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AIRWAY HEIGHTS - Scott Windsor, Executive Director for Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency brought a presentation to council on Aug. 7 to explain what the agency does in the region. Windsor explained the group has a board of five directors, and that they are one of the seven local clean air agencies in Washington. He also said that in areas where no agency exists, the Department of Ecology is responsible. Al French is the County Commissioner member for the agency. Rod Higgins serves as the representative for the second largest...
SEVEN BAYS – Fishermen will begin hitting Lake Roosevelt this fall in hopes of catching a large fish species that has existed for more than 175 million years. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife will open a white sturgeon season from Sept. 16 through Nov. 30. The species will be fair game along the entire length of Lake Roosevelt, from Grand Coulee Dam to the U.S.-Canada border. The fishery is also open on the Spokane River from the state Highway 25 bridge near Fort Spok...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A Spokane based band that frequently plays community events will once again be gracing the stage Aug. 19 in Sunset Park for Airway Heights Day. Alchemy has been seen and heard at events such as Cheney Mayfest, Medical Lake Founder's Day, and previously played Airway Heights Day. According to Jim Brickey, the group's drummer, their goal is to create a relaxing musical environment for people. "You know we just want to create a nice ambient environment that peopl...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – People attending Airway Heights Day on Aug. 19 can look forward to some classic blues as Too Slim & the Taildraggers will be playing the community event. Tim "Too Slim" Langford grew up in Spokane and formed the band in 1986. Langford loved playing the guitar as soon as he picked one up, and he gained inspiration from artists such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Robin Trower, Duane Allman, and others. Langford also studied music at Eastern Washington University, but s...
Cheney Police Log CHENEY — The following incidents were reported by the police between Aug. 1-6: Aug. 1 Kyle R. Beniasch, 42, cited for driving under the influence on the 300 block of Seventh Street. Identity theft reported on the 200 block of Cheney Spangle Road. Financial fraud reported on the 1000 Block of Second Street. Harassment reported on the 2300 block of Lilac. Forgery reported on Cheney Spokane Road. Child neglect, referred to Child Protective Services, on the 100 block of W. 6th Street. Third-degree theft; scam t...
The community should be commended for its support of our propositions to improve library and fire services in Airway Heights in the Aug. 1 primary election. Because of residents, we will be able to keep our local library open, maintain funding for four full-time firefighters to respond to higher call volumes and renovate a facility to include a fire station. We’re grateful our community sees the value of supporting our library and public safety. We will continue to report back to you as we make progress on the projects we p...
Today, Aug. 3, we had a fire on Jennings Road (cause unknown at this point). I personally give commendations to Fire District No. 3, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office and the planes that spread fire retardant. This was relatively close to us, but the professional action of all people involved was heartwarming. Here are people I don’t know risking their lives on my behalf. Fortunately, we did not have to evacuate as they contained the fire professionally. This is my tax money at work, and I am proud of it. Gordon and Sharon You...
It’s been a tough week around the farm with equipment failures that have delayed harvest a few days. I’ll get back on track. But while repairs are underway, I can’t help but think about others who won’t recover so easily from hits to their budgets – setting them back further and further every time they fill up at the gas station or get a paycheck. Many of our friends on the West Side of the state disregard rural folks in communities like ours. We see this every session that the Legislature is controlled by Democrats...
Today, good works are often brushed aside or ignored – especially, if done by one of the world’s largest mining companies. However, Rio Tinto deserves kudos for its half-billion-dollar mine cleanup in Holden., a remote village in the North Cascade mountains just south of Lake Chelan. Rio Tinto did not mine an ounce of copper or other precious metals at Holden. It acquired the site as part of a larger purchase. It gathered interested stakeholders together and ironed sol...
The Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week announced loan interest rates, effective Aug. 1. The department’s Farm Service Agency loans provide access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs. For emergency, operating and ownership loans, the agency set the rates as follows • Operating – 4.875% • Ownership – 5.000%; 3.000% with joint financing. A downpayment of 1.500% is required• E...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – One ballot measure that was up for vote during the primary election on Aug. 1 has officially passed once it was validated. Proposition Two was added to the ballot to help the city purchase a new building at 1149 S. Garfield that will house the fire department. The biggest concern with this according to the city was that the measure had to reach the majority vote to pass, but also needed at least 40 percent of previous voters to vote on the measure in order to...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Residents of Airway Heights can look forward to a new medical facility currently being built along Sunset Highway. The brand is a familiar name though, as Multi-Care Rockwood Clinic is moving the facility that is currently at 10414 W. Highway 2. According to Jessica McHugh, the Chief Medical Officer for the Airway Heights Rockwood Clinic, the new building is expected to be finished and ready for patients in the first quarter of 2024. McHugh also said the f...
My husband and I love going to the movies. We both grew up enjoying a darkened theater, hot buttered popcorn and the thrill of the unknown unfolding before our eyes. We met and married in a small town in southern New Mexico. As adults living in Tiny Town, USA, there wasn’t a whole lot else to do on a sweltering hot weekend. Fortunately back then, the summer time was prime time for new movies to come out. As the years progressed and we moved to the booming metropolis we call Spokane, we still headed to the movies, r...
Horticulturalist: one who cultivates and manages the garden. Environmentalist: one who is concerned with protecting the environment. Agronomist: one who studies the science of soil management and crop production. Biologist: one who studies living organisms. Pathologist: one who studies and identifies diseases. Entomologist: one who studies insects. Or if these hats fit: Do you love to watch healthy things grow, feel the warm tilth of the soil in your fingers, watch butterflies dance above the flowers? Do you listen to honey...
SPOKANE – The Junior Livestock Show of Spokane has announced its meetings and auctions schedule, and changes being planned. The organization that allows aspiring young farmers to show and sell their animals will host its annual membership meeting on Sunday, Nov. 12. A time and location has yet to be announced. The organization has scheduled its Junior Show Benefit Auction for Feb. 17 and its 89th annual Junior Livestock Show for May 1-4, both at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. The rules for next year’s shows are sti...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The annual Airway Heights celebration is coming up quickly and starts Friday evening Aug. 18 and runs through Saturday Aug. 19. The big kick off event is the annual watermelon race. Participants try to build the best racer they can and will face off in a series of races. The biggest catch is that the winners will move on to the next rounds of the event, and the losers will get their melons smashed by the winners. According to Andy Gardner the city just w...
MEDICAL LAKE - The Farmer's Market kicked off National Farmer's Market Week with one of their busiest days ever according to Gerri Johnson, the President of Re*Imagine Medical Lake. "We had the highest attendance we have ever had this weekend," Johnson said. "And it's all thanks to the people coming out to support the local farmers and small businesses in the area."...
The Journal COLFAX – The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna combined swim team took second-place overall Saturday, Aug. 5, in their league championships. The team finished second with 281 team points, behind the Pullman Barracudas with 425 overall points. The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtunca girls won their division with 198 points, topping Pullman, Colfax, Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer and Pomeroy. Pullman girls were second with 173 and Colfax girls third with 131....
As far as twins go, Eli and Jamel Chabot naturally have a great deal in common. The Cheney High School grads certainly seem to live for baseball, something best illustrated with them playing in nearly 70 games in the past five months. There's academics, too, with both playing on Cheney's state Scholastic Cup champion baseball team, one with the best cumulative grade-point-average among 3A schools in Washington state. That, coupled with their baseball skills will lead both to V...
On Halloween day in 1992 my brother Larry and I went to the UW-Stanford football game in Seattle. I could get complimentary tickets as a coach and let’s just say that Larry was my assistant coach for a day Anyway the plan was to park in Bellevue at a Park and Ride and get on the bus to go to Husky Stadium. After we got off the bus and were walking to the Will Call ticket booth we couldn’t help but notice just how much purple surrounded us. If Barney the dinosaur would have gotten in line we would not have been surprised. We g...
FOOTBALL: Eagles recognized on Steele, Bluebloods preseason all-conference teams CHENEY — Several Eagles earned further Preseason All-Big Sky recognition this week, including six named to Phil Steele’s Preseason Big Sky All-Conference Teams and three to The Bluebloods’ 2023 Preseason Big Sky All-Conference Teams. Punter Nick Kokich, WR Efton Chism III and DB Marlon Jones Jr. were recognized on both lists while OL Wyatt Hansen, TE Blake Gobel and DE Brock Harrison were listed only by Phil Steele. Kokich earned first-team recog...
Eastern Washington's 2023 football season is officially underway as the team opened training camp on Aug. 3. Over 100 student-athletes, from returning veterans to walk-on freshmen, took over the EWU Sports & Recreation practice fields west of campus for a two-hour session. "We went longer than we normally do, and that's because a lot more guys stayed over in the summer," said head coach Aaron Best. "They're ready to go, in better football condition, so we felt like we could ex...
It's a relatively small number in the football world, but at Eastern Washington University, the No. 4 carries a ton of weight and distinction. Now in 2023, Eagles defensive end Brock Harrison will be the next to wear No. 4 jersey. The honor is given to the player who most embodies the characteristics of defense at Eastern: grit, toughness, effort, leadership and academic success. "Going into my fifth year (with the program), I've seen a lot of guys come through who have worn n...
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