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OMAK - Three West Plains competitors were in the money at the annual Omak Stampede and World-Famous Suicide Race over the weekend. Cheney's Ty Schlect and Lindsey Brash and Medical Lake's Cheyanne Gleave all received payouts from the rodeo that took place Aug. 11-14. Competing in breakaway roping, Gleave tied for fourth place and with Brighton Bauman of Burleson, Texas and Janey Reeves of Melba, Idaho. All three took home $1,292.79. The breakaway roping winner was Tayler Bradl...
PINE CITY - Volunteer firefighters from across the county were pitted against two wildfires this past week, successfully extinguishing both with the help of state fire services. On Thursday, Aug. 11, volunteers from Rosalia's Whitman County Fire District 7 were tasked with investigating the source of smoke in the Hole in the Ground area north of Rock Lake. The responders located a growing fire burning in rocky and timbered terrain that reportedly made access difficult. Nearby...
An excavator on a trailer struck an overpass on U.S. Highway 2 west of Fairchild Air Force Base on Monday, Aug. 15. According to the Washington State Patrol, the crash occurred about 3 p.m. and the excavator was knocked off the trailer and came to rest on its side, blocking the highway. Traffic was detoured onto Dover and Brooks Road, the patrol said. The highway reopened by 6:15 p.m. No other information was available at press time....
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE -- Four B-52H Stratofortresses are here through Aug. 19 to participate in the Agile Combat Employment exercised. The bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana arrived Tuesday, Aug. 16. They are the first B-52H aircraft to participant in Fairchild drills since the runways were refurbished 12 years ago, officials said. The bombers are not new to Fairchild. In 1957, Fairchild was home to about 45 B-52s, which remained until 1993-94 when the base...
SPOKANE – A Cheney woman was injured in a fatal, three-vehicle crash early Saturday morning, Aug. 13. According to the Washington State Patrol, Chelsea A. Ross, 37, of Cheney was transported to Deaconess Hospital following the crash at midnight near Milepost 276 of Interstate 90. Gaige P. LaVoy, 21, of Clayton, died from injuries he sustained in the crash, the patrol reported. His passenger, a woman whose name, age and hometown were not available at press time, was injured a...
BLUESTEM – Entering the missile site owned by Peter Davenport just north of Bluestem Road between the city of Davenport and Harrington requires unlocking two gates and wandering down old roads largely overgrown by sage brush. To the untrained eye, the site, which is one of six in Lincoln County, appears to be a bizarrely oversized storage site for a farmer or person looking to get off the grid, but the history of the sites goes much deeper than that. Site stores many UFO files Davenport has a unique reason for owning this s...
CHENEY – After a brief reprieve from the summer heat, high temperatures were expected to resume Tuesday and remain through the week. The high-heat prompted a heat advisory to be issued for Whitman, Spokane and a portion of Lincoln counties, among other areas. To the south and west, an excessive heat warning has been issued. The warnings are in effect from noon Wednesday through 11 p.m. Friday. According to the National Weather Service, the temperature in the West Plains area s...
PULLMAN — The state State Department of Commerce will be funding a one-year, $8 million project to improve access to high-speed internet and support to rural and under-served areas of the state. The project will be undertaken by a partnership between the Washington State University Extension and the State Broadband Office. Together, the two organizations will provide training, support, and resources to rural areas through the program, which has been titled the Broadband Action Team Implementation and Support project. This ...
Ground work underway near casino AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A local development company has applied for a permit to add water and sewer lines and infrastructure to an 89-acre commercial site just west of the city. Grading is already underway at the site across the highway from Spokane Tribe Casino. The ground work is expected to pave the way for a commercial development. An additional 79 acres of adjacent land is listed for sale. Site work is being conducted by Copenhaver Construction of Creston. GoFundMe account set up for fire v...
If you want a glimpse of parched river bottoms behind “would be breached” lower Snake River dams, look at recent photos of European rivers and lakes. On parts of picturesque Rhine River there is often more dry land than flowing water. Europe is in the clutches of another drought—the second since 2018. It is so severe that countries across the continent are imposing water restrictions. There are massive fish kills and desiccated croplands. Shipping is endangered on the Rhine...
The Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will award up to $12 million to increase the use of conservation practices on grazing lands. Ranchers and farmers can apply for the grants through Sept. 22. “Privately owned grazing lands cover nearly 30% of the national landscape, which means we have a tremendous opportunity to address climate change and conserve natural resources through voluntary, private lands conservation,” the USDA’s Terry Cosby said Friday, Aug. 12. “These partnerships will also help...
The local news coverage of the celebration for units returning from Iraq and Afghanistan left me with mixed emotions. I was delighted that our fighting men and women were being embraced by our community. At the same time, however, I couldn’t help feeling an emptiness as I recalled the lack of welcome for those of us who returned from Viet Nam. We came home to an ungrateful, and sometimes hostile, nation. In some extreme cases, we were spit on as we got off the plane. Some of us had relatives who were part of the protest m...
CHENEY – Local Eagle Scouts were recognized during a ceremony Sunday, Aug. 7. Peter Johnon, Luke Wilcox, Aiden Kennedy, Logan Morrison, Taylor Denton, Noah Hoppe and Logan Leuck received their Eagle Scout award from Troop No. 356, Tamie Johnson said. “Many of these boys have been involved in Scouts since they were 6 years old,” she said. “Over the years, they have participated in many service projects in the community – collecting food for the Cheney Food Bank, planting...
Aunt Sweetie and Uncle Salty have been married for quite some time, years in fact, but then who’s counting when life is so grand? You may remember that Aunt Sweetie is of the Werther’s Original clan; however no one refers to them as a clan but rather a noted family, originally from this notorious town of Hershey. The family emigrated from Cadbury, settling on 5th Avenue in Hershey. One day, Aunt Sweetie went for a walk in the park on Candy Corn Lane. As she strolled along by herself she met a Big Hunk of a guy who looked lik...
For Cheney cross country co-coach Derek Slaughter there's the sense of 2022 being a restart for many of his program's runners. Working with counterpart Camille Moseley, the pair will attempt to shake off the rust that remains from the many delays and cancellations surrounding COVID-19. "A lot of the kids had not really had competitive running because of COVID," Slaughter explained. "So, our freshmen coming in didn't have competitive sports since sixth grade, our juniors and...
It's nothing new that Medical Lake's veteran cross country coach Gene Blankenship is prone to make bold predictions about his teams' future. One can do that with the success he's tendered at the school in distance running since arriving in 2010. There's 1A titles in 2013, 2014 and 2017, back-to-back runners-up in 2015 and 2016, a third in 2019 and last season fourth. And as for 2022, Blankenship is once again confident his teams can make another appearance the first Saturday...
Eastern Washington women's soccer opened its 2022 fall schedule with a pair of home field exhibition shutout wins at the EWU Soccer Field 3-0 over the University of Calgary Aug. 9 and then 8-0 against Yakima Valley Community College Aug. 12. Eight different Eagles scored against the Yaks and the team had a 31-2 shot advantage. Goals from Elisabeth Cole, Maddie Morgan, Katrina Kupp, Skyler Matthews and Candace Carlson gave the Eagles a 5-0 lead. Yakima Valley would misplay a ba...
CHENEY – The Police Department responded to the following calls for service from Aug. 8-16: Aug. 8 Shawn S. Struck, 52, arrested for fourth-degree assault and Bryce D. Smith, 34, arrested for violation of a court order follow in the 1500 block of First Street. Domestic violence reported in the 1000 block of Betz Road. Bent window screen reported in the 0 block of Alki Street. Vehicle egged in the 300 block of North 11th Street. Assault reported in the 1100 block of First Street. Harassment reported in the 2600 block of E...
Eastern Washington freshman offensive line prospect Dylan Conner gives the blocking sled a workout in the team's summer workouts on Aug. 10. The Eagles will hold the first of two scrimmages Friday, Aug. 19 at 3 p.m. on Roos Field. The public is invited to attend as Eastern prepares for its season opener Sept. 3 at Roos against Tennessee State....
CHENEY — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has suspended the fishing limits for Williams Lake in preparation for poisoning the lake with rotenone. The unlimited daily retention will run through Oct. 9 for all gamefish, officials said. The lake will close Oct. 10 through April 21 for application of piscicide rotenone, a naturally occurring poison is used to remove species Fish and Wildlife officials deem undesirable or illegally stocked. The 317-acre is stocked a...
SPOKANE – The Eastern Washington Chapter of Delta Waterfowl will host its second banquet Oct. 1 at the Shriners Event Center. The event will include dinner, drinks, raffles, games, auctions and more. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner catered by Tomato Street starts at 7 p.m. Proceeds benefit projects to get more youth into outdoor activities, building hen houses for nesting waterfowl and local conservation projects. More than 200 outdoorsmen are expected to attend this year. Tickets are available in advance by emailing C...
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