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MEDICAL LAKE - More assistance has been made available for families, property owners and businesses affected by recent wildfires. On Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee expanded an earlier emergency proclamation by directing the state Department of Social and Health Services to provide benefits from the agency's Family Emergency Assistance Program through Sept. 29 to individuals and families without children in the areas of Pend Oreille, Spokane and Whitman counties. The program can...
MEDICAL LAKE – Several factors still weigh heavy on the community and property owners that lost their homes in the Gray Fire. During the special council session held on Aug. 29, City Administrator Sonny Weathers said there is a long road ahead for the community. "I just want to give you some ideas, the next steps of what the city faces as we continue to turn the page from reaction to recovery," Weathers said. "Which is a step we are excited to take." It will take some time t...
MEDICAL LAKE – It was initially announced during the Aug. 29 special council session that the city is working on initiating weekly meetings to address community needs more directly. Mayor Terri Cooper said the meeting that day was a special session and thus they did not allocate time for public comment, but that is one of the reasons they decided to have weekly meetings. “This is a council briefing, it’s a special meeting, we are not going to have citizen comment tonig...
CHENEY — The Council unanimously approved, with one abstention, a resolution to sign a consultant agreement for the North Sixth Street and Betz Road Transportation Improvement Board Roundabout project at its regular meeting on Aug. 22. The Council, through Resolution F-177, authorized the Mayor to sign the consultant agreement with Parametrix Engineering. This agreement awards $132,000.00 for preliminary engineering and bidding services for the roundabout Project. This e...
Airway Heights August 20 Travis J Jenson was arrested on the 1200 block South of Hayford Road for Theft in the Third Degree, Making False Statements to A Public Servant, Obstructing a Law Enforcement Officer and Resisting Arrest. Christopher J Moore was arrested on the 1100 block South of Beeman Street for Assault in the Second Degree and Obstructing A Law Enforcement Officer. August 29 Harold A Willey was arrested on the 500 block South of Easy Street for Fail to Stop When Requested by Officer, Cycle (Operate Without...
SPOKANE – Teck American Incorporated, a subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited (Teck) has donated $20,000 to local organizations supporting emergency wildfire responses in eastern Washington. The money was given to two groups in the region. The Greater Inland Northwest Chapter of the American Red Cross, Spokane received $15,000 and Second Harvest Inland Northwest was awarded $5,000. “We’re so thankful for Teck’s generous donation,” said Lacie Clark, executive director of the American Red Cross Greater Inland Northwest...
CHENEY — A domestic violence suspect was arrested for felony/misdemeanor warrants, protection order violation, and possession of a stolen firearm on Aug. 23. On the morning of Aug. 23, officers reported to the 1000 Block of Betz Rd. The reporting party advised that her ex-boyfriend Jhea Whitney, 37, was at the location in his truck armed with a firearm, according to a police press release. Dispatch advised officers that Whitney had a felony warrant from Spokane Superior C...
MEDICAL LAKE – The final daily update on the Gray Fire was sent out From Northwest Team 7 on Sept. 2, who had been overseeing the firefighting efforts. Since this notice, all evacuation warnings have been lifted. This update shows over 200 personnel were still on site at time the notice was given, and the fire was at 97 percent containment. Northeast Washington Team 3 assumed command of the situation at 6 p.m. on Sept. 2 Incident Command Post will no longer be located at the Pine Lodge Correctional Facility in Medical Lake b...
SILVER LAKE-A couple with Lincoln County school and farming ties lost their Lakehurst Drive home in the Gray Fire in and near Medical Lake Friday, Aug. 18. Ashton and Ashley Klein were among the many who saw their homes and structures burn in the 10,000-plus acre fire that ravaged the south part of Medical Lake that fateful weekend. Ashley Klein, a school psychologist with the Davenport School District, was in the couple's house with their 2-year-old son Kolter when she...
For several months, drivers and businesses have had to endure the sharp increase in fuel prices since the state’s cap-and-trade program – or “cap-and-tax,” as I like to call it – went into effect Jan. 1. But consumers, especially those who rely on natural-gas furnaces for heat, soon will feel pain in their wallets thanks to cap-and-tax. The state Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission recently approved a request by Puget Sound Energy to increase its natural gas rates to cover the costs of the state’s cap-and-tra...
I want to write to you to hopefully be allowed to show recognition and appreciation to the farmers who saved our homes in the Four Lakes area, specifically around Medifor, Taylor and Medical Lake Four Lakes Roads. If it was not for these 16 men and their water trucks and disks, our homes out here would not be standing today. I don’t know all of these men, but I really would like to share with you the men I do know who put their lives in danger to save our properties in the area: Chris Fitzner, his dad, Lucky Fitzner, and D...
Early in Barack Obama’s presidency, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his most important achievement would be to make Obama a one-term president. Ever since, McConnell has opposed anything Democrats have introduced, even if originally Republican-proposed (e.g., Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts health plan predating Obamacare). This includes blocking legislation Obama and subsequent Democrats continually propose to rescue lower- and middle-income workers, many unjustly left behind. Lately, McConnell has...
As you shop for back-to-school supplies for your kids, consider this: The clerks, shelf stockers, truck drivers and factory workers who make that possible can all be legally forced to pay money to a union or else be fired. You see, Washington is currently one of the 23 forced-unionism states in America. Why? Since Washington doesn’t have a right-to-work law to guarantee union membership and financial support are strictly voluntary for workers, a union boss can legally have a worker fired for not paying union dues or fees. I...
OLYMPIA — As required by state law, political party declarations voters must sign when participating in the 2024 Presidential Primary were certified Tuesday morning by Secretary of State Steve Hobbs. Washington’s voters do not register as members of a political party. However, Revised Code of Washington 29A.56.050 requires voters to declare on their ballot envelopes whether their party of preference is Republican or Democratic to have their votes counted in the Presidential Primary. The voted ballot inside the envelope wil...
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