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CHENEY – Eastern Washington University trustees have narrowed their search for their next university president to four finalists from a field of 60 candidates. The finalists are: · David May, who is currently acting as the university’s interim-president. · Shari G. McMahan, California State University-San Bernardino provost and vice president of academic affairs · John Tomkowiak, the Founding Dean at Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University · Monroe Gorden, Jr., is the UCLA vice chancellor of student...
CHENEY – The City Council spend a considerable amount of time during their regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 25, debating a Planning Commission recommendation to change zoning regulations concerning the business park. Cheney’s business park surrounds the Cheney Free Press, Allpak Containers and Haakon Industries on West First Street. City administrator Mark Schuller said that through a series of surveys, a city planner found out that the business park is much more restrictive than neighboring business parks. So, the Planning Com...
CHENEY – The Cheney Blackhawks cheer team is making their way to Washington's state cheer competition in Battle Ground Washington on February 4 and 5. When most people think of cheerleading, they think of waving pom poms and cheering their home team on to victory. Throw in some flips and back handsprings and that's that. But most of people's preconception of cheerleading comes from sideline cheerleading, while competition cheer is an entirely different animal. To make s...
CHENEY – The family of Loghan Starbuck have intensified search efforts for their missing family member. Starbuck is 25-years-old and is considered an endangered and vulnerable adult because she is considered to be on the autism spectrum. Her family created a website in help coordinate and intensify the search efforts. Whereisloganstarbuck.com is live right now and features her description and all the necessary phone numbers to contact if anyone has seen Starbuck since she w...
CHENEY – People breaking into cars and stealing backpacks, wallets, and other belongings is nothing new in Cheney or anywhere else for that matter. However, Captain Nate Conley from the Cheney Police Department noted that it seems like the city is in the middle of a upswing of property crimes involving vehicle prowling. “We go through periods where we see increased spikes,” Conley said. The cause of those spikes is hard to pin down but it usually comes down to a select group of individuals that choose to embark on a car p...
CHENEY – As the omicron variant burns through the country, Eastern Washington University has decided to suspend all food and beverage services for all athletic events through the month of January. This includes any and all athletic events or anything happening at Reese Court, the Sixth Man Club, and Eagle Club hospitality services. EWU came to this decision after consulting with the Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD). On top of not providing and food or beverages, fans will not being allowed to bring their own snacks e...
CHENEY – John Taves, 74, spent nine years on the Cheney City Council before retiring during his last meeting in December. The soft-spoken man with glasses and a flannel button up clearly left a large impact on his colleague who only had glowing things to say about him as a colleague and his service for the community of Cheney during his last meeting. Before being on the council, Taves said he was a constituent account executive for the Bonneville power company “which is a large way of saying I was a liaison between BPA and...
CHENEY – The lady Blackhawks basketball teams faced the Mt. Spokane Wildcats in a home matchup in the Cheney high school main gymnasium on Tuesday January 18. Junior varsity took the court first and fell behind by a large deficit early. However, they persevered and kept fighting to bring it back to a seven point game. However, the Wildcats shut their comeback down and won the game 45 to 38. Coach Ken Ryan said both teams are working hard every day to win these games and compete in the fourth quarter. When talking about the j...
SPOKANE – David Pettis, a former Cheney resident, was just sentenced to 25-years in prison for murdering his wife by poisoning her ice cream float by spiking it with a deadly dose of hydrocodone pain medication. Judge Mike Price said reiterated the coroner’s report that stated Peggy Pettis had over ten-times the therapeutic dose in her system. Judge Price have a heartwarming speech about the women Peggy Pettis was and how her happy retirement was stolen from her all because David Pettis acted selfishly wanted to be in ano...
CHENEY – The city working with Avista Edge to make sure residents have high-speed internet access. Avista Edge is a subsidiary of Avista Corp., an electric utility. City Administrator Mark Schuller said common complaints from the community about internet reliability from traditional providers spurred them to look at other options. As of now, Cheney residents can choose from Davis Communications, Lumen (formerly known as Century Link) and Ptera. Avista Edge will be a fourth option, Schuller said. Avista Edge has developed a d...
CHENEY – On Wednesday, January 13, a service van from Restoration One ended up crashing into the ditch heading southbound on First Street, just before you turn left into the Bi-Mart driveway. According to the officer on the scene, the service van lost control which caused it to veer into oncoming traffic and strike a vehicle coming northbound. According to the officer, it appeared the driver suffered some kind of medical condition which caused the van to lose control. R...
CHENEY – The Southwest Spokane County Historical Society released a visual featurette on one of Cheney’s most historical landmarks, the Ratcliffe Dealership which originally opened in 1884. Charles Albert Ratcliffe traveled to Cheney in 1884 and opened up the first ever agricultural implement company in the city. This establishment would continue to grow over the years until it became Cheney’s first official Ford dealership as well. Ratcliffe’s dealership and implement business evolved over the years into three locatio...
CHENEY – The Cheney Blackhawks hosted the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups in a home conference game. The girls took the court first and had a rough time getting any offense going throughout the evening and only managed just 32 points for the night. The lady Blackhawks fall to 3-9 on the season. The boys the court and had an incredibly competitive first quarter and came into the second with a 15 to 15 tie. But a series of turnovers in the second quarter let the Bullpups score 29 p...
SPOKANE – The Cheney Blackhawks traveled to Central Valley on Tuesday Jan. 11 to face the Central Valley Bears for an away match up with around 100 fans in attendance according to Bears reporter Kim Griego on Max Preps. Both Blackhawk squads were defeated by the Bears – the boys lost 79 to 67 while the girls lost 21 to 57. The boys were competitive all throughout the first quarter, at one point they tied it up with the Bears. But once the second quarter began the Bears’ offense started to trickle and by the end of the game...
CHENEY – On Monday Jan. 10 the city council decided how they will handle a COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by OSHA. Resolution E-959 was approved with a vote of six to one. Jill Weiszmann was the one person who voted against Resolution E-959. Mark Posthuma ended up voting yes, but was divided on the resolution’s scope regarding the vaccination status of future employees. He ultimately voted to approve the resolution despite his clear opposition to the resolution’s portion regarding future employee’s vaccination status. Resolu...
CHENEY – School districts around the nation are once again debating about closing down amidst the latest surge of the newest Coronavirus variant deemed colloquially as omicron. Superintendent Rob Roettger released a statement saying that despite many other districts electing to shut down, Cheney would stay open while continuing to implement health and safety protocols to mitigate the spread of the highly contagious variant. Roettger said the school district works closely with the Spokane County Health District and state o...
CHENEY – The city of Cheney has released their Cheney Connections newsletter to keep the community updated on city services, meetings, and other comings and goings. Cheney waste crews are picking up Christmas trees. You can leave your tree curbside with your garbage cans just make sure the segments aren’t over six feet long. If any segments are over six feet, the residence will be billed $3.44. The city also recommends that if you’re planning on burning your old Christmas tree that it should be done in an outdoor burn barrel...
CHENEY – Cheney hosted 14 other teams from all over the Inland Northwest for a Blackhawk Wrestling Invitational on Jan. 8. The Cheney High School gym was packed as wrestlers threw down on four different mats simultaneously to find out who some of the best wrestlers in the northwest are. Cheney’s Joe Showalter secured a second-place overall finish in the 132-pound weight class. Collin Martin was third overall in the 160-pound weight class, Bradley Golden scored fourth overall in the 170-pound weight class, Ezra Anderson was...
CHENEY – Blackhawks basketball has resumed since taking a break for the Christmas holiday. The boys faced off against Mt. Spokane and fell 41 to 64. Josh Whiteley and Evan Stinson had strong performances, but it wasn’t enough to keep them at bay as they played with a lead for the entire game. The girl’s also fell to Mt. Spokane 56 to 27. The team tried to battle back behind a strong performance from Megan Schuller, SG but ultimately couldn’t bring a win within striking distance. After facing down Mt. Spokane, the Cheney...
CHENEY – Cheney’s city council is once again debating the efficacy of vaccine mandates amongst themselves and concerned citizens. The Dec. 28 city council meeting started with some routine business before things heated up when Resolution E-959 was brought to the table. Resolution E-959 is the vaccine mandate policy for city employees. The original plan for the Dec. 28 meeting was to vote on Resolution E-959 but emergency action was taken and the vote was moved to its own special meeting on Jan. 10 where the council will dec...
ROCKFORD – Here are the results from the Freeman Winter Classic wrestling meet for Cheney High School. 120 Camron Bogle (6-9) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Camron Bogle (Cheney High School) 6-9 won by fall over Brycen Palmer (West Valley High School) 8-8 (Fall 3:25) Quarterfinal - Tomio Yamada (Lakeside) 9-6 won by decision over Camron Bogle (Cheney High School) 6-9 (Dec 7-3) Cons. Round 2 - Calister Crosby (University High School) 4-5 won by decision over Camron Bogle (Cheney High School) 6...
CHENEY - 2021 marked a year where the community of Cheney and the planet were still attempting to get back to normal. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be a yearly recap without talking about COVID-19. We started this year for all intents and purposes in the middle of a pandemic and it trickled into many aspects of our daily lives, from the food you could find at the grocery store to the way kids were forced to attend classes. The COVID-19 virus took front and center of the state this year and its presence effected the community in...
CHENEY – Here are all of the other resolutions and topics the city council discussed during the Dec. 28 meeting The fire district for the city of Cheney presented a budget amendment to increase the wages of two key positions at the station: battalion chief and lieutenant. If this amendment is approved by the council in a future meeting, it will make these positions’ salary much more competitive with other departments in the region. Resolution E-972 was approved and it renewed a contract with Asplundh Tree Expert LLC for 202...
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the Spokane – Palouse area and much of western Chelan County as well. Cheney, Spokane, Medical Lake, and the entire inland Northwestern and Palouse areas were all issued a warning for a winter storm rolling through from 9 PM, Wednesday, Jan. 5 through 4 PM, Thursday, Jan. 6. The advisory says there will be an additional three to eight inches of snow accumulation with the heaviest accumulations along and east of US-195. Colfax, Worley, Cheney, Fairfield, H...
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the Spokane – Palouse area and much of western Chelan County as well. Cheney, Spokane, Medical Lake, and the entire inland Northwestern and Palouse areas were all issued a warning for a winter storm rolling through from 9 PM, Wednesday, Jan. 5 through 4 PM, Thursday, Jan. 6. The advisory says there will be an additional three to eight inches of snow accumulation with the heaviest accumulations along and east of US-195. Colfax, Worley, Cheney, Fairfield, H...
