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While hanging out in the dugout during a July 29 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves left fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. laid his head on second baseman Ozzie Albies’ chest. And in the cuddle heard round the world, Albies didn’t move away, instead putting his arm around Acuna and rubbing the back of his head. What resulted was an explosion on social media, as people criticized the interaction, calling it “uncomfortable” and questioning the men’s sexuality. Even the game announcers had a not-so-graceful response, jo...
"And...go!" Sixteen airmen in gray shirts and blue shorts bolt through a parking lot on Fairchild Air Force Base. Ignoring the blazing sun, some dive into full-body hazmat suits, while others begin building a large structure and connecting it to water hoses. Wheeling equipment into the lot, airmen are shouting instructions and encouragement to each other, all clearly focused on one goal. The average person watching might be baffled as to what that is, but these people know...
Recently launched Kalispel Tribe Utilities has selected an Itron Inc. solution for electricity delivery with the goal of building a world-class utility, the tribe announced Aug. 7. The tribe signed a contract with Itron to deploy their OpenWay® Riva solution to build what’s called an “active network” that will better prepare the tribe to utilize technology in the future. “We needed a metering solution that would be able to handle residential and commercial,” Deane Osterman, executive director of natural resources for the Ka...
In accordance with state law, the Cheney school district will be destroying past students’ special education records unless they hear from the child’s parent or guardian by Sept. 30. Under state and federal law, special education records must be maintained for six years after students’ services have ended. “We have over time kept records way beyond the regular retention schedule, but what happens then is they start to pile up in the file cabinets and we get more and more file cabinets. Our file room is full, essenti...
Registration for kindergarteners and new elementary students in the Cheney School District began Monday, Aug. 13, at all local elementary schools. Registering students before school starts is convenient for parents and for the school district, said Sharon Throop, assistant to the superintendent. “It’s much better to be done in advance,” Throop said. “It also helps us know how many students to expect at each grade level, for planning purposes for classrooms. For example, if we get many more students than we were expecting for...
Amazon is voluntarily paying a $178,640 traffic mitigation fee to Airway Heights to be used for improvements to the intersection of Hayford Road and U.S. Route 2, primarily for a second southbound left turn lane, according to city officials. The fee is part of Amazon’s compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act, which requires developers know if their project will contribute to transportation problems in the area. The act also requires developers to find out what direct and indirect impacts their proposal will have o...
Driving across the mountains and entering the West Plains felt to me like the whole world had heaved a sigh of relief. Out from under concrete skyscrapers and away from bumper-to-bumper traffic, moving back to Eastern Washington was as much of a transformation as leaving it behind had been nearly 10 years before. I grew up spending my childhood enjoying the best our county has to offer — riding the carousel at Riverfront Park on weekends, running through wheat fields in fading red sunlight and splashing in the river until t...
A mobile home fire in Airway Heights resulted in two people, including a firefighter, being transported to the hospital Saturday night. Firefighters responded to the scene on the 12500 block of Sunset Highway at about 5 p.m. Saturday and the flames were extinguished within an hour. Mobile home fires can be particularly dangerous due to the proximity to other homes, but fire engines were able to respond to the scene in record time, Airway Heights Fire Chief Mitch Metzger said. In a fortunate twist of fate, the fire department...
For the Airway Heights Recreation Center, the future is bright. As construction on the 46,000 square foot facility continues, the recreation center nearly two decades in the making is finally taking shape. Though the center is not yet open, the city is already thinking ahead and trying to anticipate future needs. Workers are laying conduit for outdoor field lighting to be added later, and the city is contemplating putting in a 2019 legislative request for additional lighting...
