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SPOKANE COUNTY — After a brief respite of cooler air, hot, above-average temperatures are slated to return to the area later this week and over the weekend. The forecast has led to another excessive heat advisory to be issued by the National Weather Service from now through Aug. 15. It’s the fifth excessive heat advisory issued so far this summer. “This will really begin to dry things out and re-energize the local fires and others in the west including those over British Columbia,” weather officials wrote on their website...
CHENEY — Implementation of the city’s new afterhours utility service dispatch system has been put on hold and won’t be initiated for another 3-4 weeks. Light Department Director Steve Marx said the July 20 startup of the new incident response management system through Daupler, Inc. didn’t take place due to a technical glitch in the program. The system was to have begun routing calls for utility service directly to utility employees through a separate phone line rather than through the current system of calling 911 dispatc...
CHENEY Aug. 2 A personal check was found on the 800 Block of 2nd Street. Aug. 3 Verbal domestic violence was reported on the 2200 Block of 1st Street. Aug. 4 Civil problems were reported on 1500 Block of 1st Street. Aug. 5 Harassment was reported on 2200 Block of Marigold Circle. Police reported to fourth-degree assault on 200 Block of Presley Drive. Aug. 6 Police reported to a mental case on 200 Block of Simpson Parkway. Verbal domestic violence was reported on 100 Block West of 5th Street. Aug. 7 A 2018 Dodge Journey was...
SPOKANE COUNTY — Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton is warning county residents about a letter incorrectly generated on Aug. 4 by the Washington State Department of Licensing letters notifying vehicle owners that their personalized plates will be cancelled. Thousands of vehicle owners across the state are receiving these letters. These letters concern personalized plates that had been transferred to another vehicle and contain incorrect information. “We recognize the distress this is causing vehicle owners,” Dalton said...
CHENEY — Six Eastern Washington University track and field student-athletes have been selected to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team for the 2020-21 school year. In addition, for the 14th-consecutive year, the women’s team was honored on the organization’s All-Academic team list. The Eagles had an accumulative grade point average of 3.52 to rank 83rd among the 252 schools nationwide honored for both indoor and outdoor track and field. A 3.0 accumulative team grade point...
CHENEY — Eric Barriere has the opportunity to finish what he started. The Eastern Washington University football player was named to the Walter Payton Award Watch List by Stats Perform, as announced Aug. 4. The prestigious award is given to the national offensive player of the year in college football’s Division I subdivision. Barriere is no stranger to the list, as he’s been a finalist the past two seasons. Last year, Barriere finished runner up to Southeastern Louisiana’s Cole Kelley, coming just six votes shy (137-131) of...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington University football is ranked No. 11 in the Stats Perform Preseason Top 25 released Aug. 9. The Big Sky Conference had five teams recognized in the preseason poll, including two in the top nine. Weber State came in at No. 6 followed by Montana at the No. 9 spot. After EWU came Montana State (No. 12) and UC Davis (No. 23) while Sacramento State received votes. The Eagles will face off against Weber State, Montana and Montana State at home at Roos Field in 2021 and take on UC Davis on the road, b...
SPOKANE — After a months-long search, the West Plains Chamber of Commerce has finally found its next leader. The Chamber announced on Aug. 2 that Eastern Washington native Mark Losh has been named its new executive director. Losh, who is currently director of membership with the Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce, begins his duties Aug. 23. He succeeds former West Plains executive director Toby Broemmeling, who stepped down from that role in October 2020 after almost two y...
Add a bit of cool flavor to your beverages, meals and desserts this summer with homegrown mint. Try using peppermint leaves in fruit cocktails and ice cream. Add spearmint to your tea or use the leaves to season lamb and jelly. Or try chocolate mint for a unique, sweet and refreshing flavor in desserts and drinks. Mint is easy to grow and suited to container gardens. In fact, growing it in a pot will help keep this vigorous herb contained. Or sink a container of mint in the garden or plant where surrounding walks and walls...
Mary Malinda Sautter passed away peacefully on July 23, 2021 surrounded by her family, after a valiant battle with lung cancer. Malinda was born on Sept. 10, 1943 in Findlay, Ohio to Emerson Shuck and Sarah LeGrand (Beidleman) Shuck. Malinda was a member of countless clubs (including cheerleading) at Bowling Green High School and graduated in 1961. In 1962 she met David Bertram at Otterbein College. They married in 1963, living in Biloxi, Miss., Crete (Greece). Daughters...
The sporty convertible darts in and out of traffic like a hummingbird. It’s green color shimmering iridescent in the sun. Then a cherry red vintage VW approaches, reminiscent of a ladybug flying her way home. And a truck’s lost retread— called an alligator for its resemblance to that creature— lies curled on the side of the road. Inanimate things suddenly alive and enormous— what if these imaginative fleets of fancy come true? Would it be a fantastical dream, or a nightmare? Only the dreamer knows. Lisa Conger July 11, 2021...
Cheney Congregational Church Greetings from Cheney Congregational. You’re invited to join us for our “Church in the Park” events on Aug. 29. Partnering with a couple of other churches, we are holding our Sunday morning services outside in Sutton Park at 9:30 a.m. on those Sundays. We hope you’ll join us to learn about God’s creation while physically being in it. We hope to see you there! Also, we welcome you to join us on Sunday mornings for in-person worship at 10 a.m. Masks are no longer required. However, there will be m...
Long before I became a state legislator for the 6th District, I served 22 years as an officer with the Spokane Police Department. During my time with the SPD, my top priority always was to protect and serve the public. It has been 15 years since I stepped down from the department. Though I no longer wear the uniform and badge, I still care very much about the men and women who put their lives on the line each and every day to protect the public. That’s why I’m so concerned about the future of law enforcement here in Was...
I’ve been in the public safety profession in one capacity or another, since the late 1970’s, and I have seen significant changes in the profession — some good and some not so much. However, recent events in Olympia and across the nation regarding “police reforms” has caused me to wonder where these reforms are going to lead us, particularly here in our hometown of Cheney. Candidly, the recently enacted police reform measures in Washington have made it harder for good cops to do an already difficult job, and more complicated t...
Parents of public school students in the 9th Legislative district have had enough of coronavirus-related mandates from Olympia. Shutter schools, curtail sports, wear masks, limit field trips and restrict access to graduation. Those actions have not been embraced here. And neither has Gov. Jay Inslee’s renewed call for all public school students to remain masked for the upcoming 2021-22 school year. Area parents are pushing back. This week, led by a group from Fairfield, many p...
CHENEY — Although COVID-19 isn’t history quite yet, someday it will be, and the Cheney Historical Museum is preparing for that future by collecting local stories and artifacts to ensure future generations understand the 2020 Pandemic. It’s a complicated task in a modern age of technology, transient communication, and digital media. “It’s really preservation because we have a few letters from the 1918 Pandemic, but this time, people don’t write letters anymore. I’ve grabbed stuff off of social media, but I wanted physic...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Following their lengthy study session, the City Council met on Aug. 2 in their first hybrid meeting. Certain members of staff and council were present in their normal meeting while others attended via Zoom. The move was somewhat sort lived, however. At the council’s Aug. 9 study session, City Manager Albert Tripp said they were still experiencing technical issues that made integrating both in-person and online meeting formats difficult, and asked the members on their feelings about continuing with the online...
CHENEY — In accordance with Gov. Jay Inslee’s state-wide public school mandate and Center for Disease Control recommendations, the Cheney School District will require masks for the 2021-2022 academic year. The announcement arrives in the wake of rising COVID-19 infections across the nation and a fast-approaching start date for Washington State schools. “It’s important to note that the critical action, such as masking, are not at our discretion as a local school district. It not at the discretion of our superintendent or our...
CHENEY — In preparation for the 2021-2022 school year, the Cheney Outreach Center is requesting new and unused school supply donations to benefit local students. Items needed, as specified by the Cheney School District, are: Backpacks Calculators Wide-ruled Notebook Paper College-ruled Notebook Paper Graph Paper Red, Blue, and Black Pens Protractors & Compasses 3-Ring Binders& Dividers Composition Notebooks 3x5 Notebook Cards USB Flash Drives Graph Paper Pencil Pouches Highlighters Erasers Pointed Scissors Rulers Facial T...
CHENEY - Eastern Washington University's Jessica Allen has received more than $625,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund her part in the Central Appalachian Lichen Project, an investigation into how various factors, both natural and man-made, may have influenced the prevalence and distribution of the region's lichen species. Allen, an assistant professor of biology, says the project will help scientists leverage lichens' role as uniquely effective barometers...
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE - The 92nd Force Support Squadron Airman Leadership School dedicated their schoolhouse to Tech. Sgt. Herman 'Tre' Mackey III on Aug. 6, 2021. Mackey lost his life during a KC-135 Stratotanker crash, call sign Shell 77, while deployed in Kyrgyzstan, May 3, 2013. "Most of you know Sgt. Mackey and it's no surprise to those of us that knew him that there is such overwhelming support and desire to enshrine his incredible legacy," Chief Master Sgt. Chris...
CHENEY — After three years of construction and over $67 million, a state-of-the-art Interdisciplinary Science Center will open this fall on Eastern Washington University’s campus. The 102,000 square foot facility with house teaching laboratories, laboratory support facilities, student study areas, offices, and a 100-seat lecture hall. Each of EWU’s scientific disciplines — biology, chemistry, earth & space science, general science, natural science, and physics — will be suppor...
SEATTLE — Advocates for expanding passenger rail service in Washington state – including a new, east-west route, are bringing a public presentation and fact-finding session to Eastern Washington. All Aboard Washington’s “2021 Train Trek” is making two stops in the Spokane area next week. Thursday, Aug. 19, will feature a session at the Spokane Airport Event Center, 9211 W. McFarlane Road, beginning at 5 p.m. The organization follows that with another session on Friday, Aug. 20, at Cheney’s Wren Pierson Community Center, 615...
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