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CHENEY – The Washington State University 4-H program is offering several student travel opportunities abroad next summer. Interested students can apply to go to: Costa Rica, from June 20 through July 19. Students must be ages 15-18. Japan, from July 10 to Aug. 9, for students ages 12-18; and June 12-Aug. 9, for students ages 15-18. South Korea, from July 16 to Aug. 15. Students must ages 12-17. Taiwan, from July 16 to Aug. 15. Students must be ages 12-18. Norway, from June 20 to July 15. Students must be ages 15-18. A...
SPOKANE – Passengers using Spokane International Airport now have even more parking capacity available to them, following the addition of more than 460 spots to the Concourse C outside parking lot. The newly expanded lot includes 991 total parking spaces – more than double its original capacity – and features 29 ADA-designated parking stalls, along with six planned electric vehicle charging stalls. In addition to the expanded area of the parking lot, the old parking lot pavem...
CHENEY – The old saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” certainly applies to the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team following their third consecutive loss to open their season. Playing a rugged schedule of “Power-5” conference schools, the defending Big Sky Conference champions suffered a third straight loss Nov. 12 to the Cincinnati Bearcats, 85-73 on the road. Earlier in the week the Eagles were beaten 75-64 by Ole Miss in Oxford, Nov. 10 and opened their schedule with a 101-66 loss at Pac-12 Utah,...
CHENEY – Following a road trip through Utah last week, the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team seems to be living up to pre-season expectations. The Eagles opened their 2023-24 season with wins over former Big Sky rival Southern Utah 86-77 on Nov. 8 and then the Mountain West’s Utah State, 75-39, Nov. 10. Eastern was picked to win the regular season title in the Big Sky by coaches in their pre-seasons poll and then second in a vote of the media. With a dominating second quarter Eastern pulled away from Utah State...
General Election results Cheney School District Director 2: After the first day of ballot counting in the November 7th election, a local woman has taken the lead in the race for the School District Director No. 2 position. As of November 7, Elizabeth Winer had 3040 votes, 73.25%. She was ahead of opponent Joshua Sutton with 1074 votes, 25.88%. Unfortunately, Elizabeth Winer could not be reached for comment on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Joshua Sutton reflected on his campaign efforts, stating, “I tried to talk to as many p...
General Election results City Council Position No. 2: Following the first day of ballot counting in the November 7th election, Vincent Barthels has taken the lead in the contest for the City Council No. 2 position. Barthels logged 523 votes, 55.64% ahead of Rebecca Long who is at 43.3%. Vincent Barthels was unavailable to comment on Tuesday night. Rebecca Long expressed optimism, saying, “I feel like we still have a fighting chance. We’ve received only 900 votes so far, and there’s more to come.” City Council Position No. 6:...
Medical Lake School District Director 1 Following the first day of ballot counting in the November 7th election, Gerri Johnson has taken a sizable lead in the contest for the School District Director No. 1 position. Johnson tallied 826 votes, 64.03 % in the first night of counting. She leads Lenelle Spillman who has 408 votes totaling 31.63 %. Johnson said she is excited with the results. “I am looking forward to serving the community through the school board,” Johnson said. “I’m very excited to be able to help represe...
OLYMPIA… Sen. Mark Schoesler is encouraging teenagers in the 9th Legislative District to apply to become a Senate page during the upcoming 2024 legislative session in Olympia. Schoesler, R-Ritzville, is allowed to sponsor several students as pages during the 60-day session, which starts Jan. 8 and ends March 7. “Being a page during a legislative session is a great way to see the state Legislature in action and learn how it functions,” said Schoesler. “Pages have a chance to meet and work with other pages from around the sta...
ROSLYN – Former Eastern Washington University assistant football coach Tom Missel, passed away Oct. 21, 2023, at his home. He was 62. A celebration of Missel's life will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Harold Weis Memorial Building, 300 W. Idaho Ave. Born Dec. 12, 1960, in Aberdeen, Missel was a defensive coach for three seasons (2000-2002), including two as assistant head coach under Paul Wulff. Prior to that, he was at Western Washington for nine years (1991-1999). A...
CHENEY — The final road trip of the regular season is this week for Eastern Washington with two more conference matchups. The Eagles take on Sacramento State for the second time this season after falling at home to the Hornets, 3-1. The team then takes on Portland State for the second time, looking for the season sweep following a 3-1 win over the Vikings in October. Eastern split games at home last week, sweeping Weber State on Thursday, Oct. 26, before losing to Idaho State, 3-1, on Saturday, Oct. 28....
CHENEY – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct controlled burns at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge during the fall and winter months. These burns started Friday, Oct. 13. Turnbull officials said burning will start this month and continue through February, weather permitting. The purpose of the fires is to reduce “fuel,” such as downed timber and dry grass and sagebrush, to help alleviate the potential for future wildfires. This will reduce the risk of wildfires on the refuge, and will also contribute to habit...
ROSALIA – The community celebrated Homecoming last week, with festivities highlighted by the crowning of class royalty. The week included dress-up days for students, skit night, a wheat-truck parade, football, royalty and a semiformal dance. This year's Rosalia royalty included Freshman Princess Abagale McGuire and escort Jayden Shirley, Sophomore Princess Taylynn Sperber and escort Dylan Terry, Junior Princess Kiyana Lowney and escort Zach Howard and Senior Homecoming Q...
KENNEWICK – Free Press Publishing staffers brought home several awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association annual gala celebration Saturday night, Oct. 7. Cheney Free Press staffers Paul Delaney, John Myers and Roger Harnack were recognized individually. Reporter Delaney won second-place for sports profile writing and graphic artist Myers won second-place in front page design. Owner/Publisher Harnack won first place in sports action photography, as well as onl...
SPANGLE – The Liberty Lancer girls volleyball team notched three wins and a loss since Sept. 26. The local girls topped Asotin on Sept. 26, Upper Columbia Academy on Sept. 28 and Reardan on Oct. 5. On Oct. 3, they lost to Northwest Christian (Colbert). On Sept. 26, the Lancer girls topped Asotin, 3-1. Set scores were 16-25, 25-13, 25-12, 25-9. Kendall Denny led the Lancers (5-3) with 10 kills, 16 assists and 9 aces. Brooke Redder added 9 kills, 16 assists, 7 digs and 2 blocks. Zoe Omlin added 10 digs, Devyn Cook 6 blocks and...
TUMWATER – The state’s minimum wage will jump 54 cents per hour on Jan. 1 On Friday, Sept. 29, the state Department of Labor and Industries announced it will raise the minimum wage from $15.74 per hour to $16.28 per hour effective Jan. 24. That’s an increase of $4.28 per hour in the last five years. According to agency officials, Labor and Industries establishes the rate based on the urban consumer price index. The new wage rates applies to all workers ages 16 and older. State law allows for a “training wage” of $13.84 pe...
SPOKANE – A local man was released from jail on his own recognizance less than a day after allegedly causing a fatal crash near Spokane International Airport on Sept. 24. Philip Garcia, 23, is charged with driving while under the influence and vehicular homicide. According to the Washington State Patrol, Garcia was eastbound on Interstate 90 in a 2002 Honda Accord when he merged lanes and clipped the 2014 Kia in front of him at approximately 9 p.m. Sept. 24. The Kia was driving by Elizabeth Stewart, 23, of Redding, Calif., r...
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE - Washington’s Army National Guard will soon relocate one of its aviation support facilities from Fairchild Air Force Base to the former Executive Flight building at Pangborn Memorial Airport. Chelan-Douglas Regional Port Authority operates the airport. Port Authority CEO Jim Kuntz says the guard will lease the building and two aircraft hangars for $350,000 a year over 10 years, while a more permanent flight facility and readiness center is built further down the runway. About 100 soldiers will conduc...
SPOKANE – Spokane County has a new court commissioner. Jerry Scharosch was appointed by Spokane County Superior Court Presiding Judge Julie McKay, effective Oct. 2. Scharosch received his undergraduate degree in geography from Portland State University and his Juris Doctorate from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2007. He has more than 15 years of legal experience in areas of law that are regularly heard by court commissioners including juvenile dependency, consumer debt collection, involuntary civil commitment and general...
SPOKANE - In collaboration with Spokane International Airport, Alaska Airlines employees held a ceremony on September 16 to place a new Fallen Hero Cart at the airport. This marks the second cart delivered this year and the 15th cart created by Alaska Airlines maintenance employees to honor fallen military personnel. The cart is designed to transport the remains of the deceased with respect and honor to and from the aircraft. "We are honored to bring this cart to Spokane,"...
PULLMAN – The Whitman County Sheriff's Office is looking for help catching a burglar last seen wearing a Cheney Rodeo hat early Sunday morning. Sheriff Brett Myers said many of the details are still considered investigatory. However, he confirmed "the hat the subject is wearing says Cheney Rodeo." The Whitman County emergency dispatch log show the burglary occurred at 7:22 a.m. at a business near Milepost 4 of State Highway 270. The sheriff said his office was withholding t...
SPOKANE – Teck American Incorporated, a subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited (Teck) has donated $20,000 to local organizations supporting emergency wildfire responses in eastern Washington. The money was given to two groups in the region. The Greater Inland Northwest Chapter of the American Red Cross, Spokane received $15,000 and Second Harvest Inland Northwest was awarded $5,000. “We’re so thankful for Teck’s generous donation,” said Lacie Clark, executive director of the American Red Cross Greater Inland Northwest...
MEDICAL LAKE – The final daily update on the Gray Fire was sent out From Northwest Team 7 on Sept. 2, who had been overseeing the firefighting efforts. Since this notice, all evacuation warnings have been lifted. This update shows over 200 personnel were still on site at time the notice was given, and the fire was at 97 percent containment. Northeast Washington Team 3 assumed command of the situation at 6 p.m. on Sept. 2 Incident Command Post will no longer be located at the Pine Lodge Correctional Facility in Medical Lake b...
OLYMPIA — As required by state law, political party declarations voters must sign when participating in the 2024 Presidential Primary were certified Tuesday morning by Secretary of State Steve Hobbs. Washington’s voters do not register as members of a political party. However, Revised Code of Washington 29A.56.050 requires voters to declare on their ballot envelopes whether their party of preference is Republican or Democratic to have their votes counted in the Presidential Primary. The voted ballot inside the envelope wil...
DAVENPORT – Here are the official results of the Aug. 25-26 Lincoln County Rodeo: Bareback Riding – 1. Duke Hanson, 76; 2. Mason Payne, 73; no other qualified rides. Saddle Bronc – No qualified rides. Ranch Bronc – 1. Steve Maupin, 84, 2. Zoe Johnson, 79; 3. Dustin Hennigs, 67; 4. Devin Newman, 67; 5. Tristan Newman, 61. Bull Riding – 1. Connor Dean, 92; 2. C.J. Schultz, 89; no other qualified rides. Steer Riding – 1. Dustin Dean, 80; no other qualified rides. Chute Doggi...
OLYMPIA – Some lucky hunters have an extra shot at obtaining additional permits this season. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildife, hunters who previously bought a multi-season application will have a chance to buy a surplus permit. The agency on Aug. 15 offered 129 multi-season elk tags to hunters who were already on the application list. The winners were notified by email. The winning hunters will have until midnight Thursday, Aug. 31, to buy their tags. An additional 2,491 multi-season deer tags are also a...
