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SPOKANE - In collaboration with Spokane International Airport, Alaska Airlines employees held a ceremony on September 16 to place a new Fallen Hero Cart at the airport. This marks the second cart delivered this year and the 15th cart created by Alaska Airlines maintenance employees to honor fallen military personnel. The cart is designed to transport the remains of the deceased with respect and honor to and from the aircraft. "We are honored to bring this cart to Spokane,"...
MEDICAL LAKE – The City of Medical Lake has received a grant from the Department of Health’s Youth Cannabis and Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program worth approximately $108,000. According to city administrator Sonny Weathers, the grant focuses on the prevention of tobacco and cannabis use among young people aged 12 to 20, and it is poised to make a substantial impact on public health. Concern over underage substance use, including alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, and other dru...
Randy Bracht The Center Square OTHELLO – Democratic leaders say they are willing to let a federal court redraw the disputed boundaries of the 15th Legislative District to better reflect its Latino population. The district includes Othello, Pasco, Grandview, Sunnyside and other communities surrounding the Hanford Nuclear reservation, as well as parts of Adams County. Redrawing the districts may impact other Legislative districts. In Soto Palmer v. Hobbs, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik concluded legislative maps d...
There is an axiom: Don’t let “the perfect” get in the way of the good! That is important to remember when it comes to improving our air quality. While climate activists want to banish all fossil fuels to control greenhouse gas, it is not possible today without epic disruption to our economy, supply chains, jobs, and quality of life. Simply, getting to “zero emission” cannot happen by government edicts. It takes innovation driven by the private sector. For example, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) ruled trucking...
I was born in Spokane and raised on a small ranch west of the city. My parents were lifelong Democrats. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Democrats had a much different party. Let’s look at today. If you vote for Democrats every selection, here are a few things you should know and consider: In 2015, I paid $1.87 for a gallon of gasoline. Today, I filled up at $4.86 per gallon. You voted for that. Our cowardly president surrendered in Afghanistan, killing 13 fine young marines and abandoning thousands of Americans. You voted for tha...
The phrase “first-world problems” has become a punch line – a throwaway statement because it is uttered by people with plenty of gadgets, a reliable food supply and a secure roof over their heads. It has also dulled our experience of a world in which seasonal food is the reality and some products are hard to get. When everything is available, regardless of season or effort, it is easy to voice shallow moral judgments when it comes to food production and consumption. Animal rights policies have begun to circulate more freely a...
RITZVILLE - A West Richland man is facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing an asphalt truck from the state Department of Transportation's Washtucna shop Tuesday, Sept. 19, and leading law enforcement on a chase that ended miles away. Lance Rogers, 31, was arrested and transported to a Yakima-area hospital after he was appreheneded following the pursuit that ended with the stolen truck catching fire. He remained in custody at the hospital at press time. He is facing...
PULLMAN – The Whitman County Sheriff's Office is looking for help catching a burglar last seen wearing a Cheney Rodeo hat early Sunday morning. Sheriff Brett Myers said many of the details are still considered investigatory. However, he confirmed "the hat the subject is wearing says Cheney Rodeo." The Whitman County emergency dispatch log show the burglary occurred at 7:22 a.m. at a business near Milepost 4 of State Highway 270. The sheriff said his office was withholding t...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A contract renewal between the Police Department and Axon Enterprise Inc. was unanimously approved Sept. 18 during the City Council meeting. The renewed five-year contract will cost the city $135,224.03. According to Lt. Jake Keith, the department has been using body cameras for about 15 years. “Body cameras are often the solution to increase police accountability and transparency,” Keith said. “Because body cameras provide an audio and visual recording of enc...
MALDEN - Between 60-70 people attended the second Malden and Pine City Revival on Saturday, Sept. 16. Event organizer and The Pine Creek Community Restoration Long-Term Recovery Organization spokeswoman Chandelle Frick said the event was catered by Rattling The Pans BBQ of Rosalia. It commemorates the revival of both the towns of Malden and Pine City, much of which were destroyed in the Babb Road Fire on Sept. 7, 2020. "Any additional funding goes back to the Fire...
Lawrence Alan Jones went to Heaven on Sept. 3, 2023. He passed away from liver disease surrounded by his loved ones. Larry was born in June 1960 at Carswell FIFB, Texas to Colonel Charles "Dave" and Margaret Jones. He arrived with his family at FAFB in September 1972 and lived the rest of his life one mile west of FAFB. Larry graduated in 1978 from Medical Lake High School. As a student at MLHS, he played drums, was a guard on the football team, a member of the golf team, and...
I have a long history of canning. I grew up on a small farm and I can’t remember a time when my mother didn’t can garden produce in the summertime. I wonder how many thousands of beans I have snipped in my lifetime. I know as a child I felt helping with the canning was a chore, but we all had to help when Mom had canning to do. Green beans were the big thing; quarts and quarts of beans. We also cut corn off the cob so she could can it. We slipped skins from beets so she pickled them. We picked cucumbers for dill pickles. I g...
LIBERTY LAKE – Several groups gathered in the Meadowwood Technology Campus for the Cops, Cars and Cruisers event on Sept. 16 hosted by the Liberty Lake Police Department. The event was held, and proceeds went to help the Special Olympics in Washington. The West Plains Special Olympics were on site as well, meeting guests and checking out some classic cars. According to Brenda Devine, Liberty Lake Police Ambassador John Bujosa helped bring the event together, and made sure t...
By my count, since originally being hired at the Cheney Free Press in July 2007, Eastern Washington has played 97 home football games. While the overwhelming number of those have been played at either Roos — or before that Woodward Field — a couple have been neutral site “Showdown by the Sound” contests at Century Link, now Lumen Field. Seen ‘em all… well, almost. As of last Saturday’s 40-29 Eastern win over Southeast Louisiana — the Eagles’ home opener — I did some counting...
CHENEY – If there's one thing that is at the forefront of Cheney High School football's now 0-3 start in 2023 it's a single word that transcends virtually every part of what has happened on the field so far. Failing to finish is what head coach Bobby Byrd said best describes things. "It really came down to not being able to sustain drives and limit big plays on defense," Byrd wrote in an email. "The word that best describes what we need to do is finish." With Central V...
MEDICAL LAKE – Newport quarterback Hank Kirkwood had a hand in five scores, three on his own runs as the Grizzlies rolled past Medical Lake 45-13 in the opening of Northeast A League football play Sept. 14 at Holliday Field. Kirkwood passed for two scores and ran for another pair for Newport (1-0 NEA, 2-1 overall), which led 26-0 at halftime. Medical Lake's Cylas Puzycki scored the first ML touchdown on a one-yard run in the third quarter and Taylor Oliver threw to Andrew R...
COLFAX - Two of the Northeast 2B league's winless teams squared off Friday night, Sept. 15, here, with the visiting Liberty (Spangle) Lancers taking home the win. The Colfax Bulldogs would put up 14 points in the first half. But the Lancers put up 15. Neither team scored in the second half, and the Bulldogs fell to 0-3 on the season after the one point heartbreaking loss Friday, Sept. 15. The loss came at the Bulldogs' Homecoming. The Bulldogs were not without chances to win....
LEWISTON, Idaho – The Medical Lake girls cross country team finished third and the boys fifth in their divisions at the Les MacDowell Invite hosted by Asotin High School. The Cardinal girls have attracted statewide attention with a No. 5 ranking among 1A schools in the state coaches’ poll. “We just saw real good improvement (over the first meet at Hermiston, Ore.), Coach Gene Blankenship said. “We’ve still got some work to do to get back to state.” In girls varsity, Lo...
CHENEY - Conventional wisdom suggested that in order to earn its first win of the season the Eastern Washington football team needed to start fast. The Eagles did exactly the opposite, struggling with scoring in the first half, but finishing with a flurry to rally past 19th-ranked Southeast Louisiana 40-29 at sunny and warm Roos Field, Sept. 16. Eastern (1-2) scored twice in the final 1 minute, 34 seconds to erase a 29-26 Lions (0-3) lead with a Tuna Altahir 1-yard touchdown...
CHENEY – The difference between Cheney football's 3-7 finish in 2022 and earning a couple of additional victories was not a lot. A half-dozen additional touchdowns, perhaps? That's what Blackhawks head coach Bobby Byrd said is driving his team into 2023. "We've, for the most part, had the ability to start pretty well but now it's just finish, finish, finish," Byrd said. And that, he said, comes down to mental focus, better conditioning, and your discipline. This was on d...
GOLF Eastern finishes Golfweek Fall Challenge PAWLEY’S ISLAND, S.C. — The third round of the Golfweek Fall Challenge finished Sept. 12 where Eastern Washington women’s golf finished in 16th with a total score of 921. Kami Twining tied for 57th on the individual leaderboard, shooting 75 in round one and two. During the tournament, Twining had six birdies. Meghan Singh tied for 62nd, notching a 74 in the second round. Singh had seven birdies. Brooke Mahler opened the tournament with a 73 and had three birdies during the week....
YAKIMA – The Blackhawks boys and girls cross country teams dominated the Apple Ridge Run Invite on Saturday, Sept. 16, winning both divisions. Cheney won the boys division with a low team score of 20. Rounding out the Top 5 teams are Cedarcrest, second with 47 points, Walla Walla third with 55, and Moses Lake and Selah tied for fourth with 67 points. In the varsity girls team scores, Cheney had a winning team low of 26 points. Moses Lake was second with 51, Chiawana third w...
PULLMAN – The Cheney girls volleyball team struggled to keep up with the Pullman Greyhounds in a non-league match Sept. 7. The Greyhounds swept the Blackhawks, 3-0. Set scores were 25-18, 25-20, 25-15. The loss followed a season-opening win Sept. 5 at Clarkson. There, the Blackhawks downed the Bantams, 3-2. Clarkston won the first set 25-20, and the third set, 25-21. But Cheney won Sets 2,4 and 5, with scores of 25-18, 25-9 and 18-16, respectively. Since those opening g...
CHENEY – If there’s one good thing about fall and slow pitch softball at Cheney High School, head coach Gary Blake knows he’ll not have to contend with soggy fields. His challenge comes in getting the right numbers to field two teams. Original turnout stood at 23 but 26 to 30 is the number he strives to reach. Rather than having kids on the bench not seeing playing time, those numbers afford stocking a JV team. With numerous activities tugging at students, Blake dispels the id...
Cheney drops GSL opener Mount Spokane got two first half goals from Lily Romey in the 35th and 38th minutes to lead the Wildcats over Cheney in the Greater Spokane League soccer opener Sept. 18. Ellerie O’Regan got Cheney on the board with a goal assisted by Paige Evans in the 73rd minute. Clara Browne had 12 saves for the Blackhawks who were outshot 15-9. Earlier in the week Cheney scored a 6-0 non-league win over 2A Shadle Park as six different Blackhawks scored. Alex Miller (4th minute), Paige Evans (14th minute) and G...
