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AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The City Council approved the design scope for future construction projects in their July 6 meeting. One will take place on 10th Avenue from Garfield to Hayford. The other will be a pedestrian crossing beacon on Hayford at 7th and 9th avenue. The city was able to secure a Transportation Improvement Board grant for work on the 10th Avenue project. So far, T-O Engineers have been employed to work on the consulting for the project, handling jobs such as project management, geotechnical services and roadway d...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The city is in the process of finalizing two franchise agreements with Avista, an electric and natural gas energy company. The agreements would replace the city’s existing gas and electric franchise agreements. These franchise agreements grant Avista Corporation the rights to locate, construct, install, own, maintain, repair, reconstruct, operate and use facilities within the franchise area in order to get gas and electricity to where it is needed in the city. The city has been working on the new agr...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The City Council met on July 6, only a couple days after the Independence Day celebration, for a holiday recap and official action on multiple study session agenda items. According to Police Chief Brad Richmond, the police department received 78 calls for service on July 4, which was double their usual number. The only serious call was for a three-car collision after someone had a seizure, which distracted the car’s driver and caused the collision. Fire Chief Mitch Metzger reported 10 calls for aid, two tha...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS - Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers made a trip around the 5th Congressional District on July 2 with Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr. Their visits to hospitals, cell towers and engineering laboratories were all centered around Eastern Washington's expanding technology and network. Carr is the FCC's senior Republican whose platform has an emphasis on bringing high-speed, 5G networks across the country. One of the...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The city council held an emergency meeting at 5 p.m. on July 2 to discuss an ordinance regarding fireworks. The ordinance was adopted after the council voted to suspend the rules that would require multiple readings. Five council members voted to adopt it while councilman Larry Bowman abstained. The ordinance would allow the fire chief to enact a temporary ban on fireworks in conditions of extreme fire danger. The discussion was prompted by the record heat wave and extreme fire conditions the area is c...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Developments are afoot in Airway Heights. The City Council met on June 28 for a study session that covered multiple departments’ plans for the city. Public Works Director Kevin Anderson went over the 10th Avenue project, which has been in the works for years now. With a Transportation Improvement Board grant, construction on a corridor extension project on 10th Avenue is expected to begin in 2022. The entire project cost is $3,544, 295, with contributions from the grant, the city and the Kalispel Tribe of...
CHENEY - The rodeo is only days away, and the signs are everywhere. Livestock arrived at 4 p.m. on July 7 in preparation for the Cheney Rodeo, filing into the fields to get acclimated before the big event. Both bulls and horses were there. The Cheney Rodeo will kick off at 5:10 p.m. on July 9 and hold events through July 11....
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The city council held an emergency meeting at 5 p.m. on July 2 to discuss an ordinance regarding fireworks. The ordinance was adopted after the council voted to suspend the rules that would require multiple readings. Five council members voted to adopt it while councilman Larry Bowman abstained. The ordinance would allow the fire chief to enact a temporary ban on fireworks in conditions of extreme fire danger. The discussion was prompted by the record heat wave and extreme fire conditions the area is c... Full story
CHENEY – Firefighters extinguished a brush fire that started at the intersection of North 6th Street and Simpson-Parkway on July 1. The fire was called in at 4:07 p.m., and by 5:45 p.m. it was under control and the fire district is confident it will not spread beyond the acre and a half it had already reached. As a precaution, the city issued a Level 1 evacuation for residents in the area. Level 1 advises nearby residents to be prepared to leave should a fire spread. Fire o... Full story
CHENEY - Can a restaurant be both eerily familiar and brand new? For longtime Cheney residents, driving by Lenny's Classic American Burgers is like a blast from the past - exactly the way General Manager Allan Gainer wanted it to be. The restaurant that opened on June 11 is not the first version of Lenny's. It is not the second, either. Lenny's was originally opened by Lenny Martire in 1974. Martire made a name for himself by introducing Stromboli to Cheney and feeding the tow...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — A traffic issue that has been on the city’s checklist for years is getting closer to completion. The city awarded a contract to Power City Electric that will add a second southbound left turn lane on the intersection between Hayford and US-2. Power City Electric, a Spokane-based contractor, was awarded the low bid of $443,609.30. This project hopes to solve the backup issues the intersection has been experiencing. Due to the high volume of traffic, the level of service for the intersection is decreasing. Thi...
MEDICAL LAKE — The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of public school and put several school board decisions on hold. When school returns to a semi-normal state in September, it will return with a new curriculum for the 2021-22 school year. One of these is the Great Minds, Wit and Wisdom K-5 ELA curriculum. This curriculum’s primary focus is on books instead of anthologies or worksheets. It pairs with the phonics curriculum already in place in the school district, which encourages young readers to associate sounds wit...
MEDICAL LAKE — The school board celebrated the end of the 2020-21 school year at their June 22 meeting. Members reminisced about a successful last week of school and graduation ceremony in a year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. In true pandemic fashion, the school received a half million sanitizing wipes that were supposed to arrive in October just in time for school to let out. The board heard two new policies for the first time. The first one applies to non-resident students and the lengthy appeals process that follows a...
MEDICAL LAKE — Students can eat breakfast and lunch for free starting June 28, but free meals are not ending with summer. Due to a decision from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), lunch will be free across the school district for the entire 2021-22 year. Summer lunches are not new to the district, although they have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The district normally provides a cafeteria service to ensure students have access to meals while school is out. Now, according to Nutrition Services Supervisor Jill...
MEDICAL LAKE — The heatwave sweeping Washington is causing more than discomfort. The Feed Medical Lake 10th Anniversary Celebration, an event a decade in the making, was postponed on Monday when temperatures reached 106 degrees. Feed Medical Lake was founded 10 years ago this June. Run by founder and director Joanna Williams with the help of volunteers and funded by grants and donations, their goal is simple: feed anyone who needs it. On the second Monday of each month, they provide free groceries and dinner. Free lunch is s...
Contractor crews working for the state Department of Transportation had State Route 902 blocked for several days last week as they performed work on the Washington Eastern Railway line through Medical Lake. The work was part of the Washington State Rural Rail Rehabilitation project, which is rehabilitating several rail lines around Eastern Washington....
MEDICAL LAKE - The city's parks are getting extra attention this summer. The Medical Lake City Council approved an extra duty service contract at their June 15 meeting. The contract will allow duty officers to patrol Medical Lake parks on weekends. This contract comes after reports of violations on the public property. Dogs and alcohol are not permitted on park grounds, a rule not everyone has followed during their visits. "We get a lot of visitors, some local and some from ou...
MEDICAL LAKE — The City Council’s June 15 meeting covered several hot topics in preparation for summer. The council accepted the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the Federal American Rescue plan. The total amount will be distributed in two checks, one in 2021 and one in 2022, for a total of $1,386,249. The council will discuss their spending plans in future meetings, but Mayor Shirley Maike expects to continue investing in the city’s economic development. Both J&M LLC Fireworks and Tom & Celia Griffey Firew...
The Founder's Day Marketplace was held at the Medical Lake Middle School soccer field in Medical Lake, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 19, 2021. While there was no parade this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, residents showed up in full force for the market and vendor's fair....
MEDICAL LAKE — The Fourth of July is only a few weeks away, and with it comes the age-old question over the fate of an iconic celebration. That celebration can continue as usual this year, at least in Medical Lake. Two firework permits were approved during the June 15 City Council meeting. J&M LLC Fireworks will be operating in the empty lot at 111 W. Brooks Road. You will find Tom & Celia Griffey Fireworks operating at 215 E. State Route 902, near Harvest Foods. While both retailers were given the go-ahead, the a...
A house fire burned on State Route 902 near Medical Lake on June 16. The Fire Department was called to 14814 W. at 12:45 p.m. to find the fire already well established. By 4:30 p.m. the fire was still going. A vent pipe for a fuel tank had recently been refilled, causing the fire to flare up every few minutes. Spokane County Fire District 3 responded to the call. They were assisted by the Washington Department of Natural Resources and the city of Spokane in calming the... Full story
