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By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter At last Tuesday's Medical Lake City Council meeting Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich heard councilmembers air their personal and collective views on the new county jail. Knezovich was joined by members of his staff and jail project manager, Lt. Mike Sparber, who gave the council a presentation before opening up the floor to comments. As a whole the council said there is no doubt that replacing Geiger Corrections Center is necessary, but most had several arguments against building the... Full story
CHENEY April 4 Police are investigating a report of an assault on the 100 block of North Seventh Street. Jonathon M. Cantu, 19, was arrested on an outside warrant on the 2000 First Street. April 5 Adam C. Nelson, 19, was arrested for driving while license suspended on the 800 block of First Street. A hit and run collision occurred on the 400 block of Fifth Street. Police secured a rifle found in the attic of a residence on the 800 block of Cedar Street. A hit and run collision occurred on the 800 block of Fifth Street.... Full story
CHENEY March 21 A city well house was damaged with graffiti on the 200 block of Erie Street. A house window was broken on the zero hundred block of West Third Street. March 23 Police assisted the Cheney Fire Department with a suspicious fire on the 800 block of Fourth Street. A vehicle was spray painted on the 700 block of Fifth Street. A 12-year-old female was arrested at the Cheney Middle School for assault. March 24 A 16-year-old female was arrested at the Cheney High School for assault. Damon J. Ashe, 28, was arrested...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The Airway Heights Kiwanis club approached the City Council March 21 with a proposal that would revitalize a long stalled drive to build a community recreation center. “Central to Kiwanis' mission is the belief that the most effective way to enhance a community is to enhance its children,” Kiwanis board member Kelly Osterberger told the council. “We feel that a recreation center would allow kids to learn, dream and succeed.” In 2005 the city tried unsuccessfully to pass a $5.5 million bond to...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter As the last remnants of snow melt away in Cheney, city leaders are asking residents and businesses to band together for some spring cleaning. The fourth annual Cheney Clean Sweep will be held throughout the city April 23. The event, started by the Cheney Police Department to clean up streets and yards post-winter, this year aims to bring neighbors together to pick up garbage, get rid of their junk and beautify public areas in the city. Cheney's Community Development and Solid Waste departments...
Four Lakes family opens ambitious new business next week By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Over the past seven months a local couple has transformed a long-vacant Airway Heights bowling alley into their dream – a family restaurant and activity center that will offer everything from Foosball to southern cooking. Four Lakes residents Robert and Stephanie Brasefield said it's taken a lot of work to clean and remodel the 1950s-era building behind Zip's Restaurant at 1500 S. Russell St., which six years ago was home to the Trade-A-...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Two Medical Lake businesses are closing this week – the Wagon Wheel Tavern and Stone Cottage Collections – but the owners of both say they'll retain a foothold in the West Plains business community. Citing the slow economy and an exceptionally hard year, Wagon Wheel owner Amber Duell chose to shutter the iconic local watering hole this Wednesday, March 23. In the spring of 2009 she and business partner Steve Herndon resurrected the tavern at the corner of Lake and Lefevre streets, but les... Full story
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Due to a low member turnout at their March 16 meeting, the Spokane Transit Authority board of directors deferred a final decision on service changes scheduled to take effect in September. “They felt that this is an important issue and they wanted all the members present before making a decision,” STA communications manager Molly Meyers said. Meyers said four of the board's nine members were absent last Wednesday, all excused, including Medical Lake City Councilwoman Brenda Redell, Spokane Val...
CHENEY March 14 Jonathon M. Cantu, 19, was arrested at the 300 block of Betz Road on a local warrant for possession of stolen property. Cody E. Gilliams, 22, was arrested on the 700 block of West First Street for violation of a no-contact order. Prescription medications were stolen from a vehicle on the 700 block of West First Street. A fence post was stolen from the 2200 block of First Street. Damage to a vehicle was reported on the zero hundred block of North Sixth Street. A wallet was stolen from Cheney High School.... Full story
From March 4 through April 16, Eastern Washington University's Get Lit! Programs is hosting “The 2011 Big Read for the Inland Northwest,” thanks to the Spokane Public Library, Spokane County Library and Fairchild Air Force Base Library. The point of the Big Read is to draw communities together around a single book through a month of related literary events. Get Lit! Programs selected Tim O'Brien's “The Things They Carried” because it exemplified this year's festival theme of “Telling the American Story.” This award-winni...
CHENEY Feb. 21 Financial fraud—unauthorized use of a debit card—was reported on the 100 block of West First Street. Feb. 22 Tires were slashed at Cheney High School. Feb. 23 Sarina M. Walker, 21, was arrested for shoplifting at Cheney Trading Company. A one-vehicle collision with minor injuries occurred on the 500 block of First Street. A one-vehicle non-injury collision occurred on the 100 block of Paradise Road. A one-vehicle non-injury collision occurred on the 1100 block of Oakland Street. A two-vehicle non-injury col...
National League of Cities president James Mitchell, Jr. announced the appointment of Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing to the NLC 2011 Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Advocacy Committee. This committee has the lead responsibility for considering NLC federal policy positions in the areas of energy, clean air, solid and hazardous waste, water quality and supply, national wetlands and endangered species. In a press release Rushing said providing clean air, solid and hazardous waste disposal and building...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter After a brief hiatus the Spokane County Sheriff's office has again stationed a detective in the city of Medical Lake. Thirteen-year Sheriff's Office veteran Marty Pannell now has an office next door to Medical Lake City Hall, where he focuses primarily on property crimes investigations in west and south Spokane County. Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich told the Medical Lake City Council last month that he'd been working to get a detective back into the post since it was vacated by Detective Richard...
City plans to inject $8 million into local projects this year, ranging from street reconstruction to reclaimed water distribution infrastructure By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The city of Airway Heights has kicked off a plan to stimulate the local economy over the coming year by encouraging development, expanding city infrastructure and providing new jobs. Last year Airway Heights City Council began looking at ways to spark development and now federal, state and local funding sources have been identified for several project...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Cheney police continued investigating a string of local burglaries last month. A search warrant turned up some stolen items, and detectives plan to issue warrants for the suspects. “We know who these people are,” Cmdr. Rick Campbell said of the suspects in several burglaries that occurred late last year. “Right now they're in the wind. They know we're looking for them.” According to the department's monthly accountability review, the burglary investigation along with an effort to restruc...
