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  • Coroner IDs pedestrians killed by drunken driver

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated May 12, 2023

    AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The Spokane County Coroner’s Office has released the identities of two people found dead after being hit by a pickup truck at about 11:45 p.m., April 29, near the intersection of West Trails and North Flight roads. Desmond Miller, 25, and his fiancee Kady McFeron, 33, died from blunt force injuries to the head, neck, torso and extremities, the Coroner’s Office reported. Megan C. Skillingstad, 29, is being held on $1,000,000 bail in the Spokane County Jail...

  • Special session called for 'Blake fix'

    Roger Harnack, The Journal|Updated May 12, 2023

    RITZVILLE – Sen. Mark Schoesler and other state lawmakers will return to the Capitol for a special session beginning May 16. “After returning home to Ritzville early last week following the end of this year’s legislative session, I was not planning to return to Olympia for at least a few months,” the 9th Legislative District senator said. “Turns out, my fellow legislators and I may be back at the Capitol little more than a week from now.” Gov. Jay Inslee called the special...

  • Gov. Inslee won't seek fourth term

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated May 5, 2023

    OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee won’t be seeking a fourth term. Inslee, a Democrat from Bainbridge Island, announced Monday, May 1, that he’s ready to move on. “Today I announced I will not seek a fourth term,” he said. “We’ve made Washington a beacon for progress for the nation, and now it’s time to pass the torch. Born and raised in Seattle, he was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1989, then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993. The 72-ye...

  • Busy times for Medical Lake track

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated May 5, 2023

    Medical Lake track and field is getting very much used to life on the road riding buses. The Cardinals completed a busy week with competition in the Northeast A League at Newport April 26 where the boys lost to Lakeside 94-50 and the host Grizzlies 73-71. ML's girls lost to Lakeside 93-57 and Newport 103-28. Over the weekend the squads were split with 16 athletes - eight boys and girls each - traveled to Bellevue for the Shoreline Invitational, while another 24 ventured to...

  • Spokane Valley man arrested at casino

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated Apr 27, 2023

    AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A Spokane Valley man is being held in the Spokane County Jail after being arrested for identity theft April 11 at the Kalispel Casino. Joseph P. Simpson, 58, is facing charges of two counts of first-degree identity theft and first-degree theft. He remains in the jail due to the bail and hold warrants issued in other jurisdictions, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office reported. His arrest follows an investigation into two unrelated crimes, the Sheriff's O...

  • Motorcyclist dies from crash-related injuries

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated Apr 27, 2023

    AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A motorcyclist died from he sustained in an early Saturday morning motorcycle crash near the entrance to Spokane International Airport. Christopher R. Cooper, 42, of Spokane, died at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, the Washington State Patrol reported. The crash occurred about 2:11 a.m. Saturday morning, April 22, the patrol reported. Cooper was riding a 2012 Yamaha YZFR6 motorcycle east on U.S. Highway 2 when he left the roadway and struck a cable b...

  • Gun-control measures signed into law

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated Apr 27, 2023

    OLYMPLIA – The sale, import, distribution and manufacture of so-called “assault weapons” and related parts was immediately banned Tuesday morning, April 25, across the state. With a large crowd of Democrats standing behind him at the Capitol, Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1240 into law. It was the most sweeping of three gun-control measures he signed into law just before 11 a.m. with a large crowd of West Side Democrats standing behind him. House Bill 1240 included an em...

  • Area lakes ready for opening day

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated Apr 20, 2023

    CHENEY – Several local and nearby lakes have an abundance of trout available to catch, just in time for opening day Saturday, April 22. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has planted thousands of trout in area lakes, including West Medical Lake, Clear Lake, Badger Lake and Williams Lake. Williams Lake received the most fish, with the first plant taking place March 20. The state added 10,701 rainbow trout weighing less than a half-pound each that day. Then on March 2...

  • Tekoa native wins Boston Marathon division

    Roger Harnack, The Gazette|Updated Apr 20, 2023

    BOSTON, Mass. – A Tekoa native won the Boston Marathon’s Women’s Wheelchair Division on Monday, April 17. Having placed in the Top 5 in the division on previous Boston Marathons, Susannah Scaroni, 31, cruised to victory with more than 5 minutes to spare. Scaroni won the race in 1:41.45, finishing ahead of Madison DeRozario and Wakako Tsuchida, who were second and third respectively. Scaroni’s best finishes previously were second in 2018 and third in 2014, 2015 and 2017, a...

  • Avista requests power rate hike

    Roger Harnack|Updated Apr 14, 2023

    SPOKANE VALLEY – Avista ratepayers will face higher bills beginning July 1 if a proposed rate hike is approved by the state Utilities and Transportation Commission. Avista has requested price adjustments, including electricity rate hikes that will increase its revenues by 6%. The request to increase the rate to comply with state regulations that require Avista to either obtain an authorized increase or return or rebate money to ratepayers if the utility has a deferral b...

  • Fairfield racers compete in Desert 100

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated Apr 14, 2023

    IRBY – Two racers from southern Spokane County were among the field of competitors April 2 at the annual Desert 100. Fairfield racers Hodla Brown and Thomas Gwinn were among the racers that completed the grueling race --only 472 of the 921 who started were able to finish. Brown raced to a 53rd-place finish overall and 16th in the 250cc class with a time of 4:21:44.258. Gwinn raced to a 108th-place finish overall and 23rd in the 30-39-year-old division, completing the Desert 1...

  • 'Taken' stuntman turns local policeman

    Olivia Harnack|Updated Apr 6, 2023

    AIRWAY HEIGHTS - The Airway Heights Police department welcomed a new officer, Sebastien Vandenberghe, France, to the department on Monday, April 3. "I am excited to have a new member of the team. We try to serve at the highest level possible. We like to protect our children, partners, and business. This will allow us to do more as we continue to grow on the west plains," said the Chief of the Airway Heights Police Department, Brad Richmond. Vandenberghe was a Spokane County...

  • Ramsey's record roll continues at Wolf Invite

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Apr 6, 2023

    DEER PARK - The record-setting streak for Kyla Ramsey of Medical Lake continued, this time under far from ideal conditions at the Glenn Wolf Invite on March 31. The senior distance runner, who set a decades-old school mark in the 1,600 meters at the Ray Cockrum Relays on March 25 in Wenatchee, struck again with a best in the 3,200. Competing in what Coach Gene Blankenship termed "questionable conditions" of wind and rain, Ramsey's 11 minutes, 23.31 seconds broke what was a...

  • Medical Lake falls to Deer Park

    Cheney Free Press|Updated Apr 6, 2023

    DEER PARK - The Medical Lake girls just didn't have the power at the plate to overcome Northeast A league-leading Deer Park during a game Friday, March 31. The Cardinals girls fastpitch team lost, 13-3, to the undefeated Stags (3-0 NEA, 6-0 overall) on the road. For the Cardinals, freshman Isabel Barry and senior Emily Sorey each had two hits out of the eight total for Medical Lake. Barry's both came on doubles, while Sorey had one for extra bases. Other hits came from...

  • Local cowboy recovering from ATV crash

    Olivia Harnack, The Journal|Updated Mar 30, 2023

    LaCROSSE — A local cowboy is recovering after a March 19 crash. Caleb Berquist, 23, of LaCrosse, suffered significant and critical injuries Sunday night, March 19, when his side-by-side overturned on the family ranch. The son of Shane and Kim Berquist, he is out of surgery, and his mother reports her son is on the mend and making daily progress. “We are making a little bit of progress every day, which is good,” Kim Berquiest said Friday. “He finally got fitted with a brace t...

  • Let it fly

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated Mar 30, 2023

    Rosalia High School senior Riley Gering launches the javelin during the 1B league-opening track meet Tuesday, March 21, at Valley Christian School in Spokane Valley. Gering finished fourth at the meet with a distance of 114 feet 8 inches. Rosalia track and field athletes next compete Tuesday, April 11, at Pomeroy....

  • Bill elevates drug possession crimes

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated Mar 9, 2023

    OLYMPIA — A bill making its way through the Legislature would make possession of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine a gross misdemeanor. Senate Bill 5536 passed the Senate by a 28-21 vote Friday night. The bill is designed in response to the state Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling that the state’s drug-possession law was unconstitutional. While the bill passed the Senate, it does not go far enough to address the drug problems, Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, said...

  • Teenager dies in fiery crash

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated Feb 23, 2023

    TOKIO — A Gonzaga university student was killed Saturday morning, Feb. 18, in a fiery, one-vehicle crash 10 miles east of Ritzville. Diego H. Garza, 18, of Lakewood, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near Mipepost 230, at about 5:30 a.m., the Washington State Patrol reported. According to the patrol, Garza was eastbound in a 2003 Chevrolet Blazer on Interstate 90 when his vehicle drifted in to the median. Garza over-corrected and the vehicle overturned and c...

  • Farm fuel tax exemptions fail to pass

    Roger Harnack, The Journal|Updated Feb 23, 2023

    OLYMPIA — Farmers and ranchers will be likely continue to be taxed on agricultural diesel fuel after House and Senate committees last week failed to advance exemption bills. Senate Bill 5728, introduced by Sen. Perry Dozier, R-Kennewick, and co-sponsored by Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, didn’t make it out of the Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee. And House Bill 1780, introducted by Republican Reps. Joe Schmick of Colfax and Mary Dye of Pomeroy met a sim...

  • Cheney & Medical Lake

    Roger Harnack|Updated Feb 23, 2023

  • Liberty Lancers

    Roger Harnack, Publisher|Updated Feb 23, 2023

  • Rep. Schmick bill helps level playing field

    Roger Harnack, Publisher|Updated Jan 26, 2023

    Washington state has high tax rates — gas, property, you name it. Government agencies billions of tax dollars annually from residents and businesses here. So why then are government agencies taking Washington taxpayer dollars and buying goods and services out-of-state, goods and services that are readily abundant in Washington? Those agencies are penalizing state taxpayers (residents and businesses) for paying the high taxes the agencies collected under burdensome r...

  • Questions should be asked about WARNS survey

    Roger Harnack, Publisher|Updated Jan 26, 2023

    WARNS. Interesting acronym for a survey being pushed by the state Department of Education, Washington State University and public schools statewide. The Washington Assessment of the Risks and Needs of Students has been around a few years, but largely disappeared during the coronavirus shutdowns — when students were at home and parents would have an opportunity to see it, read the questions and determine appropriateness. But now that classes are back in-person statewide, the s...

  • Blackhawk

    Roger Harnack, Free Press Publishing|Updated Jan 19, 2023

    Cheney Blackhawk Jalisca Holmgren mixes it up on the mat....

  • Elk Parade

    Roger Harnack|Updated Jan 12, 2023

    A gang of elk seen from Cheney Spangle road the morning of January 9....

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