speak about their fondest memories with Bahme. Bahme's mother thanked the community for the outpouring of support. Bahme's father related a story of the day the family went camping and Brayden was late returning to camp. He...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Two pedestrians killed in hit and run on West Trails Road, just east of N. Flint Road on April 29, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office press release. The adult female suspect, Megan Skillingstad, woman 29, was arrested and charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of hit-and-run, according to the sheriff’s department report. She is being held in county jail with a $250,000 total bond. Sheriff’s Deputies and traffic unit investigators responded to a hit-and-run scene where t...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — A winning $1,000,000 Powerball ticket sold in the city from the drawing held on Nov 7, 2022 remains unclaimed. The ticket will expire on May 6. The lucky winner matched each of the five regular numbers, but did not match the Powerball. The winning numbers for the drawing were: 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 with a Powerball of 10. The Grand Prize for the Nov 7 drawing was $2.04 Billion. Washington Lottery winners have 180 days from the drawing date to claim their prize. Scratch ticket winners have 180 days from the o...
CHENEY — The Cheney High School Blackhawk Band Parent Booster donated a 20-foot trailer to the high school band program, April 26. The parent booster is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to ensure that the band program stays strong and well-supported within the Cheney School District. All students, families, and staff members involved in these various performing ensembles are valuable assets to the Cheney community and School District. Last year, the organization successfully purchased a semi-trailer to provide s...
CHENEY – The Washington State Patrol is stepping up its effort to get drivers to move over when emergency vehicles, road work crews and tow trucks are present. The “Move Over, Slow Down,” emphasis started Sunday, April 16, and will run through Saturday, April 22. Motorists can expect to see extra troopers on the highways near work areas and other emergency vehicles, the patrol reported. Revised Code of Washington 46.61.212 requires motorists to slow down or move over when approaching a work zone or emergency vehicle. The p...
CHENEY - Police department begins highlighting officers in a monthly program for the community. This month, Officer Anthony Christianson is highlighted in a Cheney police press release. Christianson began his law enforcement career with the Eastern Washington University Police Department in 2018, and he was hired by Cheney police in 2019. In his time at the Cheney department, he has specialized and become certified as a Firearms Instructor and a Field Training Officer. Christi...
CHENEY — The culmination of Eastern Washington women’s golf effort comes together next week as the team travels to compete at the Big Sky Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz. The championships began on Monday, April 17 and concluded Wednesday, April 19 at the Talking Stick Golf Resort. The group heading to Scottsdale includes Jaelin Ishikawa, Brooke Mahler, Carisa Padilla, Meghan Singh and Kami Twining. Singh will be the first Eagle on course on Monday, teeing off at 7:50 a.m. Pacific Time, with the rest of the team fol...
CHENEY — Eagles return from California with bounty of new top marks and momentum. EWU enters the home stretch of the 2023 outdoor season with less than a month left until conference championship The Eastern Washington University Track and Field team wrapped up a highly competitive weekend late on Saturday night, returning to Cheney from the greater Los Angeles area with several new season-bests, top-10 marks in the Big Sky Conference and movement on EWU’s all-time outdoor performance list. The teams competed at the Pac...
CHENEY - The Eastern Washington Eagles opened their 2023 spring football season at drizzly Roos Field on Friday, opening a month-long schedule that will culminate with the annual intrasquad Red-White game on Friday, April 28. Including the Red-White Game, the Eagles will hold 14 practices over 21 days. Despite the wet weather, excitement was high and energy palpable for an Eagles group looking to rebound from an uncharacteristic 3-8 season in 2022. "Those guys have taken it...
CHENEY — EWU assistant earns exciting opportunity after two successful years in Cheney. Eastern Washington men’s basketball assistant coach Mark Darnall has been hired as the next head coach of Jessup University in Rocklin, California, as announced by Jessup on Thursday. Darnall was an assistant under head coach David Riley for two seasons starting in 2021. “My family and I are so thankful to have been a part of such a special program at Eastern Washington,” Darnall said. “I can’t thank Coach Riley enough for challenging...
CHENEY — Thousands of area children will hit parks and fields this Saturday, April 8, on the hunt for Easter eggs. In Cheney, the Kiwanis will host the annual egg hunt in Salnave Park, 1015 Salnave Road. The event begins at 11 a.m.. It is open to children ages 2-10. Egg hunts are planned for surrounding areas, too. Here’s a roundup of other Easter egg hunts in southern Spokane County: Airway Heights — The city will host an egg hunt at 9 a.m. in Sunset Park, South Lawson Street. There will separate egg hunts for four age g...
DEER PARK - The Medical Lake girls just didn't have the power at the plate to overcome Northeast A league-leading Deer Park during a game Friday, March 31. The Cardinals girls fastpitch team lost, 13-3, to the undefeated Stags (3-0 NEA, 6-0 overall) on the road. For the Cardinals, freshman Isabel Barry and senior Emily Sorey each had two hits out of the eight total for Medical Lake. Barry's both came on doubles, while Sorey had one for extra bases. Other hits came from...
COLFAX — The two 9th Legislative District representatives will host a telephone “town hall” meeting on Monday, March 13. Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, and Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, will host the session from 6-7 p.m. An automated call will go out a few minutes before the event to landlines in the district. If you do not have a landline or you want to make sure you can participate, you can call 509- 841-0315 from 5:45 p.m. through 7 p.m. March 13 to participate. “We will give a quick update on the legislative session, the bil...
WASHTUCNA — Expect to see more Washington State Patrol troopers on the road from March 9-19. The agency will be operating its Washington State University spring break emphasis in Spokane, Whitman, Grant, Kittitas and Adams counties as students leave and return to Pullman. The emphasis will focus on U.S. Highway 195, State Highway 26, Interstate 90 and U.S. Highway 395. Troopers will be focusing excessive speed, distracted driving and impaired driving during the emphasis. “Our primary mission is to ensure that everyone enj...
PASCO — Fishermen can expect more Coho, Chinook and sockeye salmon to return to the Columbia River and its tributaries this season. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s forecast is based on environmental indicators such as ocean conditions, numbers of juvenile salmon that migrated to marine waters and numbers of adult salmon that returned in past years. About 84,800 Upper Columbia River summer Chinook are forecasted to return in 2023, representing about 120 percent of the 10-year average return and higher than las...
OLYMPIA — When Gov. Jay Inslee’s cap-and-trade proposal passed the Legislature in 2021, he and many of the Democrat lawmakers who endorsed his plan assured the agriculture community that fuels used in the production and transport of agriculture products would be exempt. Even though no state Republican legislators voted for the bill, some are now saying it’s worse than anyone thought and the state should be on the hook for breaking its promise to farmers. “Emissions from fuels used for agricultural purposes are suppose...
CHENEY — A male was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Cheney Spokane Rd. Jan. 21. The man, identified by the Spokane County medical examiner as Cavin Firestone, 27, died as a result of blunt force injuries. At about 3:00am on Jan. 21, a Cheney Police Officer reported to Spokane County Deputies that a single-car crash had occurred on Cheney Spokane Rd., according to Sheriff’s office press release. A red 1997 Dodge Ram pickup was discovered overturned on the east side of the road by deputies who res...
RITZVILLE – A local lawmaker has introduced legislation to create the Washington State Commission on Boys and Men to address the well-being of boys and men across. “There are many issues that impact men and boys. Yet, there is no unified voice that would tackle these issues at the state level,” 9th Legislative District Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy said. “If adopted, this legislation would create the first of its kind boys and men’s commission in the nation right here in Washington state.” Dye represents Whitman, Lincoln, southern...
CHENEY – British born and raised multi-media artist Anne Seacrest achieved dual citizenship late in 2022 after having moved to the U.S. four years ago. "I met my husband, who is a U.S. citizen, online about five years ago, and we decided to start the immigration process shortly after that." Seacrest said. Seacrest said that she has been an artists since she was very young, and has produced art in a wide range of mediums. From stained glass, oil paintings, and watercolors, to p...
CHENEY – Preliminary planning complete for annual Sutton park summer concert, hosted by Parks and Recreation. “Every summer we have our summer concert series at Sutton park from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.” Kelly McGinley Ashe, Recreation director, said. There are five total concerts, one every Wednesday from Jul. 12th to Aug. 9. “Three of the five bands who are scheduled to entertain still need sponsorship, according to Kelly McGinley Ashe. “A sponsor covers the cost of a band’s performance fee. We’re working hard on additional am...
CHENEY - Capstone Coffee was sold on Dec. 15 to Tom and Kendra Littau and Amanda Swenson. It will be operating under the name Serendipity Coffee upon arrival of appropriate signage. “The new signage will be up soon.” Rhonda Kissack, former owner of Capstone Coffee, said. “They’re planning to keep the staff and the brand of coffee we had before the sale, which is great.” Kendra Littau, co-owner of Serendipity Coffee, said “It’s our first business, my sister and I. We really like drinking coffee, of course, and financially s...
CHENEY – The Slightly West of Spokane artists tour will begin in Medical Lake, venture through Four Lakes, and end in Cheney. The tour itself is a showcase of eight local artists whose art is displayed in six studios across the west plains. The tour is self guided, and will take place Saturday Nov. 26 from 10a.m. to 5p.m. Many different styles and mediums will be on display at the various studios and all are encouraged to engage. Gwyn Pevonka, one of the three newest artist t...
CHENEY – A local state lawmaker says residents can expect to pay more at the pump in the coming months. According to Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, Senate Bill 5126, approved by Democrats in the Legislature during the last session, will drive up prices more. Sen.Schoesler represents the 9th Legislative District, which includes southern Spokane County. “I know some of you hope to see gas prices drop closer to $4 per gallon someday,” he said. “Unfortunately, thanks to the recent “cap-and-trade” law (Senate Bill 5126), pass...
BELLINGHAM – Several Free Press Publishing employees were honored Saturday, Oct. 8, for their work in the newspaper industry during the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association convention. The convention included the Better Newspaper Contest awards gala. John Myers won first place in the use of small space for his graphic design work for Wild Bill’s Longbar advertising. Former reporter Matthew O. Stephens received a first-place portrait photography award and a second for general news photography. Staffer TeAire Baier too...
