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WASHINGTON – The National Weather Service released a report in December breaking down the moisture and drought information for the entire Inland Northwest. According to the report, drought conditions have shown small improvements throughout the month of December across the Inland Northwes,t especially in Southeast Washington and the southern Idaho Panhandle. These improvements were reported because the areas in the state that were experiencing exceptional and extreme drought have seen improvement. These improvements came a...
CHENEY – The Police Department had to direct traffic at the corner of Betz Road and state Highway 904 on Thursday Dec. 22, after the railroad crossing equipment failed. A railroad crossing arm apparently malfunctioned and caused a struck a vehicle, Sgt. Chris English said. The arm was knocked off, said English, who was on shift during the time of the incident. English said the original collision was never reported, he collected the information through officers that were on t...
CHENEY – Wednesday Dec. 15 was a big day for EWU nation as the coaching staff, team confidants, fans, and media piled into a small room at the Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights to welcome a new flock of Eagles to the nest. National Signing Day starts a period during the college football off-season in which teams start announcing their next slate of prospects that will be joining the team. Coach Aaron Best met with Larry Weir and Paul Sorenson, hosts of the EWU Coaches Show on 700-AM, 105.3 FM ESPN Radio. Best started t...
CHENEY – Chef L.J. Klinkenberg isn't your ordinary school district food director. A long-time culinary veteran who's created certified culinary schools in the Midwest, produced food television on the Food Network and ran fine dining establishments, the 46-year-old left all that behind for a much simpler calling – feeding the children in his community. Klinkenberg is the executive chef and director of the Cheney School District's food services. He started a program that all...
CHENEY – Former women’s soccer coach Chad Bodnar is suing Eastern Washington University for $5 million for alleged discrimination against the female athletics program. A 29-page complaint filed last summer with the Washington State Human Rights Commission alleges Bodnar faced discrimination after continuous “efforts to report sex discrimination pursuant to Title IX.” The alleged discrimination comes in the form of resources allotted to the male sports program versus the woman’s sports program. “This pattern and practice of...
CHENEY – It’s Christmas week and there will be some slight changes to regular scheduled city services like trash collection and recycling. City offices and the Cheney Recycle Center will be closed Friday, Dec. 24 and 31, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The recycle center will also be closed Saturday, Dec. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 1. Solid waste pick up will be unaffected by the holidays this year because residential garbage collection is already closed Fridays. The Cheney library will also be close...
CHENEY – A social media post that allegedly originated from TikTok has caused concern form school districts across the country, including Cheney. The Cheney School District got word of a post referring to a threat to school safety “for every school in the USA, even elementary,” on Friday, Dec. 17. One school mentioned in the post had the initials of GHS which might have been confused with CHS, which is why this threat was made aware to local school officials. While district officials never believed the threat to be credi...
WENATCHEE – The Blackhawks boys basketball team (2-5) topped Wenatchee on the Panthers home court, 60-57. Pm Saturday, Dec. 18. The victory was a much-needed win that haulted a three-game losing streak. The Blackhawks let several competitive games get away from them and games like the one against Lewis and Clark came down to the final two possessions which resulted in turnovers for the offense. "That didn't help us at all," Coach Tierre Warren said, pointing to a lack of f...
SPOKANE – A jury has found a Cheney man guilty of first-degree murder. David Pettis, age, is expected to be sentenced early next year. Pettis was found guilty Dec. 13 after being accused of putting a lethal dose of hydrocodone in an ice cream float for his late wife, Peggy Pettis, Closing arguments in the murder trial were presented Dec. 9 in Spokane County Superior Court. The fatal dose was said to be 10 times more than a recommended therapeutic dose, court records show. Pettis has been living in Oklahoma and working in A...
CHENEY – The body of a former local woman found dead in Mexico over the Thanksgiving holiday has been returned to Spokane. Cheney High School and Eastern Washington University graduate Sativa Transue, 26, of Milton, was on vacation with her boyfriend Taylor Allen, 31, when her family was notified that she had been found dead in the couple’s hotel room in Cancun, Mexico. Allen was arrested by Mexican police and is being held on murder charges, according to Riviera Maya News and several local newspapers. The Transue family was...
CHENEY – The Local No. 1919 firefighter union is once again embarking on its annual Candy Cane Drive around the city Dec. 18 to bolster some holiday cheer for the community. City Fire Chief Tom Jenkins said he is personally thankful the city is continuing a long-standing tradition of the Fire Department directly interacting with and giving back to the community. Jenkins talked about a department’s “need to be needed” by the community they serve. He compared the feeling...
CHENEY – After a tough stretch of losses to start the season, the Cheney Blackhawks finally left their home gymnasium with a win. The Blackhawks (1-3) boys topped Shadle Park (1-2), 74-71, on their home court Wednesday, Dec. 8. The team started strong with a 27-point, first quarter effort and was able to defend a late game rally from Shadle Park to pull out a 3-point victory. Cheney had a 40-30 lead at the half. The Highlanders closed the gap a bit in the third quarter, outscoring the Blackhawks 23-15. But a 19-18 margin i...
CHENEY – Eastern Washington University engineering students rallied in Engineering and Technology building for the bi-yearly Capstone Expo last week. The event showcases inventions and projects the students have been working on. This year, there were four projects on display: ·A conveyor belt 3D printer. ·A lak- floating trash collector ·A recreational vehicle solar tracker ·A homemade go-kart. Matthew Michaelis and Heechang “Alex” Bae oversaw these projects and rejoiced...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Cheney School District Superintendent Rob Roettger and the School Board began preliminary discussions about changing Blackhawks imagery during a meeting last week in the Sunset Elementary School gymnasium. The possible change is due to a House Bill 1356 that passed last year restricting the use of American Indian mascots and logos without consent of a neighboring tribe. The Blackhawks mascot honors Sauk tribal member Black Hawk, who fought alongside the British in the War of 1812 against the U.S. He later i...
CHENEY – The annual Holiday Hoopla kicked off on a cold clear night in the Holiday Inn Parking lot. More than 45 cars lined up to follow Santa and his homemade sleigh to look at the best Christmas lights displays around town. The tour ended with a drive-in movie showing of "The Polar Express." This is Kyle Lesser's second year as Santa Claus and said he still felt nervous to don the red outfit and frosty white beard because ole St. Nick is nothing short of a childhood icon f...
Cheney High School swimmer Reuben Morgan hitting the breath stroke....
Basketball CHENEY – Here’s a round up results from the high school winter sports ongoing season. Basketball The Cheney Blackhawks boys’ and girls’ varsity teams opened up their season at home in the Cheney High School gymnasium. The girls began the night with a hard-fought blowout loss to West Valley 83 to 37. They finished the night with 40 rebounds, three assists, and zero blocks. They also made 31 percent of their field goals, 47 percent of their free throws, and had zero three pointers on the night. The boys ended t...
CHENEY – Fall colors are gone and the winter weather is officially here as Cheney High School officially kicks off its' winter sports season. Basketball, swimming, gymnastics and wrestling are underway. The girls basketball program is eager to start its new regime under head coach Ken Ryan, 48. He received the coaching job late and implemented a brand-new system in the last 11 days. While it's been frantic, he's never been around a harder working group of girls, Ryan said, n...
CHENEY – Spokane County election officials have certified the results of the Nov. 2 general election. There were no major changes between the initial ballot counting and certification day, Nov. 23, officials said. Voters here called for all taxes to be repealed in the advisory votes. That includes the tax on phone lines to pay for mental health and suicide prevention services (No. 36), a capital gains tax increased education and child services (No. 37), and a tax on captive insurers. The city of Cheney’s election results wer...
CHENEY – Police Chief John D. Hensley presented the department’s budget proposal to the City Council during a Nov. 23 meeting. During the presentation, the chief also went over the department’s emergency calls over the last year and spoke about how the “new normal” of the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting law enforcement’s work in the area. The city saw almost the exact same amount of service calls this year (23, 282) compared to last year (23,830). These numbers are down over 3,000 calls compared to previous years before the...
CHENEY – Cheney High School is set to host another pediatric COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinic Dec. 9. This clinic is open to the community to children between the ages of 5-18 by appointment only. The clinic will be providing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which requires two doses. This clinic will only be open for one session between 4-6:30 p.m., officials said, noting no other clinics are scheduled for the school campus. Officials said that means that if someone is getting their first dose at this clinic, i...
CHENEY – Fire Chief Tom Jenkins discussed the 2022 budget proposal with the City Council during a Nov. 23 meeting. The presentation was designed to recap the years emergency services while preparing the council’s vote to approve the new 2022 operating budget. Jenkins presented a litany of data recapping fire and emergency services over the last year and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape. Jenkins said this past year he’s seen things that he’s never seen before in his 28-year career and he surmised that ma...
CHENEY – The Cheney High School’s Running Start program just received a massive expansion. Now, students who are seeking careers in trades can take advantage of the program, officials said last week. Cheney Career and Technical Education Director Adam Smith, 47, presented the Running Start for Careers program at the School board meeting last week. He explained how it will widely increase the types of students that seek access to Running Start. Previously, Cheney’s Running Start program had nothing for students seeking caree...
CHENEY – Several community members came out to speak out against coronavirus vaccine and mask mandates as well as a vaccine clinic at Cheney High School during last week’s School Board meeting. The Spokane Regional Health District added several pop-up clinics at elementary and high schools around the county earlier this month to administer a COVID-19 vaccine and flu shots to youth between ages 5-11. The Cheney High School clinic will be using the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in children by the FDA. One wo...
CHENEY - It’s the season of giving and last week Eastern Washington University student-athletes partnered with the Salvation Army to try and raise some money for indigent families before Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Salvation Army’s red buckets and bells are usually associated with Christmas. But this year marks their fourth annual Corporate Kettle Cook-off and the 130th anniversary of the red kettle campaign. Eastern Athletics Director Lynn Hickey was on hand to wel...
