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  • Rose sworn in as new chief

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby, Cheney Free Press|Updated Sep 21, 2023

    ODESSA — An Airway Heights police officer was sworn in as the new police chief here during a Sept. 11 Town Council meeting. Ericka Rose, 43, was sworn in by Mayor Bill Crossley. In accepting the job, she fulfills a lifelong dream of leading her own department, she said. Rose said she has known since childhood that she wanted to become a police officer and focused on that goal throughout high school and college and on into the early years of married life. Her husband, Brandon Rose, also in law enforcement, works as a deputy f...

  • Odessa native at epicenter of state's COVID-19 outbreak

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby, The Odessa Record|Updated Mar 27, 2020

    KIRKLAND -- Life Care Center, north of Seattle, has been the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak on the U.S. west coast. The company, with headquarters in Cleveland, Tenn., operates or manages more than 200 skilled nursing, rehabilitation, Alzheimer's and senior-living campuses in 28 states. Chelsey (Walter) Earnest, the daughter of Bruce and Debbie Walter of Odessa, is a registered nurse who lives and works in Puyallup for Life Care Centers of America. When a call for help... Full story