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SPOKANE VALLEY – A Spokane man has pleaded guilty in connection with a 2022 robbery in Spokane Valley. Christopher Bruce Gooch, 46, of Spokane, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to robbery affecting commerce, court records show. U.S. Senior District Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson sentenced Gooch to four years in prison to be followed by three years of probation, records show. When imposing the sentence, Peterson noted Gooch’s lifelong criminal history beginning at age 11. According to court documents, on the night of Aug...
SPOKANE VALLEY – A local man is facing multiple charges after attempting to flee from police Dec. 11. Chandler K. Barton, 24, was booked into the Spokane County Jail on charges of attempting to elude law enforcement, two counts of unlawful imprisonment, driving while under the influence, two counts of reckless endangerment and second-degree driving while license suspended. Barton was arrested after a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputy spotted an unlicensed Audie run a red light at the intersection of Sprague Avenue and...
Medical Lake had a pair of wrestlers win championships at the Tri-County Classic on Dec. 21 at Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley. True Cole improved his season record to 18-3 with a win at 215 pounds, pinning Skyler Harty of Central Valley in 4:30. Hudson Raulston (17-3) took the 126-pound title for the Cardinals, also winning the title bout by fall in 1:13 over Sam Drake of Kettle Falls....
RITZVILLE – The Liberty (Spangle) boys and girls basketball teams brought home wins Dec. 12 over Northeast 2B rival Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. The boys won, 68-57; the girls, 51-41. In the boys game, a fourth quarter Liberty rally lifted the Lancers to victory. In that quarter Liberty put up 22 points, but the Broncos could only muster 9. Lance Williamson led all scorers with 22 points for the Broncos. Liberty’s Thomas Domrese led his team with 21. In the girls game, the Lancers came out on fire, racking up a 13-point lead in...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden Administration and environmental activists formalized an agreement Dec. 14 on plans to manage and improve salmon populations on the Snake River. A “memorandum of understanding” was filed with U.S. District Court in an attempt to curtail lawsuits over salmon and efforts by environmental activists to breach the four Lower Snake River dams. The agreement was formally announced Thursday, Dec. 14, by the Biden Administration, more than two weeks after a leaked document was released to the public by 5t...
The Christmas tree is decorated. The gifts are wrapped. There may not be snow outside, yet, but it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And I, for one, am looking forward to our family traditions. Every family has its own traditions; our starts with cutting down a tree, something we did a week or two ago. With the tree up and the lights already on, we’ve moved onto music and movies. Oh, the Christmas movies … Break out the classics – “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Miracle on 34th Street,” “Charlie Brown Christmas,” “The Gr...
More than 100 girls participated Dec. 13 in the second league wrestling meet at Liberty High School (above). And on Tuesday, Dec. 19, the number increased to nearly 150 wrestlers, including the growing Cheney Blackhawks team, which now has 13 girls. At right, Cheney's Crysta Rice uses an arm to pull Kettle Falls wrestler Kendra McGovern to her back in a 155-pound match. Rice won by pin; her first-ever victory on the mat....
Jayden Snyder of Ridgeline runs an arm bar for a near fall and pin over Cora Murray of Mount Spokane during the Dec. 19 girls league wrestling meet at Rogers High School. More than 130 girls turned out for the competition. Girls wrestling returns to Rogers on Saturday for the M2 Mallet tournament....
East Valley High School hosted the opening girls league wrestling meet Thursday, Dec. 7. The East Valley Girls Wrestle-In attracted more than 150 wrestlers from throughout Northeast Washington. Pictured, East Valley's Emily Totino stands up for an escape attempt against Brooklyn Cooper of Deer Park in a girls 140-pound match. Cooper won the bout, 8-4....
Cloie Isley led the Valley Christian girls to victory in their season-opening game at Tekoa-Rosalia on Thursday, Nov. 30. The Wildcats (1-0) won, 57-37. The Valley Christian girls will play their second game of the season at Chesterton Academy (1-0) at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. Chesterton Academy is coming off a 45-26 win over Tekoa-Rosalia on Tuesday, Dec. 5....
TYLER – Two weeks after a missing hunter was found safe along the Columbia Plateau Trail, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office documents are painting a picture of the rescue effort. While hunting Tuesday, Nov. 14, Robert D. Alexander, 53, of Winthrop, became lost in the Ballinger Lake area and called emergency dispatchers for help about 4:50 p.m. He was found at 8:48 p.m. and declined medical assistance, records show. During his initial call, Alexander told dispatchers that he had...
SPRAGUE – Drugs and/or alcohol were factors in two unrelated crashes that left one person dead and three injured Saturday and Sunday. At about 12:28 p.m. Saturday, a driver was injured and his passenger killed when their vehicle overturned in the median of Interstate 90. Then on Sunday night, a wrong-way driver caused a head-on crash near Milepost 240; two people were injured. The Washington State Patrol listed alcohol or drugs as factors in both crashes. In the Saturday c...
YAKIMA – The Liberty (Spangle) girls volleyball team made a respectable showing in the state 2B tournament Nov. 8-9 in the Yakima Valley SunDome. Coming in as the No. 13 seed, the Lancers shocked No. 4-ranked Goldendale in their state-opener, sweeping the Timberwolves, 3-0. Set scores were 25-13, 26-24, 25-18. With the win, the Lancers advanced to the quarterfinals to face league rival and No. 5-ranked Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. The Broncos had dominated the Lancers all s...
Aren’t you sick and tired of hearing Gov. Jay Inslee and his ilk routinely blame Columbia and Snake River dams for the decline in Puget Sound salmon and orca populations? Despite voluminous information to the contrary, Inslee, Sen. Patty Murray and other extremist environmental politicians continue to push a narrative on salmon decline that is patently false. There should be penalties for being so disingenuous. While there isn’t a penalty for false statements made to app...
The Medical Lake girls cross country team earned a fourth place podium spot during the state competition held in Pasco on Nov. 4. Team members are Athena Faye, Madison "Madi" Griffis, Hazel Grubaugh, Katelyn Hoffer, Hannah Luzier, Kaylee Dennler, Mya Gardner, Autumn Trout, Kaitlyn Wile. Full article and more photos on page B1....
Like many businesses across Eastern Washington, Free Press Publishing is going to winter hours. Effective Nov. 8, our Whitman County Gazette office will resume Wednesday closures through cold-weather months. And beginning Nov. 10, our Cheney Free Press office will be closed Fridays. Our Lincoln County Record-Times and Ritzville Adams County Journal offices are already closed Fridays. Closing our offices one day a week for the winter doesn’t mean you have any less news coverage. (Our reporters will still be working as news hap...
PASCO - The Medical Lake girls cross country team finished fourth in the state 2A meet Saturday, Nov. 4 at Sun Willows Golf Course. It's a spot lower than their 2022 finish. Meanwhile, the boys equaled their ninth-place from a year ago. But that did not deter Coach Gene Blankenship from being pleased with what transpired in a crazy season that began under the pall of the tragedy and devastation of the Gray Fire, Aug. 18. "I was pretty pleased, I was hoping the girls could get...
Eastern Eagles celebrate Homecoming. Photos by Paul Delaney and Roger Harnack...
Emmalyn Marney, 6, of Spokane Valley, cheers at the pep rally during Eastern Washington University's Homecoming celebration....
Liberty High School celebrated Homecoming last week with spirit days, football and a dance. The Homecoming royalty were presented to the community during halftime of the football game Friday night, Oct. 20. This year's king and queen are Caleb Nollmyer and Grace Grumbly. Here are photos of class royalty and others from Friday night's celebration at the football game....
Jackrabbits run past Cardinals QUINCY – The Jackrabbits rolled up 408 yards rushing on 54 plays and ran past Medical Lake 43-0 in a non-league football game here Oct. 27. Quincy (5-3) broke a scoreless first-quarter tie with 22 second-quarter points against winless Medical Lake. Of Medical Lake's 132 total yards, Cylas Puzycki rushed for 44 and Josh Henry had 31 on three receptions. The Cardinals close out the season Oct. 27 with their Northeast A League finale at Freeman (...
CHENEY - This time it was Eastern Washington's turn to win late. Jared Taylor completed an 18-play, 84-yard drive that chewed up 8 minutes, 40 seconds off the clock, scoring on a 3-yard run with 1:37 to play to lead the Eagles past Weber State 31-23, capping Homecoming week Oct. 21 at Roos Field. The score expanded a slim 1-point Eastern lead and made sure there was no revisiting the result of the Idaho State game - a 42-41 loss on a field goal with under a minute to play -...
The Eastern Washington University color guard presents the flag during the pregame festivities Saturday, Oct. 21. The Eastern Eagles hosted Weber State....
ROSALIA – The community celebrated Homecoming last week, with festivities highlighted by the crowning of class royalty. The week included dress-up days for students, skit night, a wheat-truck parade, football, royalty and a semiformal dance. This year's Rosalia royalty included Freshman Princess Abagale McGuire and escort Jayden Shirley, Sophomore Princess Taylynn Sperber and escort Dylan Terry, Junior Princess Kiyana Lowney and escort Zach Howard and Senior Homecoming Q...
The annular solar eclipse Saturday, Oct. 14, didn't quite produce a "ring of fire" in the Pacific Northwest. Cloudy conditions and rain blocked viewing in most of southern Oregon. Those lucky enough to see the eclipse north of the maximum depth window, which included Washington state, were treated to only a partial eclipse, often through a thin layer of clouds....
