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SPOKANE -- The Spokane medical community, and other partners have come together to help ease some of the increased patient volume hospitals and clinics are experiencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic by setting up a drive-through screening site which opens Friday March 20. The site, at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds, will act in conjunction with existing on-line and phone screening systems set up by hospitals and clinics throughout the region. It is not a self-referral, guaranteed testing site. Health care professionals... Full story
OLYMPIA -- State Department of Social and Health Services officials have announced its closing some statewide offices while limiting lobby access to others in response to the spread of COVID-19. Beginning March 19 (Thursday), Disability Determination Services and Child Support will be available via online or telephone only at 1-800-772-1213 (Disability) and 1-800-442-KIDSD (Child Support). Disability offices in Spokane will be closed and Child Support offices in nine cities and Olympia will also close. Starting Friday, March... Full story
OLYMPIA — Residents who become unemployed due to government actions to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronovirus won’t have to worry about being evicted, at least for the next month. During a press conference this afternoon, March 18, Gov. Jay Inslee said he signed an order preventing landlords from evicting people who fall behind on rent after being sent home from work due the “WuFlu” pandemic. “I’m issue a statewide moratorium on evictions for failure to pay rent for the next 30 days,” the governor said. Inslee also p...
SPOKANE -- Spokane County officials are taking further steps to protect its employees and the public during the COVID-19 outbreak by limiting access to the fourth floor of the Public Works Building until further notice. The fourth floor is the location for the Environmental Services Department, including Sewer Billing and the Regional Solid Waste System. According to a March 18 news release, sewer bills are due by Wednesday, March 25. County officials are asking residents to make their payments by phone, mail or online, but... Full story
MEDICAL LAKE -- St. John’s Lutheran Church in will be providing a sack lunch for school age children this week Thursday and Friday, March 19-20, between 11 a.m. -- 1 p.m. One lunch per child and children must be present to receive a meal....
COLFAX -- The Fonk's building burned Tuesday night, its roof collapsing in a fire still being investigated Wednesday morning with no cause yet determined. Three people were injured, including two from neighboring apartments and a firefighter. All have since been released. Because of the roof collapse and total loss of the building, a concern remains for collapse of the building into Main Street. Fire crews will be on scene throughout Wednesday. A Pullman Fire Investigator was... Full story
CHENEY -- School district officials have released the schedule of free student meal packs to be made available during the cancellation of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meal packs, which include breakfast and lunch, will be delivered at the following locations beginning March 18: Bus 75 Salnave Elementary School 9 – 9:20 a.m. Betz Elementary School 9:25 – 9:40 a.m. Bi-Mart 9:45 – 10 a.m. Bus 51 Windsor Elementary School 9 – 9:20 a.m. Snowdon Elementary School 9:30 – 9:50 a.m. Hayford Village 9:55 – 10:5 a.m. Bus 52... Full story
CHENEY -- As part of its COVID-19 response, the Cheney School District is seeking information regarding child care needs for children of essential military personnel, first responders and medical providers in the school community. A survey can be found on the district’s *Coronavirus (COVID-19) webpage or at https://forms.gle/65DGt3jaTrF8SyZs7. The survey deadline is Thursday, March 19 at 2:00 p.m. Child care services will begin once all of the necessary information is gathered, analyzed and plans can be created. The d... Full story
SPOKANE -- Spokane Regional Health District officials have announced that three individuals have tested positive for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 disease. More information will be released at noon press conference today, March 14. Regional health district officials said they have identified and contact those who may have been in contact with these infected individuals. They will be monitored for fever and respiratory symptoms. As with everything associated with COVID-19, this is a developing situation. John McCallum can be...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WASH. -- Fairchild Air Force Base officials have announced that one of their airmen has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. In a March 16 news release, officials said they are monitoring the situation after samples sent to a Department of Defense lab produced positive results. The individual is in self-isolation at their off-base residence and base officials have notified Spokane Regional Health District authorities. Additionally, Col. Derek Salmi, the Installation Commander, has declared an on-base... Full story
CHENEY -- Eastern Washington University will push back the start of spring quarter and spring semester one week in order to allow measures dealing with preventing the spread of novel cornavirus and its associated disease COVID-19 to have a better effect. University Provost Dr. David May made the announcement that classes will resume April 6 instead of March 30 during a virtual town hall meeting this afternoon, March 16. The intent with delaying the start of instruction -- which will all be online -- is to increase the amount...
SEATTLE – If Washington is to stop the spread of coronavirus and the disease it carries, COVID-19, the most important step is to essentially keep our distance from each other. That was the most important aspect of personal protection outlined by Gov. Jay Inslee and others at a Monday, March 16, press conference in Seattle. That includes not only health directives to maintain a “social distance” of a minimum of 6 feet between each other, but also evaluate our routines and if at all possible, simply stay home as much as possi... Full story
OLYMPIAS -- Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement tonight that further expands protections against COVID-19. “Given the explosion of COVID-19 in our state and globally, I will sign a statewide emergency proclamation tomorrow to temporarily shut down restaurants, bars and entertainment and recreational facilities. “Restaurants will be allowed to provide take-out and delivery services but no in-person dining will be permitted. “The ban will not apply to grocery stores and pharmacies. Other retail outlets will have reduced occup... Full story
CHENEY -- Cheney School District officials have announced they are proceeding with a state-ordered shutdown of all K-12 schools one day earlier than scheduled. In a post on its website, the district said all its schools will be closed beginning March 16, rather than the March 17 date ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday, March 13, in the state's effort to quell the spread of the novel coronavirus and the disease it carries, COVID-19. Inslee's order will keep schools closed, and all athletic, extracurricular and afterschool ev... Full story
MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. — A staff member of Medical Lake School District has tested positive for COVID-19, the school district said Saturday. Before showing symptoms, the staff member spent time at Hallett Elementary and Medical Lake High School as a Robotics team advisor, the district’s superintendent said in a release. Medical Lake, Cheney and the rest of the K-12 school districts will be shutting down this week as ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee. Most will shut down at midnight, March 17. Inslee issued the order on Friday, alo... Full story
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee signed several executive orders today extending previous requirements to close K-12 public schools and limit large gatherings to no more than 250 people in efforts to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. School districts will be closed beginning Tuesday, March 17 through April 24. Inslee took similar measures earlier this week with schools and large gatherings in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. In taking the action the governor noted the virus has spread to 15 counties in... Full story
Beverly Y. “Bev” Dow, 66, of Pullman, Wash. passed away March 8, 2020 at Avalon Care Center in Pullman. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Trinity Lutheran Church as part of the Sunday morning worship service. Beverly was born April 5, 1953 in Spokane, Wash. to Alvin and Marvel (Baumgartner) Dow. She grew up and attended school in Cheney, Wash. Following high school graduation Beverly went to work at Eastern Washington University in the housekeeping d... Full story
SPOKANE – Jury selection and initial proceedings began earlier this week in the murder trial of a Cheney-area man who allegedly poisoned his wife with pain-medication laced ice cream. David L. Pettis, 58, has pled not guilty in Spokane Superior Court to charges originally filed in October 2018 but dropped in December and then refiled in June 2019. On June 25, 2018, Pettis called police to report his wife, 64-year-old Peggy Pettis was “blue and wasn’t breathing.” Responders arriving at the house in the 21400 block of South B...
CHENEY March 2 Tiffany C. Peick, 34, was arrested for fourth-degree assault/domestic violence on the 2600 block of Bethany Street. Trespassing was reported on the 700 block of Betz Road. Sudden death of a 71-year-old female was reported on the 2700 block of Eton Lane. A 15-year-old female was reported a juvenile runaway from the 1000 block of Betz Road. The female was located on March 5 by the Airway Heights Police Department. A mental health issue was reported on the 300 block of 6th Street. The subject was involuntarily...
Betty Ann Ray Betty (Elizabeth) Ann Ray (Przybylski), age 71, passed away peacefully at home on March 2, 2020. Betty was born Dec. 14, 1948 to George and Margaret Przybylski. Betty moved between Puyallup, Maple Valley, Reardan and Cheney, all in Washington, following her family and going where she was needed the most. She is survived by her three children and their spouses, Michelle and Aaron Hill, Brad and JoLynn Ray, Lisa and Joe Cushman, her ex-husband, Allan Ray and her...
Students at Windsor Elementary School were treated to a performance by the Northwest Afrikan American Ballet, a drumming/dancing troupe out of Portland, Ore. Students learned a bit about music and how to integrate dance. The performance was jointly sponsored by the school’s parent/teacher organization and the student body....
Fifty years ago in 1970, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad merged to become Burlington Northern Railroad. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
1 Years Ag March 11, 2010 Cheney’s City Council considered a third step to the city’s nuisance code, one that would insert fines between the warning and orders of abatement steps. Hundreds of supporters and Washington Federal of State Employees union members gathered in Medical Lake to voice opposition to cuts or closures at Pine Lodge Corrections Center and at Lakeland Village. State lawmakers were considering the moves as part of a fix to a $2.8 billion budget deficit. Work on a $26.6 million remodel of Eastern Was...
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