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CHENEY—West Plains Angels, a local charity organization, and C & S Auto Sales will host a car wash Aug. 22 to benefit three clubs within area schools. Proceeds will go to Cheney High School Robotics Club, Cheney High School Band and Medical Lake High School “Circuit Breakers” Robotics Club. “We want to benefit organizations in our community that is of service unto others and improves the quality of our community,” West Plains Angels founder Tony Blount said. “Each one of those organizations that we (are supporting)...
OGDEN - A conference football season in which Big Sky powers Montana, Montana State and Weber State were slated to visit Eastern Washington University's newly-turfed Roos Field will have to wait until 2021. On Aug. 6 Big Sky athletics directors unanimously elected to move an eight-game conference schedule to next spring, according to a release from EWU. The Big Sky President's Council then approved the decision Aug. 7. EWU athletic director Lynn Hickey said "the handwriting...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — It took a couple tries, but the fourth and newest location of discount furniture store 16 Cents, 3 Shoes & 5 Socks has been open for business this summer at its Sunset Highway digs. The store held a grand opening March 21, but had to shut down within a week after its sewer company cut its line off and the COVID-19 business shutdowns began. When Spokane County entered Phase 2 of the state’s re-opening plan the second week of May, the store re-opened while fol...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS—Crime fell from 2018 to 2019 within the jurisdiction of the police department according to the 2019 Washington National Incident-based Reporting System (NIBRS) report, but domestic violence rates have been on the rise in 2020, according to Police Chief Brad Richmond. Cases of domestic violence have been especially increasing since the COVID-19 pandemic, he added. “Domestic violence is up quite a bit since COVID,” Richmond said, attributing the trend to people being cooped up with each other more often since the...
MEDICAL LAKE — The school district decided that students would be starting the year mostly in an online learning model, Superintendent Tim Ames announced today. The decision comes in light of state and regional health recommendations for “high-risk” counties with larger numbers of COVID-19 cases to return to school in some form of a distanced model. “Our school board and administrative team have the obligation to follow the strong recommendations from the health experts,” Ames said in a video posted to the district...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS - Members of administration and council have been considering declaring a financial emergency as the city faces a $1.9 million budget shortfall. That may have changed, however, as City Manager Albert Tripp recommended council table such a declaration at their Aug. 10 study session. "My recommendation would be to table (the resolution) indefinitely," Tripp told council. "Table it in the sense that essentially it would not move forward; it would die in its...
MEDICAL LAKE — Local students will be starting the school year mostly online learning model, School District Superintendent Tim Ames announced today, Aug. 7. The decision followed state and regional health recommendations for “high-risk” counties where more than 75 new coronavirus cases have been reported in a 14-day period. “Our school board and administrative team have the obligation to follow the strong recommendations from the health experts,” Ames said in a video posted to the district’s website. “Though it is not the...
OGDEN, Utah — A conference football season in which Big Sky powers Montana, Montana State and Weber State were slated to visit Eastern Washington University's newly-turfed Roos Field will have to wait until 2021. On Aug. 7, Big Sky athletic directors moved an eight-game conference schedule to next spring, according to a release from EWU athletics. The Big Sky President's Council then approved the decision this morning, Aug. 7. Nonconference games are still "under review," p...
DISTRICT 6 - Tom McGarry will be the Democratic candidate to face incumbent Jenny Graham for District 6 Position 2 representative. The first count of primary ballots showed McGarry holding a 7,159-4,157 vote lead over the position's third candidate, Christian McLachlan. "I think voters are tired of the extremism and they want people to take a scientific approach to the problems that face us," McGarry said after the vote counts came out. "I think that's what this evening shows...
First responders in Airway Heights and Medical Lake enjoyed a slower than normal year regarding firework incident responses around July 4. The Airway Heights Fire Department responded to three fires that night, according to Fire Chief Mitch Metzger. “(The fires) might have been caused by fireworks,” Metzger said. “Two of them were in trash cans and one of them was a brush fire, but we never actually found it so we called it in and we never did see it.” One person was “checked out” for a firework-related injury but ended u...
POST FALLS — Braeden Havens of Airway Heights placed third out of 26 racers at the Idaho 200 race at Stateline Speedway Event Center in Post Falls over the weekend. He overcame a lost alternator, motor issues and only seven functioning cylinders near the end of the race to do so. After rolling off ninth in a 12-car invert, the 26-year-old Havens managed to take the lead around lap 120 despite his car’s motor beginning to “miss” around 50 laps in. “That was caused by the alternator failing,” Havens said. Havens then had to...
MEDICAL LAKE — Superintendent Tim Ames and Assistant Superintendent Kim Headrick presented a draft of the school district’s re-opening plan to the board at its meeting July 28. The board approved a school start date of Sept. 2. School buildings will open and staff orientation will be held Aug. 19. The two weeks between the buildings opening and school starting will be used for staff preparation. Five-year-olds and preschools wouldn’t be required to wear masks in an in-person model, consistent with state mandates that say t...
CHENEY—The biggest scheduled “money” game between a FCS and FBS school in 2020 is no more. Eastern Washington football’s season opener at Florida was canceled Thursday after the Southeastern Conference announced its football teams would only be competing in a 10-game conference schedule this fall. The game, originally planned for Sept. 5, would’ve earned the Eagles a $750,000 check for making the trek to Gainesville. FBS schools often pay FCS schools to come play a game, and the $750,000 was to be the largest in college f...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS—Police detective Kelly Justice and Airway Heights Corrections Investigators identified Shane S. Goldsby, 25, as the suspect in a serious assault that resulted in the death of Robert Munger, 70, Wednesday. Justice, detective Eric Flavel and officer Curtis Tucker were dispatched to Airway Heights Correctional Center June 2 in response to a claim that a serious assault had occurred, according to a release from the police department. Goldsby and Munger were inmates at the correctional center. Munger died June 5 a... Full story
Contractor crews perform some sidewalk and ADA ramp work Tuesday morning, July 28, in conjunction with Cheney’s Washington Street Preservation Project. Public Works Director Todd Ableman said concrete work should wrap up this week, with asphalt grinding scheduled for next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Asphalt replacement could begin by Aug. 17 on Washington between Oakland and West 6th Street....
Three-year-old Joshua Histo gets in some play time while cooling off in the waters of Fish Lake Tuesday afternoon, July 28. With temperatures hitting the high 90s and even low 100s this week, many area residents might be following his lead in attempting to keep cool....
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — City code 10.12.020 declares that no vehicle can park in the same location for longer than 24 hours without moving. Code enforcement officer Kristina Blake wants to make sure it stays that way. Blake urged the City Council at its July 27 study session to oppose a resident’s request that the 24 hour parking code be adjusted to allow for RV parking with a permit. The unnamed citizen made this request in March. The citizen wanted to store an RV in front of his residence for a guest to use through the sum...
MEDICAL LAKE-Throughout the first half of July, crowds gathered at Medical Lake waterfront, often without social distancing or wearing a mask. As a result, mayor Shirley Maike and city administrator Doug Ross were forced to close the park and boat launch entrances to vehicles. The decision, which took effect the morning of Friday, July 24, was brought to city council by Ross and Maike at its July 21 meeting. The walking trail is not be closed to the public. Emergency vehicles...
MEDICAL LAKE-A year ago, leadership at the Washington Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Medical Lake applied for some grant money from the Department of Veteran Affairs. On July 17, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers announced via press release that the cemetery's grant had been approved, totaling $3.5 million. "The Washington State Veterans Cemetery provides a final resting place for the brave men and women who answered the call of service," McMorris Rodgers said in the press...
MEDICAL LAKE - It's construction season on the West Plains, and residents driving through the roundabout on State Highway 902 and Craig Road can see work being done one task that's been underway since the beginning of summer. That undertaking is the city of Spokane Intertie Project with Medical Lake. The project's purpose is to provide an emergency water source for Medical Lake outside its current aquifer, "in the event there is ever a contamination event such as the one from...
Members of the Cheney School District presented the Airway Heights Police Department with thank you gifts on Wednesday afternoon, July 8. The AWPD has been assisting in handing out lunches on a daily basis to students at Sunset Elementary School in Airway Heights during the coronavirus pandemic....
Pat Trout poses in her yard at her residence on North Jefferson Street in Medical Lake next to a sign honoring her for "Yard of the Month." Pat Trout and her husband, Bill, won the award from the Medical Lake Kiwanis club. The Trouts received the sign to display and a $25 gift card to The Fischin' Hole Saloon....
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The City Council unanimously authorized City Manager Albert Tripp to sign an interagency agreement for coronavirus relief funding at its July 6 meeting. The funding totaled $286,350 and can be used for costs related to the COVID-19 fallout, such as medical expenses or business/economic shortfalls. The funding will be provided to the city through reimbursement. Tripp presented resolution 2020-014, which would declare financial emergency for the current 2020 expense fund budget due to financial hardships create...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — In the midst of a $1.9 million budget gap, the City Council elected to table a resolution on whether to declare a financial emergency at its legislative session Monday. The resolution, presented by City Manager Albert Tripp, was proposed as a way to spread awareness of the city’s financial struggles amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of spreading awareness was reiterated by Tripp and echoed by Deputy Mayor Sonny Weathers, who presided over the meeting in Mayor Kevin Richey’s absence. Counc...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The city of Airway Heights is facing a $1.5 million budget gap due to losses in local government revenues, and city government leaders would like the public’s help in making tough decisions on where to make cuts. City manager Albert Tripp and department managers were asked to present recommended reductions to city council at council’s study session July 13. A 2020 mid-year budget adjustment was discussed, which the public can access at cawh.abalancingact.com. The budget is interactable, and the city is asking...
