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CHENEY — The amount violators pay for a parking citation in the city may soon change, depending upon the outcome of a Police Department study and decision by the City Council. In a presentation to the council at their Feb. 23 meeting, Cheney Police Chief John Hensley noted the city’s infraction amount of $25 hadn’t changed since he became chief in 2011. Following a request from the Public Safety Committee to do some preliminary research, Hensley said he discovered that regionally, the city has the lowest rate among munic... Full story
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Water contamination has been something dogging Airway Heights since the summer of 2017 when it was found that city wells had been contaminated by firefighting chemicals from Fairchild Air Force Base. The mitigation process could get some additional help from the federal government in the form of slices of the pending $1.9 billion COVID Relief bill circulating through Congress, the Airway Heights City Council was told at its March 1 meeting. City Manager A... Full story
SPOKANE VALLEY – It may not have been technically clean, but last Saturday's long-awaited season-opener for the Cheney High School football team was sure entertaining. Playing their first game since last October 2019, the Blackhawks used a stout, attacking defense to make up for an erratic offensive effort, rallying from a seven-point halftime deficit to knock off University 28-14 on a sunny, wind-swept Titans field in Spokane Valley. The key for Cheney was Karl Barsness. T... Full story
CHENEY — When it comes to options on what to do about Eastern Washington University’s financially struggling athletic department, chances are last Friday’s long-awaited report by the PICTOR Group to the Board of Trustees didn’t really provide anything other than what was already discussed. What it did provide was an outside look at the state of athletics at the university, its perceptions by the community and hard numbers on what those four options might mean going forward from individuals experienced with the ins and out... Full story
CHENEY - A local man was booked into the Spokane County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, March 2, following a crash that sent a car careening into a building. Stephen Michael Foster, 37, was booked into the jail at 4:36 p.m. after being arrested on probable charges of driving while under the influence, third-degree driving while license suspended and operating a motor vehicle without ignition interlock. According to a police report, witnesses said they saw a Dodge Durango eastbound...
CHENEY - The difference between winning and losing can be razor thin. Two Big Sky Conference teams who discovered that last week will tangle this Saturday (March 6) when Eastern Washington University hosts Northern Arizona at Roos Field in Cheney. Kickoff is 1:05 p.m. in a game televised regionally in Eastern Washington by SWX. Fans can also listen to the game on 700-AM ESPN, 105.3-FM, via the web at tunein.com and via mobile phone app, with pre-game coverage starting one...
CHENEY Feb. 22 Taking motor vehicle without the owner’s permission was reported on the 700 block of North 8th Street. A 2011 Subaru Outback was reported taken but recovered on Feb. 28 by the city of Spokane Police Department. Second-degree theft was reported on the 2600 block of Eton Lane. An electric bicycle, backpacks, clothing and gear were reported taken from a vehicle. Feb. 23 Domestic violence/verbal dispute was reported on the zero hundred block of North 8th Street. Identification theft/unemployment fraud was r...
MEDICAL LAKE — Just like almost every other team in the country, Medical Lake football players have not snapped a ball in real competition in about 15 months. Unlike most everyone else, however, Cardinals head football coach Jeremy Bahr finds that in the absence of actual competition since his team was roughed up by Deer Park 62-12 on Nov. 1, 2019, a number of players have simply gotten on with real life. The team has 50 players turning out, 28 on varsity and junior varsity w...
RIVERDALE, Utah – Carter Ledwith and Kaylin Sheley were the top finishers for the Eastern Washington University cross country teams as the Eagles competed in the 2021 Big Sky Conference Winter Championships for their second meet of the season. The Eastern men and women both finished 10th among the 11 teams in the league. Ledwith led the Eastern men by finishing 38th on the 8,000-meter course with a time of 25:55.7. Sheley was the Eagles’ top women’s finisher, placing 47th with a time of 19:22.2 on a 5,000-meter course. Phoeni...
FARMINGTON, Utah — A pair of Eastern Washington University soccer seniors have been named the Big Sky Conference Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office March 1. McKaley Goffard earned the offensive nod for the first time in her career, while Kelsee Winston picked up the defensive award for the fourth time. The duo helped the Eagles shutout the College of Idaho, 5-0, at Roos Field on Feb. 28 for their home-opener to bounce back from a 2-0 loss at Gonzaga earlier in the week. G...
CHENEY - McKaley Goffard and Brooke Flores each notched a goal and an assist in leading the Eastern Washington University women's soccer team to a 5-0 win over College of Idaho in the Eagles home opener on Saturday at Roos Field. Brittany Delridge's goal off a through-ball assist from Goffard gave Eastern a 1-0 lead three minutes into the match, with Grace Terrill making it 2-0 eight minutes later on a goal off an assist from Taylor Matheny. The Eagles launched six more shots...
CHENEY – The high school volleyball program finally earned its first match win since returning to the 3A classification. The Blackhawks overcame a 25-21 loss in the first game at Lewis and Clark by rallying to win the next three, 25-16, 28-26 and 25-21 to down the Tigers 3-1 last Tuesday, Feb. 23, evening Cheney’s record at 1-1. They then stretched that winning streak to two matches by sweeping visiting 4A Central Valley 3-0 on Feb. 25. Kiley Power led Cheney with 17 assists against the Tigers in the match between 3A and 4A...
MOSCOW, Idaho - Eastern Washington scored early, but the University of Idaho got its points when things mattered the most to claim a 28-21 Big Sky Conference spring season football victory Feb. 27 at the Kibbie Dome. In collecting their second consecutive victory over Eastern, Idaho slowly recovered from an early 14-0 deficit. The Vandals scored the winning points with just 54 seconds to play on a Mike Beaudry to Hayden Hatten 25-yard touchdown pass. The game was the first in...
SPOKANE — The Spokane County Library District is helping library customers with their outdoor activities and adventures. Customers can get started with gardening with seed packet bundles available at all Library District locations. District staff has prepackaged all the seeds from the seed libraries along with helpful gardening tips and some fun gardening activities for all ages. Each seed bundle contains an assortment of 12 different packages of heirloom seeds (vegetables and herbs). The limit is one per customer per v...
Winter took one more stab at the region last Thursday by dumping 2.6 inches of new snow, according to National Weather Service in Airway Heights data. The early morning snow caused problems for commuters, including the driver of this Reddaway semi whose trailer tipped over when the truck jackknifed in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 near milepost 274, about three miles west of Spokane....
Cheney Congregational Church Greetings, Cheney friends! Our congregation continues to worship online for the time being. We have live Sunday morning services on Zoom at 10 a.m. followed by a virtual coffee hour. You can request a Zoom link through our website, www.cheneycongregational.org and you can also find copies of the sermons on our website. During Lent our sermon series will be “Annual Spirituals.” Each year we go to the doctor for our annual physical to see how our physical health is, but how often do we get our spiri...
John Daniel Dacey 1931-2021 On Wed., Feb. 17, 2021, loving husband and amazing father of two, John Daniel Dacey, 90 passed away. John lived a remarkable life full of love, fun, adventures and friends. John was born in Minneapolis, Minn. to John and Catherine (Broemmel) Dacey. After graduating from Wayzata High School, John briefly attended the University of Minnesota before deciding to join the U.S. Air Force was a better path. After serving 26 years, he retired with a... Full story
Sherry Lynn Shimek 1949 – 2021 Sherry Lynn Shimek passed away on Feb. 20, 2021 at the Hospice of Spokane. She was born Dec. 2, 1949 in Tucson, Arizona to Frank and Margaret Shimek. Residing in both Moses Lake, Wash. and Spokane, Wash., she graduated from Central Valley High School in 1967. She worked in Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska as an executive administrative assistant. While working in Anchorage she assisted the state’s leading geologist with publishing a boo... Full story
It’s a solution in search of a problem. Lawmakers in Olympia appear to be fast-tracking House Bill 1356, which would ban the use of “racially derogatory or discriminatory” American Indian mascots, logos and team names in public schools in the state. Simply put, the bill is political theater, nonsense that kowtows to the politically correct crowd that’s bent on cancelling our culture, heritage and history. The bill is quickly moving through the Legislature even though I think...
Democrats in Washington’s Legislature traditionally haven’t been shy about raising taxes. This legislative session is no different. In fact, there are several Democrat-sponsored proposals that would increase existing taxes or create new ones. State income tax: The Senate Ways and Means Committee recently passed Senate Bill 5096, a proposal requested by Gov. Jay Inslee creating a state income tax on capital gains. Voters have rejected a state income tax proposal 10 times over the past 85 years. A recent statewide Elway Pol...
OLYMPIA — A pair of bills by local 6th District lawmakers addressing foreclosure protection and presumptive benefits for health care workers have advanced in their respective chambers. House Bill 1410, sponsored by Rep. Mike Volz (R-Spokane) would protect taxpayers by reducing the penalty and interest for late property tax payments from about 23 percent to 12 percent. The measure was approved last week on a bipartisan 16-1 vote in the House Finance Committee, and now moves to the House floor for consideration. In a news r...
Cheney High School officials have released the names of students making the Term 2 honor roll. To make the honor roll, students must have attained a grade point average ranging from 3.5 – 4.0. The list of seniors and juniors follows, with the list of sophomores and freshmen to be published in the March 11 issue of the Cheney Free Press. Seniors Allison T. Adams, Anthony M. Aguilera, Ashton B. Akers, Katelyn E. Alderson, Honey E. Amor, Lacey Anderson, Koltin A. Baldwin, Brent C. Belsby Brady J. Benson, Makenna M. Benson, M...
MEDICAL LAKE — The easy part seems to have been accomplished when the Medical Lake School Board approved its 2021-22 school calendar at its Feb. 23 monthly meeting. Projected to start on Wed., Sept. 1 and finish June 15, the school year will do its best to launch amidst hopefully diminished COVID-19 restrictions, but confident because of measures taken in the 2020-21 term There were, as always, a number of options presented to the calendar committee, and one consideration w...
CHENEY — The high school Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed in at the 2021 virtual Northeast Regional Winter Conference in early February. According to news release, the Blackhawks had all 18 attending members place in the top six. As a team, club members placed 51 times in the competition. Students who place in the top six are eligible to compete at the virtual State Business Leadership Conference in April. Of the 51 different times that we placed, Cheney H...
CHENEY — City Council members approved an interlocal agreement at their Feb. 23 meeting with the city of Liberty Lake to provide that Spokane Valley jurisdiction with building plan review services for the rest of this year. Those services include “identifying items for correction, correspondence with building permit applicants and design professionals and determining whether plans are acceptable for permit issuance.” The agreement pays Cheney 10% of building plan review fees assessed by Liberty Lake according to their fee s...
