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The rugged basketball road the Medical Lake boys have traveled this season added more ruts and potholes. The Cardinals ended last week winless with Colville (5-4 NEA, 5-11 overall) taking a 62-35 Northeast A League contest on Jan. 24, Royal winning a non-league game 67-47 Jan. 26 and Deer Park (6-3, 9-7) prevailing 58-23, Jan. 27. ML last won Jan. 3 and has now suffered nine consecutive defeats. Against Royal, Mavrick Rasmussen had 15 points for the Cardinals, Kaleb Cain nine...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Suspects in the death of an infant have been extradited from South Dakota and placed in Spokane county jail, each with $1,000,000 bonds according to an Airway Heights police press release. In collaboration with the United States Marshall Service, Aleksander Kurmoyarov and Mandie R. Miller have been extradited from South Dakota following the filing of a warrant from the Spokane county prosecuting attorney in Dec. 2022. In December, Spokane county p...
Cheney High Spirit Week concluded with the big game at the Spokane Arena....
MEDICAL LAKE - A suspect charged with first-degree murder and first-degree illegal possession of a firearm has been released from Spokane County jail on a $700,000 bond, according to Spokane Superior Court documents. The suspect, Cynthia Metsker, 24, is scheduled to appear in court for arraignment on Feb. 1, according to Spokane Superior Court documents. Metsker was arrested on Dec. 23 at an apartment complex located at 227 S. Washington Street, as a suspect in the death of...
CHENEY – Police department elects its 2022 officer and dispatcher of the year. Officer Cheyanne Walters, 26, has been selected by her peers as the department’s officer of the year. Kate Faibanks, 30, has been selected as the department’s award recipient and has been promoted to lead dispatcher. Walters started at the Cheney PD in 2020, and has worked in many different capacities since that time. Police Chief Rick Bechtel said “She’s the one who established our Facebook page, a...
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE – The 36th Rescue Squadron completed their 708th rescue operation in an area around Schweitzer Mountain, Sandpoint, ID, on Jan. 3, according to a base press release. An injured snowmobiler who had spent upwards of 18 hours outside in the 19-degree conditions, was rescued by two special-mission aviators along with paramedic Staff Sgt. Gina Harkness, according to the official press release. “When I got to the ground, there was an amazing (civilian) tea...
CHENEY – Turnbull national wildlife refuge has begun inspections related to the acquisition of privately held lands within their stewardship boundary. Kelly Moroney, project leader for the Inland Northwest Complex, which includes Turnbull, Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, and Kootennai, discussed inspections which began on Jan. 23. “We do have land acquisition that is occurring, but none of the current acquisitions were solicited.” Moroney said. “We were contact...
SPOKANE — A local lawmaker has introduced a parental bill of rights in the House on Thursday, Jan. 26. Rep. Jenny Graham, R-Spokane, said her bill establishes a specific set of rights parents should have relating to the care, well-being, education and upbringing of their children. Calling it the “Parental Bill of Rights,” Graham says House Bill 1601 is needed to help parents take back their intended role as guardians, protectors and raisers of children. “A parent’s role since the beginning of time has been to rear their chi...
The following incidents were reported by the Cheney police between Jan. 23-29 Jan. 23 No Reports Jan. 24 Suspicious circumstance/recovered property. 5500 Block W. Hallett Rd. Recovered: spent bullet DUI/physical control. 200 Block Gregory Dr. Arrested: Robert O. Bozarth, 46 year old male Vehicle prowl/Third-degree theft-from vehicle. 1000 Block W. 1st St. (vehicle entered on multiple occasions, parking pass stolen during one incident) Found property (bicycle). 600 Block 2nd St. POCS (MXE pills). 2600 Block 1st St. Jan. 26...
DAVENPORT—A packed crowd of wheat farmers jammed into the Lincoln County Fairgrounds meeting hall for the WSU Lincoln-Adams Extension-hosted Wheat Producers Meeting Thursday, Jan. 19 to hear four speakers discuss data, projects and observations regarding recent wheat production the university has influenced in recent years. The four speakers gave five presentations on weeds and disease control, winter wheat variety selection, the state’s Soil Health Initiative, livestock/crops integration and a Wilke Research and Ext...
Various surveys conducted around the state over the last year continue to show that public safety is high on the list of concerns for the average Washingtonian. It doesn’t matter if it’s someone living in downtown Bellevue or someone residing in the 9th Legislative District. People are feeling less safe and less secure in their homes and communities. According to annual statistics compiled by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC), the numbers support this feeling of unease. Violent crime inc...
Why are WA gas prices rising while prices in other states remain same? I’ll tell you why: Gov. Jay Inslee’s environmental laws, approved by legislative Democrats two years ago. You’ll recall that earlier I wrote about how wholesale gasoline and diesel prices had risen sharply in early January due to the “cap-and-tax” law that went into effect Jan. 1. During his weekly meeting with reporters last week, Inslee was asked about reports that his cap-and-tax legislation had already raised the price of gas by 10 cents a gallon. T...
Washington State House Bill 1110 and Senate Bill 5190 are identical and are on track for approval. They will destroy city residential zoning codes statewide. This appears to cancel out planning authority and resident input at the city and county level. It’s not necessary to read all 15 pages of the bills. Begin with New Section 3 — Pages 9 and 10 will explain proposed statewide zoning regulations. On Page 14, New Section 7 makes it clear these changes are not subject to administrative or judicial appeals. Both bills essential...
When Americans go to the polls, we most often don’t know who or what we are voting for. We have little knowledge of candidates or of history, problems our founding fathers and mothers did not have. Our ancestors read serious books of political science, history, and law, and read sophisticated newspapers daily. Not even our college graduates do these things today. What those books would teach us is a sense of responsibility to participate in government well beyond just voting. Turning the country over to the American e...
Gwendolyn Scroggie, 89, born on Jul. 20 of 1933, passed through the Lord's gates on Jan. 24 of 2023. The memorial service will be held at the Cheney Funeral Chapel on Feb. 3 of 2023 at 11 am....
Marina Leone McLeod left us on Dec. 26, 2022, succumbing to cancer at 34 years of age. She left behind her adoring husband, Mike McLeod, her father, Jim Gresham, her siblings Miranda, Tom, Moira, and Peter, as well as beloved nephews and niece. Marina grew up in Cheney, Wash. where from an early age she showed a propensity for music, math, and tenderness. She performed several years in the Spokane Children's Choir, and then in middle school took up the trombone. She exceled... Full story
United Methodist church Cheney Free Press By Carol Kriegh CHENEY – The church welcomes the community for worship this Sunday at the United Methodist Church, 204 4th Street in Cheney. Worship is at 10 a.m. led by Pastor Damian Carruthers and will include the celebration of Holy Communion. Pastor Carruthers will continue the sermon series based on Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. You can also visit us online at www.cheneyumc.org. Sunday evening, our monthly Adult Fellowship will be gather at the church at 6 p.m. for a potluck mea...
Masquers Theater presents new drama Cheney Free Press Darryl Pheasant SOAP LAKE - The drama “Almost, Maine” opens in Soap Lake at the Masquers Theater on February 10th and goes to February 26th and director Cynthia Beyer would like to extend an invitation to all members of the media to a sneak preview on Wednesday and Thursday February 1st and 2nd at 6:30 pm, please contact her at”[email protected]” if you have any further questions. Medical Lake Community Outreach Rental Assistance and Assistance with Utilities Kirsti...
CHENEY–After twice breaking up with her fiancé, 27-year-old Audrey (Quayle) Wagner needed change. She wanted to travel and get a new perspective on life. In 1953, she boarded a steamship in her native Australia, not realizing a new life awaited in Reardan. Wagner was born in Bellarat, a city of 40,000 people in southern Australia, near Melbourne. Her father, David Quayle, was awarded The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, one of the British orders of chivalry, for his scientific work with fish. She remembered him sp...
Lizzy was a busy wife and mother of three. Three precocious children who never sat still. They even slept restless. Each morning Lizzy would wake her little angels, remake beds from scratch, sigh and get on with her day. Lizzy’s husband Carl worked as a car salesman at one of the local dealerships. He was a friendly, hard working and honest man who put in long hours and sold many cars and trucks. They were doing well financially and decided to invest in a Family Portrait Plan from a well known local photography studio. L...
The Cheney boys got an offensive jolt with the return of Gentz Hilburn to the line-up, and the usual contribution from Jakeb Vallance as the Blackhawks defeated Rogers Jan. 30 in the "Railroad Rumble" Spirit Game, 61-48 at Spokane Arena. Both Vallance and Hilburn -the latter back playing after an extended absence - each scored 17 points as the Blackhawks ended an eight-game losing streak. Cheney improved to 6-12 overall after winning the non-league match-up with the Greater Sp...
There’s never a bad time to end a losing streak, but to do it during a “rivalry game” might have an added impact in years to come when stories are told? The Cheney girls stopped an eight-game slide with 68-37 non-league win over Rogers of the 2A Greater Spokane League at Spokane Arena Jan. 30 in the “Railroad Rumble.” The Blackhawks win countered a pair of GSL losses earlier in the week, 42-38 to Ridgeline and 62-35 vs. Mt. Spokane, Jan. 27, both at home. With Shauna El...
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