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CHENEY – Local business owners and residents have contributed to the repair and donation of a used car to a nominated resident. Steve Burke, of Burke's Repair, 107 H. St., first acquired the used car from a former client who was planning to move out of state. The client agreed to sell the car to Burke at a reduced price under the condition it be donated to a community member. "I put a post on the Cheney Neighbor Facebook page, just asking them to nominate somebody that they k...
CHENEY – A bullet fired from an unknown location impacted a 2021 Chevy Traverse in the drive-through area of a Starbucks at 2816 First St. A caller contacted Cheney police dispatch and reported shots fired at the Starbucks at approximately 9 a.m. Both Cheney police and Eastern Washington University police responded to the scene and questioned both staff and the driver of the vehicle. The driver of the Chevy Traverse, Male 38, reported that he was in the drive-through area when the bullet impacted his car. Both Cheney p...
CHENEY – Eastern Washington University and its athletic director, Lynn Hickey, are being sued by basketball coach Wendy Schuller. The lawsuit accuses the university and Hickey of age and gender discrimination. In a court filing Feb. 7, Schuller’s legal representatives outlined factors for the lawsuit. Among them are a pattern and practice of age and sex discrimination in employment, and in education and athletic opportunities, unequal pay, and unequal access and inadequate women’s facilities, according to Spokane Count...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Suspects in the death of an infant, formerly extradited from South Dakota and placed in Spokane county jail, have been given a criminal trial readiness call for Mar. 14 Aleksander Kurmoyarov and Mandie R. Miller are currently being held in Spokane County jail each with $1,000,000 bonds according to an Airway Heights police press release. Kurmoyarov and Miller are scheduled to be tried in criminal court on Apr. 3 Kurmoyarov and Miller were extradited from South Dakota following the filing of a warrant from t...
MEDICAL LAKE – Council to hold interview for council position 2 at regular meeting on Feb. 21. There are currently 7 open positions on the council, and 3 applicants have been selected to interview for position 2. At the last council meeting, Feb. 7, there were a total of 5 people who applied for position 2. “We had an executive session to select the top three candidates.” Mayor Terri Cooper said. The three candidates who moved forward to the final interview taking place Feb. 21, are Ted Olson, previously sitting council membe...
CHENEY – Council codified a change to municipal code 9a.03.010 through an emergency ordinance (Y-40) at a regular council meeting. Council approved all three readings in one night as a matter of emergency provision. This ordinance allowed the council to change the municipal code which pertains to the prosecution of individuals violating orders of protection. “In July of 2022, the state of Washington consolidated the laws concerning no-contact orders (RCW 7.105), and the Cheney municipal code was not updated to adopt that rev...
MEDICAL LAKE – Council to hold interview for council position 2 at regular meeting on Feb. 21. There are currently 7 open positions on the council, and 3 applicants have been selected to interview for position 2. At the last council meeting, Feb. 7, there were a total of 5 people who applied for position 2. “We had an executive session to select the top three candidates.” Mayor Terri Cooper said. The three candidates who moved forward to the final interview taking place Feb. 21, are Ted Olson, previously sitting council membe...
CHENEY – Planning commission voted unanimously for the recommendation to move an application to re-zone a parcel in north Cheney to city council at the next regular meeting. The site which is being examined for re-zoning includes Presnell mobile home park and extends from 1st street to the train tracks, and from Bi-Mart to the Grocery outlet. Previously, an application from Storehaug Engineering, based in Spokane, on behalf of the property owner, Todd Tarbert, was brought before the commission. The application proposed an a...
CHENEY – The council voted 5 in favor and 1 against the motion to approve resolution F-133, lodging tax disbursement, to finance the purchase of insurance for the 2023 Cheney Rodeo, at their regular meeting on Feb. 28. The Events Association, the entity which hosts the Cheney Rodeo, applied for a disbursement of the lodging tax fund to cover the costs of insuring the entire rodeo event. This cost was listed in the application as $14,500, with a provision that the disbursement not exceed $20,000 in the event that the cost o...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Primary construction of the Hayford business park, located at 2001 S Hayford Road, may begin as early as the summer of 2023, according to the owner, Guy Byrd. The primary structures are designed accommodate multiple users, in a “flex-space” style of construction. “We could technically accommodate a single user needing up to 250,000 square feet of space. However, we are capable of providing flexible space accommodations for users needing as little as 1,500 square feet.” Byrd said. Byrd said that he is negotiat...
SPOKANE – A structure fire on West Maxs Road, east of Assembly Lane, was reported on Thursday Feb. 23. At about 4:30P.M., dispatch informed personnel at Fire District 3 of a structure fire involving one residence in the Geiger Heights area. Fire District 3 dispatched 8 fire trucks and accompanying fire fighters to the scene. Upon arrival, command staff upgraded incident to a working attic fire, as a result of visible fire and smoke coming from the building. In addition to the several trucks and staff from District 3, Fire Dis...
CHENEY – The city administrator Mark Schuller gave a presentation on the tentative Police Guild contract for 2023. The previous guild contract expired at the end of 2022 and negotiations for a new contract began in Oct. 2022, according to Cheney Police Guild president David Bailey. “We came to a tentative agreement with city administration around the first of this year.” Bailey said. “The city council must vote on the acceptance of the contract which is a collective bargaining agreement between the Police Guild and the cit...
MEDICAL LAKE – A new councilman was elected to the city council on Feb. 21. Former councilman Theodore (Ted) Olson was elected by tie-breaking vote at the regular session of the city council. Olson, whose first term with the city council was in 2019, had been one of three candidates selected from a previous interview process, and was the council’s second nomination. The first nomination put forward was Kelly Shaffer, who was voted down four against, and two in favor. After rejection of this candidate, the mayor opened the...
CHENEY – The council voted unanimously at the regular meeting on Feb. 28 to defer voting on the rezoning of a parcel in the north of the city, Ordinance Y-41, to the next regular council meeting. Under the conditions that more information be provided by the developer and the owner of the parcel, the council deferred action on this ordinance. The site which is being examined for re-zoning includes Presnell Mobile Home Park and is located at 2225 First Street. The ordinance would modify the city’s current comprehensive pla...
CHENEY – Concerned resident displayed jars of opaque water to the council during public comments section, which she claimed are from her home sink at the city council meeting on Feb. 28. Janet Corlett. who lives on West Gregory Drive in the west of Cheney, reports that she has been experiencing problems with the clarity and potability of her water since last summer. "Do you want to drink this water?" Janet said as she displayed two containers full of what she reported to be w...
CHENEY – Volunteers working on the restoration of the Cheney Depot prepared original wood window framing for refitting on Feb. 18. Susan Beeman, a representative of the project team, commented on the wood restoration, saying "Our window restoration guy was Cliff Ferguson, who retired after many years as the City building inspector." Ferguson, a woodworker, donated his time to repair the wood portions of the windows, totaling over 230 hours, according to Beeman. Previously, i...
SPOKANE – Forecasts from the Natural Resources Conservation Service shows a probability for above-normal precipitation and temperatures across Washington. This annual report opens with a general outlook, indicating among other things that much of Washington remains in a D0 status, which is abnormally dry. Most of Spokane county, however, is below D0 on the drought intensity scale. Spokane river basin snowpack was measured at 133% of the median, compared with last year's 1...
CHENEY – Author, abolitionist, and researcher Bettina Love, Ph.D., presented at the Eastern Washington University campus on Feb. 8. “If you want to understand us [black culture], you have to see us.” Love said. The presentation centered around a historical analysis of cultural touchstones of African peoples of the late 15th century and how they have been transmitted across the world in successive generations. Love gave a thesis on “hip-hop” civics which included depiction...
MEDICAL LAKE – Girl Scout troops from all over the west plains and Spokane were represented at the middle school on Saturday, Feb. 11. Brian Newberry, CEO of Girls Scouts of Eastern Washington and Idaho, gave a presentation on the strides in cookie sales the Girls Scouts of Washington have made in the past year. Newberry introduced several scouts as they represented the several varietals of cookie, in costume, and lauded each for their contribution to their respective t...
CHENEY – Council voted unanimously to approve Ordinance Y-39 at their regular meeting on Feb. 14. This ordinance approves the vacation of an alleyway located between two properties in the Reservoir addition of the city. Y-39 proceeds from the application of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Charley Hough, to vacate the alleyway for the purposes of building a new medical facility. The alleyway which separates the two properties is owned and maintained by the city, and “vacation” in...
CHENEY – A local auto sales company, C&S Automotive, has closed its doors. At time of publication, a sign noting that this is a temporary closure was posted on the premises. According to the Better Business Bureau, C&S Enterprises Partnership is doing business as C&S Automotive, and was started in 2019. The reason for the temporary closure could not be determined at time of printing and the owner could not be reached for comment....
MEDICAL LAKE – A patient on a civil commitment at Eastern State hospital walked away from the facility on the evening of Feb. 7, according to a Spokane County sheriff’s department press-release. Hospital staff reported to the police at 6:40pm on Feb. 7 that Silas W. Finley, 21, walked away from the hospital, according to a Spokane County sheriff’s department press-release. The sheriff‘s report states that deputies responded and conducted a search of the surrounding area, b...
CHENEY – Representatives of NAC Architecture presented two options for the renovation of the Cheney pool facility, one priced at $11 million, and the second at $13 million. Following a Jan. 11 presentation to the Board of Park Commissioners, NAC completed the feasibility study and presented it to Council on Jan. 24. An initial assessment of the existing Cheney pool facility, which is over 60 years old, revealed that it would require significant repairs due to n...
CHENEY – Ohana Hawaiian Grill will soon open on 1st St. at the former location of Inferno Wings. The owners, Alex and Derek Baziotis also owned Inferno Wings, and are nearly ready to open their new project as soon as they put the finishing touches on the interior. "We love Hawaiian food ourselves." Alex Baziotis said. "So, after we closed the previous restaurant, we took inventory of the dinner-life in Cheney; what's here and what isn't here." Baziotis said that she and D...
CHENEY – Turnbull national wildlife refuge has begun inspections related to the acquisition of privately held lands within their stewardship boundary. Kelly Moroney, project leader for the Inland Northwest Complex, which includes Turnbull, Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, and Kootennai, discussed inspections which began on Jan. 23. “We do have land acquisition that is occurring, but none of the current acquisitions were solicited.” Moroney said. “We were contact...
