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By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The Cheney branch of the Spokane County Library District has a lot going on lately. Not only does the library at 610 First St. have a new manager — former Airway Height branch manager Pat Davis — and summer reading programs starting soon, but library district leaders have begun planning in earnest for a new, larger library to be built in Cheney sometime between 2015 and 2020. Patrick Roewe, branch services manager for SCLD, spoke to the Cheney City Council June 14, where he told city lea...
CHENEY June 12 Obscene phone calls were reported on the 1100 block of First Street. June 13 Harassment was reported on the 100 block of Betz Road. Carlos B. Hernandez, 30, was arrested on the 200 block of First Street for domestic violence-related assault. An iPod and accessories were reported stolen from a vehicle on the 1300 block of Third Street. An identification card was stolen from the zero hundred block of West Fifth Street. A possibility of child neglect was reported on the 2300 block of University Lane. A red and...
CHENEY June 6 A 14-year-old male was arrested for possession of stolen property at Cheney Middle School. Incident was reported on June 3. A suicidal subject was involuntarily committed to the hospital on the 600 block of G Street. A wallet was taken from a vehicle on the 800 block of West First Street. Possible possession of a controlled substance was reported on the 500 block of First Street. A DVD was taken from the 800 block of Second Street. Tracey F. Hawkins, 20, was arrested at the Cheney High School on a Spokane... Full story
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Finding a place to park near the Spokane International Airport just became a bit easier. Adverse weather conditions and contractor issues delayed the opening of Parking Express far beyond its original estimate of August last year. This week, however, owner Juan Contreras's business will officially begin serving vehicles after originally starting the project last June. Initially planning to use the land for high density residential apartment buildings, the project was scrapped after running into the...
The Ice Age Floods Institute, Cheney-Spokane Chapter is sponsoring a free public lecture by Central Washington University anthropology professor Dr. Patrick Lubinski, “Wenas Creek Mammoth Excavations” on Thursday, June 23, 7 p.m. at Eastern Washington University, Science Building room 135. The accidental discovery of a mammoth bone near Selah, Wash., in 2005 led to a six-year investigation by CWU, providing a glimpse into life during that time. In addition to 16,000-year-old mammoth and bison bones, students and faculty hav...
Local community has mixed reaction to new business By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Coffee shop construction wasn't the first career choice for Cheyenne Amesbury, but it has become a second job over the past six weeks. Amesbury traded in her espresso machine for a paintbrush as she joined family and friends who helped create Sin City Espresso, located at 13722 U.S. Highway 2 in Airway Heights. Amesbury also owns On Alert, a drive-thru coffee stand directly across the street. With her husband, Dan, who owns Perfection Detail,...
Many farmers in Spokane and Whitman Counties were unable to seed spring crops due to wet, cold weather. Spokane County Farm Bureau and Washington State University Extension invite growers to a workshop to discuss alternative plans for the season. The discussion topics will include management of chemical fallow, fall crop opportunities and seeding dates, plant-back restrictions, and soil fertility. The panelists will include farmers Hal Johnson and Jim Nollmeyer, along with Rich Koenig and Dennis Roe from WSU and Kurt... Full story
Photo by Paul Delaney Members of the Spokane Board of County Commissioners, Todd Mielke (left), chairman Al French (center) and Mark Richard (right) conduct the ceremonial ribbon cutting last Thursday afternoon at the grand opening on the newly-aligned road course at Spokane County Raceway. The track hosted a weekend long historic road racing event presented by the Society of Vintage Auto Racing Enthusiasts (SOVREN)....
County Commissioner Al French sees JPA as way to protect Fairchild while allowing limited development; Airway Heights not so sure By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Spokane County wants to join with the city of Airway Heights in forming a Joint Planning Area near Fairchild Air Force Base, where any development would have to be agreed upon by both parties. The land in question is part of a vacant 200-acre stretch between Craig and Rambo roads South of Highway 2 that the county purchased in 2008 to facilitate the Geiger Spur... Full story
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter From tasting regional wines to taking an Ice Age tour, Australian Rotary Club members got an eclectic glimpse of the Inland Northwest over the course of a three day stopover in Cheney late last month. The five visiting couples hailed from International Rotary District 9790 in the state of Victoria, located in the southern part of the continent, and were part of the Rotary Friendship Exchange Program. The group was hosted by members of the Cheney Rotary, one of just four host clubs selected in...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The claim “Coldest beer in town” is dubious any day, but especially when the message is posted on a gas station that's been closed for months. The former Conoco station at First and I streets in Cheney sat empty through the winter, until a few weeks ago when heavy machinery began pulling into the lot, removing gas pumps and giant tanks. Its former owner, Gull Industries, received the property back after its most recent owner went out of business. William Low, senior vice president of real est...
Local woman takes cue from free Feed Cheney meals program, hopes to bring ML community together By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter For the past several months Medical Lake resident Joanna Williams has been setting the table for a free monthly meal. Now she's inviting the community to come and get it. Starting June 13, Feed Medical Lake will offer a free soup, sandwich and beverage supper the second Monday of each month from 5-6 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, 223 South Hallett St. Williams stresses that this isn't a...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Airway Heights Police detective Kelly Justice moves swiftly along a school hallway, his shotgun at the ready. Rounding a corner he sees an obviously disturbed man standing over the bodies of two kids, a gun to his own head. Justice rapidly orders him to drop the weapon but the man doesn't budge, yelling “I can't take it anymore,” as the veteran officer fires two rounds into his chest. Setting his shotgun down onto a nearby table, Justice explains. “The reason he's going to go, we've got two k...
A 43-year-old Spokane man narrowly escaped serious injury or death Sunday morning after mistaking the BNSF Railway tracks in Marshall for a roadway. Miles D. Matthews turned his 2002 Mercury Mountaineer off of Cheney-Spokane Road onto southbound Scribner Road about 2 a.m. but upon encountering the railroad tracks at the first curve he turned and tried to drive toward Spokane with one tire on a rail and the other in the rock roadbed. The Mountaineer quickly became stuck in the loose rock. Matthews tried rocking it out of the...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Dow Excavating owner Wayne Dow has expanded his business into landscape materials. Dow Landscape Materials opened across from Sears on First Street in Cheney last week, offering topsoil, bark, rock, compost and more. “Nobody has this in Cheney. They've sprung up all over the West Plains, but we're just trying to provide a service where there is a need here for Cheney,” Dow said. Dow has run the excavating business since 1992, but it was known as Wally's Excavating since the late 1960s, when Dow...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter A March 13 collision that killed a pedestrian in Four Lakes yielded no charges against the 16-year-old driver. Documents from a Washington State Patrol investigation stated that 16-year-old Chase Walter didn't have time to react before his truck hit Petrick Rogers, 62, in the eastbound lane of SR 904 in Four Lakes near its intersection with First Avenue. According to the documents, it was raining hard at the time of the 8 p.m. collision and Walter said he did not see Rogers crossing the road...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Even though Sue Quinn never got her official time and had to go to extra lengths to get the coveted event T-shirt when she and friend Linda Chasse crossed the finish line of the 35th annual Bloomsday road race a few weeks ago, there was a sense of victory. Covering the 7.46 miles was a relatively short distance when compared to the journey Quinn's been on the last 12 years since she was told she would likely never walk again. Quinn's spent much of the past decade enduring over a dozen surgeries...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Aside from some invasive weeds, erosion and an unfortunate abundance of goose poop, the three miles of Medical Lake shoreline are in pretty good shape. But in order to further improve these areas, and to comply with Washington state law, the city of Medical Lake is developing a restoration plan for all lakeshores within its boundaries, including its namesake and portions of West Medical and Silver lakes. The Shoreline Management Act of 1971 required cities and counties to create a Shoreline...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The Cheney Police Department saw an increase in crime last month as it continues to deal with staffing and budget issues. According to the department's Monthly Accountability Review for April, crime rose nearly 60 percent, from 43 incidents in March to 72 in April. Cmdr. Rick Campbell said the increase didn't concern him, because the first three months of 2011 were unusually quiet. “This is getting back to a normal realm,” he said, adding that crime was down 15 percent overall over this tim... Full story
Airway Heights, Kalispel Tribe come together on infrastructure plan that could assist in development of area south of Northern Quest By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter A public hearing was held at the May 16 Airway Heights City Council meeting regarding the relocation and vacation of Sprague Avenue, a project that is being jointly planned by the city and the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. The city granted the Kalispel Tribe permission to vacate and relocate a portion of the road in order to benefit future development of the... Full story
Spring's record cold, precipitation have made area snowpack massive By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Did you like that little taste of shorts and sunglasses weather last week? While it seems like a fleeting memory after some recent gully-washing rains, rest assured that warmth will return. Honest. Old Man Winter's grip, which has held on well into spring, is finally loosening. With spring nearly eight weeks late, it may finally be time to get those gardens ready, the bikes out and begin thinking of comfy temperatures that have... Full story
CHENEY May 9 Vincent J. Ash, 51, was arrested on the zero block of B Street on a trespassing warrant from Spokane Municipal Court. A red bicycle was found on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. May 10 Edward J. Steetle, 21, was arrested on the 2300 block of University Lane on a Spokane warrant for driving while license suspended. Domestic violence—verbal only—was reported on the 2300 block of University Lane. Tavish J. Jones, 24, was arrested on the zero block of North Sixth Street for domestic violence–related assau...
