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ROSALIA – The 13 members of the Rosalia High School Class of 2023 graduated Saturday, June 10, with advice to stay positive. Keynote speaker Terry Boxleitner and Valedictoria Riley Daniel Gehring both offered that advice before a packed gymnasium at the school, 916 S. Josephine Ave. Before receiving the words of wisdom on attitude, Salutatorian Erik Xavier Lazcano and Principal Matt McLain welcomed commencement-goers. "It's been a long 13 years," Lazcano said, with McLain foll...
LIND – The city roars to life Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10, as the 34th annual Combine Demolition Derby Days brings thousands of residents and visitors out for weekend of smashing fun. The highlight of the event is the Lions Club Combine Demolition Derby, in which area farmers, fans and others put their fortified combines to the test in a demolition contest, with the last combine running crowned the victor. And like last year, Cheney area residents will be p...
Thunderstorms brought colorful rainbows and vibrant skies to Northeast Washington last week. Pictured, a State Processor facility in Tekoa sits beneath one of those evening rainbows....
SPOKANE – An Airway Heights was killed in a late-night crash Sunday, May 14. At press time, the 26-year-old man’s name was being withheld pending notification of kin. The crash occurred at 11:48 p.m. on State Highway 291, near Seven Mile Road, the Washington State Patrol reported. The driver was northbound on the highway in a 2017 Dodge Charger at a “high rate of speed” when he failed to negotiate a curve, the patrol said. His vehicle went off the roadway and hit a tree. Both the driver and his passenger, Serjay J. Firsov,...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The Spokane County Coroner’s Office has released the identities of two people found dead after being hit by a pickup truck at about 11:45 p.m., April 29, near the intersection of West Trails and North Flight roads. Desmond Miller, 25, and his fiancee Kady McFeron, 33, died from blunt force injuries to the head, neck, torso and extremities, the Coroner’s Office reported. Megan C. Skillingstad, 29, is being held on $1,000,000 bail in the Spokane County Jail...
RITZVILLE – Sen. Mark Schoesler and other state lawmakers will return to the Capitol for a special session beginning May 16. “After returning home to Ritzville early last week following the end of this year’s legislative session, I was not planning to return to Olympia for at least a few months,” the 9th Legislative District senator said. “Turns out, my fellow legislators and I may be back at the Capitol little more than a week from now.” Gov. Jay Inslee called the special...
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee won’t be seeking a fourth term. Inslee, a Democrat from Bainbridge Island, announced Monday, May 1, that he’s ready to move on. “Today I announced I will not seek a fourth term,” he said. “We’ve made Washington a beacon for progress for the nation, and now it’s time to pass the torch. Born and raised in Seattle, he was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1989, then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993. The 72-ye...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A Spokane Valley man is being held in the Spokane County Jail after being arrested for identity theft April 11 at the Kalispel Casino. Joseph P. Simpson, 58, is facing charges of two counts of first-degree identity theft and first-degree theft. He remains in the jail due to the bail and hold warrants issued in other jurisdictions, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office reported. His arrest follows an investigation into two unrelated crimes, the Sheriff's O...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A motorcyclist died from he sustained in an early Saturday morning motorcycle crash near the entrance to Spokane International Airport. Christopher R. Cooper, 42, of Spokane, died at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, the Washington State Patrol reported. The crash occurred about 2:11 a.m. Saturday morning, April 22, the patrol reported. Cooper was riding a 2012 Yamaha YZFR6 motorcycle east on U.S. Highway 2 when he left the roadway and struck a cable b...
OLYMPLIA – The sale, import, distribution and manufacture of so-called “assault weapons” and related parts was immediately banned Tuesday morning, April 25, across the state. With a large crowd of Democrats standing behind him at the Capitol, Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1240 into law. It was the most sweeping of three gun-control measures he signed into law just before 11 a.m. with a large crowd of West Side Democrats standing behind him. House Bill 1240 included an em...
CHENEY – Several local and nearby lakes have an abundance of trout available to catch, just in time for opening day Saturday, April 22. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has planted thousands of trout in area lakes, including West Medical Lake, Clear Lake, Badger Lake and Williams Lake. Williams Lake received the most fish, with the first plant taking place March 20. The state added 10,701 rainbow trout weighing less than a half-pound each that day. Then on March 2...
BOSTON, Mass. – A Tekoa native won the Boston Marathon’s Women’s Wheelchair Division on Monday, April 17. Having placed in the Top 5 in the division on previous Boston Marathons, Susannah Scaroni, 31, cruised to victory with more than 5 minutes to spare. Scaroni won the race in 1:41.45, finishing ahead of Madison DeRozario and Wakako Tsuchida, who were second and third respectively. Scaroni’s best finishes previously were second in 2018 and third in 2014, 2015 and 2017, a...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Avista ratepayers will face higher bills beginning July 1 if a proposed rate hike is approved by the state Utilities and Transportation Commission. Avista has requested price adjustments, including electricity rate hikes that will increase its revenues by 6%. The request to increase the rate to comply with state regulations that require Avista to either obtain an authorized increase or return or rebate money to ratepayers if the utility has a deferral b...
IRBY – Two racers from southern Spokane County were among the field of competitors April 2 at the annual Desert 100. Fairfield racers Hodla Brown and Thomas Gwinn were among the racers that completed the grueling race --only 472 of the 921 who started were able to finish. Brown raced to a 53rd-place finish overall and 16th in the 250cc class with a time of 4:21:44.258. Gwinn raced to a 108th-place finish overall and 23rd in the 30-39-year-old division, completing the Desert 1...
Rosalia High School senior Riley Gering launches the javelin during the 1B league-opening track meet Tuesday, March 21, at Valley Christian School in Spokane Valley. Gering finished fourth at the meet with a distance of 114 feet 8 inches. Rosalia track and field athletes next compete Tuesday, April 11, at Pomeroy....
OLYMPIA — A bill making its way through the Legislature would make possession of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine a gross misdemeanor. Senate Bill 5536 passed the Senate by a 28-21 vote Friday night. The bill is designed in response to the state Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling that the state’s drug-possession law was unconstitutional. While the bill passed the Senate, it does not go far enough to address the drug problems, Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, said...
TOKIO — A Gonzaga university student was killed Saturday morning, Feb. 18, in a fiery, one-vehicle crash 10 miles east of Ritzville. Diego H. Garza, 18, of Lakewood, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near Mipepost 230, at about 5:30 a.m., the Washington State Patrol reported. According to the patrol, Garza was eastbound in a 2003 Chevrolet Blazer on Interstate 90 when his vehicle drifted in to the median. Garza over-corrected and the vehicle overturned and c...
OLYMPIA — Farmers and ranchers will be likely continue to be taxed on agricultural diesel fuel after House and Senate committees last week failed to advance exemption bills. Senate Bill 5728, introduced by Sen. Perry Dozier, R-Kennewick, and co-sponsored by Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, didn’t make it out of the Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee. And House Bill 1780, introducted by Republican Reps. Joe Schmick of Colfax and Mary Dye of Pomeroy met a sim...
Washington state has high tax rates — gas, property, you name it. Government agencies billions of tax dollars annually from residents and businesses here. So why then are government agencies taking Washington taxpayer dollars and buying goods and services out-of-state, goods and services that are readily abundant in Washington? Those agencies are penalizing state taxpayers (residents and businesses) for paying the high taxes the agencies collected under burdensome r...
WARNS. Interesting acronym for a survey being pushed by the state Department of Education, Washington State University and public schools statewide. The Washington Assessment of the Risks and Needs of Students has been around a few years, but largely disappeared during the coronavirus shutdowns — when students were at home and parents would have an opportunity to see it, read the questions and determine appropriateness. But now that classes are back in-person statewide, the s...
Cheney Blackhawk Jalisca Holmgren mixes it up on the mat....
A gang of elk seen from Cheney Spangle road the morning of January 9....
CHENEY — A steady rain, recent warming temperatures and predicted gusty winds prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for much of southern Spokane County, including Cheney, Medical Lake and Spangle. Areas of Whitman County were also expected to see localized flooding. As of press time Tuesday night, Hangman Creek was rising from Tekoa to Spokane, and Paradise Creek was expected to continue rising in the Pullman-Colfax area. “Runoff from rain and rap...
