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CHENEY - The rodeo is only days away, and the signs are everywhere. Livestock arrived at 4 p.m. on July 7 in preparation for the Cheney Rodeo, filing into the fields to get acclimated before the big event. Both bulls and horses were there. The Cheney Rodeo will kick off at 5:10 p.m. on July 9 and hold events through July 11....
CHENEY -- As of 8:27 p.m. July 6, State Patrol officials say they have gained a more accurate assessment of the amount of acreage burning in the Andrus Road Fire, which has been upgraded to 20% containment as of Tuesday evening. The fire has burned approximately 225 acres. State Patrol spokesman Trooper Jeff Sevigney said in a release that crews were able to not only get a better assessment today but also secure fire lines, gridded hot spots and assessed structures in the... Full story
CHENEY -- The fire that broke out yesterday morning, July 5, along Andrus Road east of Four Lakes has grown to 300 acres and is at zero containment, the Washington State Patrol said in a Tuesday, July 6 update. The fire was reported at approximately 11:30 a.m. near Andrus Road, north of the Cheney School District's administration facilities and Three Springs High School on Needham Hill, and spread quickly through the grasslands, brush and timber in the area as a result of low... Full story
FOUR LAKES -- Crews are on the scene of a wildland fire burning northeast of Cheney. According to the Department of Natural Resources fire information map, the blaze has burned roughly 30 acres of land located just north of Needham Hill between Four Lakes on the west and South Andrus Road on the east. Cheney Free Press staff report at least six fixed-wing aircraft and three helicopters are currently engaged in fighting the fire. Update 5:50 p.m. -- According to a release from...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The city council held an emergency meeting at 5 p.m. on July 2 to discuss an ordinance regarding fireworks. The ordinance was adopted after the council voted to suspend the rules that would require multiple readings. Five council members voted to adopt it while councilman Larry Bowman abstained. The ordinance would allow the fire chief to enact a temporary ban on fireworks in conditions of extreme fire danger. The discussion was prompted by the record heat wave and extreme fire conditions the area is c... Full story
TYLER -- An apparent missed turn claimed the life of an adult male Thursday afternoon near Interstate 90 west of Cheney. According to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded at approximately 2:40 p.m. to a report of a motorcycle crash on South Malloy Prairie Road and South Harrison Road, just west of I-90. Callers reported the rider was severely injured and not moving/ Spokane County Fire District 3 personnel arrived and provided medical aid, but the male... Full story
CHENEY – Firefighters extinguished a brush fire that started at the intersection of North 6th Street and Simpson-Parkway on July 1. The fire was called in at 4:07 p.m., and by 5:45 p.m. it was under control and the fire district is confident it will not spread beyond the acre and a half it had already reached. As a precaution, the city issued a Level 1 evacuation for residents in the area. Level 1 advises nearby residents to be prepared to leave should a fire spread. Fire o... Full story
SPOKANE--The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a thunderstorm warning effective through 4 p.m. today, July 1 for the greater Spokane area to include Cheney, Medical Lake, Airway Heights and the Davenport area. Most notably, the NWS noted concern for new fire starts, saying they were likely due to dry fuels despite some storms bringing light rain. Crews were responding to multiple fires in the Spokane/Spokane Valley area this morning. Scattered thunderstorms with "abundant" lightning were expected today through the end of... Full story
WEST PLAINS — When it comes to the Fourth of July tradition of discharging fireworks, local fire agency officials are hoping West Plains residents will follow the old 1980s Nancy Reagan adage about drug use and just say no. Fireworks are banned in most of Spokane County with the exceptions of the cities of Airway Heights and Medical Lake — both of which allow their sales and usage. That is until Monday afternoon, when Spokane County Fire District 3 Fire Chief Cody Rohrbach enacted a temporary ban on discharging fireworks in...
CHENEY - Can a restaurant be both eerily familiar and brand new? For longtime Cheney residents, driving by Lenny's Classic American Burgers is like a blast from the past - exactly the way General Manager Allan Gainer wanted it to be. The restaurant that opened on June 11 is not the first version of Lenny's. It is not the second, either. Lenny's was originally opened by Lenny Martire in 1974. Martire made a name for himself by introducing Stromboli to Cheney and feeding the tow...
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