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STA seeks rider input on proposed route changes Spokane Transit Authority is implementing “more and better” transit service as part of the its “Moving Forward” plan approved by voters in 2016. The agency is seeking the public’s input on some preliminary concepts for proposed changes that would go into effect in September 2018 on the following routes: Route 2 Southside Medical Shuttle Expansion, Route 21 West Broadway, Route 90 Sprague, Route 23 Maple/Ash, Route 25 Division, West Plains Routes ( 61 Highway 2, 62 Medical L...
Eastern Washington completed an undefeated Big Sky Conference regular season with a sweep of road game last weekend, clinching both first place and the host role in next week's league tournament. The Eagles clinched first place on Friday, Oct. 20 with a combination of their 4-2 win at Idaho State and Portland State's 1-0 loss to North Dakota. Eastern followed that with a 2-1 win at Weber State last Sunday. EWU improves to 14-4-1 overall with an undefeated 8-0-1 conference...
SCOPE releases names of volunteer of the year winners The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office has announced that Darwin McKibbins and Ken Dickson have been named as recipients of the Sheriff’s Community Oriented Police Effort (SCOPE) volunteers of the year award at their respective stations. McKibbins has been a volunteer at the Cheney/EWU SCOPE office since 2016 after moving to the city from West Valley where he began with SCOPE in 2014. Before joining, he lived in a secluded rural area where he experienced problems with illegal...
FBLS students trick or trot Walkers and runners of all ages are invited to show some Halloween spirit by taking part in the “Trick-or-Trot” fun run hosted by the Cheney High School Future Business Leaders of America club. Proceeds from the $7 per person entry fee will go towards purchasing business attire to be given out at an upcoming professional development workshop hosted by the FBLA in partnership with Cheney Outreach. The run takes place Oct. 28 from 4–6 p.m. on a 1.5-mile loop at the high school, 406 North Sixth St. Co... Full story
The “other Montana” as in Montana State travels to Roos Field this Saturday. Two of the top teams in the Big Sky Conference in recent years pair off this week when the No. 10/9 Eastern Washington University football team hosts Montana State this Saturday. Kickoff is 1:05 p.m. at sold-out Roos Field on Military and Veterans Appreciation Day. The Bobcats and Eagles resume what has been a rivalry maybe not as intense as Eastern and Montana, but in recent times, for the most part, it’s been equally entertaining. Parti...
Cheney business holds crisis nursery fundraiser In conjunction with the celebration of its two-year anniversary, Sweet Pea Boutique in Cheney is holding a fundraiser for the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. A portion of all sales throughout the entire month of October will be donated to the nursery. The store is also collecting items on the Vanessa Behan wish list to be donated to the nursery. The wish list items include sizes 4, 5 and 6 disposable diapers, wipes, spray sunscreen and laundry detergent. On Saturday, Oct. 21 from...
Candidates running for both mayor and seats on the Medical Lake City Council met citizens at a community forum Oct. 4 in the high school auditorium. Sponsored by Re-Imagine Medical Lake and moderated by Superintendent of Schools, Tim Ames, the forum attracted about 50 people. According to a Re-Imagine news release, candidates had two minutes to answer each of six questions prepared in advance. The audience heard from mayoral candidates Shirley Maike and Mikeal Suniga as well as council hopefuls John Paikuli, Monica Manza,...
The names of the top opposing players on the field may be somewhat unfamiliar this week to fans of the Eagles, but the offensive numbers and head coach will pop out to them. The top two offenses in the Big Sky Conference will square off when the 10th-ranked Eastern Washington University football team plays at UC Davis and new Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins this Saturday, Oct. 7. Kickoff is 6 p.m. in Davis, Calif., where EWU plays its fourth road game in the first six outings of...
Wiley to help dedicate Cheney Congregational ‘Peace Pole’ Cheney Congregational Church is sponsoring a second “Peace Event” on Sunday, Oct. 8, featuring guest speaker LaRae Wiley of Spokane’s Salish School. This event takes place in the fellowship hall at noon at the church, located at 423 N. Sixth St. Wiley is the school’s executive director. Founded in 2010, Spokane Salish School’s mission is “create a vibrant community of fluent speakers of Interior Salish languages by providing Salish language instruction to children and...
Ice Age Floods hikes offered The Ice Age Floods Institute, Cheney-Spokane Chapter is sponsoring a pair of hikes Oct. 7 and 8 to look at the geology of the upper Grand Coulee. Saturday, Oct. 7, is a hike to the Castle Lake Basin, located near the east end of the massive Great Cataract Group. The hike is about 3.5 miles round trip, and features a plunge pool lake and the potholed bench above Deep Lake reached by an overland walk and descent across the Castle Lake cataract via two, sturdy iron ladders built during the Columbia...
Two years ago the Montana Grizzlies laid a real licking on Eastern Washington, 57-16 at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula. With the momentum of a huge non-conference win on the road in New York City against Fordham, 56-21 last Saturday, plus an offense that finally came untracked and a defense that stifled the Rams in the Bronx, the Football Championship Subdivision's No. 11-ranked Eagles would like to deliver a little payback in the Big Sky Conference opener. Kickoff is...
New works on display at EWU gallery Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art is displaying new works by artist Garrick Simonsen beginning Sept. 27 and running through Oct. 26. Simonsen will give a lecture on Sept. 27 at the gallery, located in the Art Building in the university’s Fine Arts Complex, at noon, with a reception immediately following. According to a university news release, Simonsen is a fourth-generation Washingtonian, artist and musician. His artworks draw from a large collection of family history, d...
Revenue launches new streamlined website OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Revenue has announced the launch of its new website. In a Sept. 12 news release, the department stated the newly designed website, launched Saturday, Sept. 9, offers quick and easy access to essential information, and provides features that allows for a more engaging user experience. Businesses, tax professionals, and the general public will be able to get to the information they need through clearly identified paths. Key features of the s...
Cheney Youth Court members sought for coming year Cheney’s Youth Court is looking for members to fill positions. The court is a teen peer-review court that hears civil infractions committed by youth within the court’s jurisdiction. Youth Court benefits both the offender and the community through a collaborative justice process. Court begins Thursday, Sept. 21, at 6 p.m. at Cheney Municipal Court, 611 Second St. in City Hall, and will be held every third Thursday throughout the school year. All positions on Youth Court are... Full story
The old notion that there is a problem getting places across the country — and the world — from Spokane is certainly something of the distant past with the most recent announcement from Spokane International Airport that yet another new non-stop flight was added. Southwest Airlines (SWA) announced Aug. 28 that it will begin daily flights to San Jose (California) International Airport starting April 8, 2018 on a 143-seat Boeing 737-700 aircraft. “We are grateful to Southwest Airlines for recognizing the strong passenger deman...
Will Eastern Washington University begin to hang its hat on the defense rack in 2017? Probably not, but for the second time in a week in preseason camp scrimmages it has been the "D," that has been making a lot noise. Having held the vaunted Eagle offense out of the end zone on Aug. 19, the likelihood of that happening again was not a high probability. Eastern's offense did have its way for a while that is - scoring twice early - in the final tune up for the Eagles' season...
Miss Cheney Rodeo applications available Applications to compete and possibly become Miss Cheney Rodeo 2018 are now available. The application process closes Oct. 1, with the competition taking place Oct. 20-21 at the Cheney Rodeo grounds. The packet includes interview requirements and itinerary, application form, Miss Cheney Rodeo rules and expectations, horsemanship patterns, liability release and Miss Cheney Rodeo required events. According to an email from the Cheney Events Association, Miss Cheney Rodeo can appear in up...
The Eastern Washington University soccer team used home field to their full advantage, sweeping a pair of nonconference matches last weekend. In their Sept. 18 opener the Eagles scored a 5-1 win over the University of Nebraska at Omaha. They followed that two days later with a 1-0 decision over the University of South Dakota. Against Omaha, five different players scored, led by the goal and assist from Chloe Williams who opened scoring in the second minute. Saige Lyons made...
For a change it was the Eastern Washington defense that made the noise, at least in the team's first preseason scrimmage Aug. 19 at Roos Field. Interceptions by junior linebacker Kurt Calhoun, sophomore linebacker Trevor Davis Jr., junior defensive back Brandon Montgomery and true freshman defensive back Anfernee Gurley were the highlights of a defensive effort that saw the offense average only 3.7 yards per play. The defense surrendered no play of longer than 18 yards in the...
Eastern Washington University's other football team - or futbal to be more precise - is also busy preparing to defend a Big Sky Conference title. Coming off the most successful season in program history where they won the BSC championship on their home field Nov. 6 over Northern Arizona in a penalty kick finish 4-3, the Eagles are tabbed to be the team to beat in 2017. That season starts this Friday, Aug. 18, at 4 p.m. against the University of Nebraska at Omaha at the EWU...
Cheney fire relief adds donation sites Organizers of relief efforts for residents of the Washington Square Apartments in Cheney who were left homeless when an Aug. 5 gutted their apartments have added two donation sites for those wishing to provide assistance. An account at Banner Bank has been set up for monetary donations. Organizer Pat Hardwick said Tuesday the account has already received $240 in donations. Donors have the option of providing their name and address so that Hardwick and fellow organizer Connie Lattin of...
One of the driving forces of bluegrass music in the Inland Northwest reaches a milestone birthday in 2017. Medical Lake's Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival celebrates its 16th season as the Inland Northwest's flagship bluegrass event and takes place at Waterfront Park Aug. 11-13. Since it's inception in 2002, Blue Waters has grown to become one of the largest and most-respected summertime bluegrass festivals in the Northwest. Held every August under a canopy of Ponderosa pines...
There will likely be no surprise attacks in 2017 from the Eastern Washington University offense. Last season, Eagles' sophomore quarterback Gage Gubrud shocked just about everyone - except, perhaps, himself - by becoming the Big Sky Conference's Offensive MVP. The McMinville, Ore. product was tabbed July 17 to repeat that honor in preseason voting from the league's annual Football Kickoff in Park City, Utah. Gubrud was joined on the preseason all-conference list by senior...
Moore earns degree from Stephen F. Austin Kelsey Moore of Fairchild Air Force Base received a bachelor of science in human sciences from Stephen F. Austin State University, in Nacogdoches, Texas, during commencement exercises in May. Simonsen graduates from George Fox University, Pendelton makes dean’s list Cheney High School alumna Kelly Simonsen recently graduated from George Fox University with a bachelor of arts in history. She was one of 900 undergraduate, adult degree and graduate-level students who received diplomas in...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced in a June 20 news release that it is increasing the fire danger rating in several Eastern Washington counties. The move comes due to a dry, cold front passing through the region that could bring high winds, especially low humidity and warm temperatures, conditions that create challenges to initial fire attack operations. Restrictions are for all DNR-protected lands. Effective June 20, the fire danger rating is moderate in Okanogan, Lincoln and S...
