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FOOTBALL Eagles’ Clements earns All-America status Long snapper Cody Clements represents Eastern Washington on the FCS Preseason All-American team, earning third team honors at his position. He was also selected to the second team on the preseason All-Big Sky special teams list. On the preseason All-Big Sky team, wide receiver Freddie Roberson was Eastern’s lone representative on the first team for offense. Joining him on offense were second team selections Efton Chism III at wide receiver and Wyatt Musser on the offensive li...
CHENEY - A fire that prompted evacuation notices Aug. 3 is still burning south of the city. The Northwest Interagency Fire Center reported Tuesday, Aug. 9, that the Williams Lake Fire had charred 1,868 acres southeast of Badger Lake, south of the intersection of Rock Lake and Cheney-Plaza roads. The fire center was reporting 65% containment. All evacuation notices have been rescinded as the fire hasn't grown since Saturday, officials said. The center reported that 290...
CHENEY – A woman believed to be living out of a U-Haul truck or camping nearby was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 2 for possession of a stolen U-Haul box truck. Leah J. Foster, 31, was arrested in the Mitchell’s Harvest Foods parking lot, 116 W. First St., for possession of a stolen vehicle. According to a police report, the vehicle was a 2007 GMC box truck owned by U-Haul. “It had been stolen for a while,” Police Capt. Nate Conley said. “She probably legitimately acquired it.” The...
It was just a matter of time before it would happen. The Fairways golf course in West Terrace has announced that the final day of play as an 18-hole facility will be Sunday, Aug. 14. Fittingly, perhaps, the men's club championship will be the final official events that play the entire course. The public, however, will have their opportunity afterwards. Word came to regulars at the course via an email newsletter last week but the loss of the front-nine that essentially borders...
Over the last several decades, many journalists saw hometown community columns as quaint links to how newspapers once operated. But with few journalists left in the Pacific Northwest applying for jobs since the COVID-19 shutdowns two-and-a-half years ago, we’re hoping to revive the idea of publishing content from local community correspondents — no formal training needed. We’re looking for volunteer correspondents who like to tell the world what’s going on in their part of...
Implausible as it may seem, gasoline powered vehicles can be part of reducing carbon emissions. They need to be part of the solution and not brushed aside. Take for example, Glacier National Park in northwest Montana, there is a fleet of 33 tour buses powered by gasoline engines. Each year, they transport 60,000 visitors mainly across Logan Pass---the park’s famed “Going to the Sun Highway.” Without them, congestion would be much worse and fewer people would enjoy Glaci...
Next year, one of the state’s newly adopted climate policies, the low-carbon fuel standard, will take effect in our state. The legislation requires companies to blend biofuels or fund charging stations for electric vehicles. Although it has increased gas prices in California and Oregon, the governor and environmental activists claim it would cost Washington drivers nothing, while the prime sponsor testified it would cost no more than 2 cents per gallon. “Don’t let anyon...
Once By Lucinda Saue Once I was a child in a family of 5, two younger sisters who happened to be fraternal twins, born 6 minutes apart. My Dad was a 2nd born son with 3 brothers and one sister, she was the youngest, “oops” baby born 7 years after the youngest boy. My Mom was also one of five, but in her family it was four girls and one boy, and Uncle Keith was the middle child. Once we lived in Wisconsin, rich in family, cousins all around, many on dairy farms. Once we enjoyed our cousins aunts and uncles for picnics, hol...
David "Hank" Tiffany passed away on Monday, Aug. 1st at the age of 61. Hank was born in Ames, Iowa to F. H. and Dr. Lois Tiffany. After initially attending Western State College in Gunnison, Colo., he relocated to Cheney, Wash. and pursued degrees in mathematics and computer science. Whether walking through town with his cane, striking up conversations, or even shoveling snow, Hank was a familiar presence in the community. He was an active member of St Paul's Episcopal Church... Full story
Looking around at all the yard signs and hearing politicians tell us on television what a lying crook their competition is, I have to admit I miss Guv Reeve. Guv had a real first name, but I sure don’t recall it now, because this was back in the 1960s and 1970s in the high desert of California. He had his first name legally changed to Guv so everyone would know what he was all about. Every four years, he ran for governor. I worked for the Victor Valley Daily Press in Victorville, which is just 30 miles from Barstow, where e...
The West Plains Little League had one of its best outings in recent times at the state tournament - and it came from, perhaps, an unexpected corner. The All-Star team from the 8-9-10 year-old AAA league traveled to Vancouver, Wash. and came home with a fifth- place finish and kudos for a job very well done. "This is a huge," WPLL President Stacy Ashcroft wrote in an email. "Little League is the biggest youth sports organization in the world and competing at the state level is...
Officers investigate rape, imprisonment cases CHENEY – Local police are investigating several crimes reported in the city last week. On Aug. 3, police responded to a reported rape. Records show police are investigating an adult woman on allegations of rape of a 17-year-old boy. Charges may be pending in the case, Capt. Nate Conley said Monday, Aug. 3. In an unrelated case Aug. 4 that is being investigated, a domestic violence assault and unlawful imprisonment was reported in the 900 block of Summit Drive. “We might have an...
CHENEY — The Police Department responded to the following calls for service from Aug. 1-7: Aug. 1 Graffiti in park restroom in the 600 block of Fourth Street. Wallet, debit card and drivers license stolen from the 2600 block of First Street. Vape pen shoplifted and assault reported in the 2600 block of First Street. Aug. 2 Scott M. Williams, 60, arrested for fourth-degree assault-domestic violence, in the 300 block of Erie Street. Cell phone found and turned in turned in to the Police Department. Leah J. Foster, 31, arrested...
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