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By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Portions of Interstate-90 west of the Salnave Road exit were shut down on Monday for nearly 13 hours due to a semi-truck accident. A Washington State Patrol spokesperson said at about 5:45 a.m. troopers responded to where the truck had rolled onto its side and found the driver trapped inside the cab. Fire crews were able to cut the driver out of the wreckage and he was brought to Sacred Heart Medical Center and treated for minor injuries before being released Monday afternoon. The truck was...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Yoga classes will once again be offered at Medical Lake City Hall this fall through the city's Parks and Recreation Department, Thursdays and Sundays beginning Sept. 30. Certified yoga instructor Christine Braaten will teach the Hatha style of yoga for beginners and advanced students of all ages. She taught a class for the city in 2008, but last year was busy starting up East West Fitness World, a studio she opened with a partner in downtown Spokane. Braaten said yoga has been a big part of... Full story
CHENEY Aug. 30 Theft of a car stereo was reported on the 500 block of Presley Drive. Taking a motor vehicle without owner's permission was reported on the 200 block of North Fifth Street. The vehicle was recovered in Spokane. Domestic violence was reported on the 1600 block of Third Street—verbal only. Aug. 31 Identity theft was reported on the 500 block of Scenic Heights. An iPhone and two iPods were reported found at Cheney High School. Sept. 1 Theft of a blue bicycle was reported on the 300 block of North Fifth Street. R... Full story
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Spokane Election officials certified the results of the Aug. 17 primary last Wednesday, Sept. 1, at noon, clearing the way for campaigning for the November general election to begin in earnest among the top two vote getting candidates in most offices. In the race for Spokane County Commissioner District 3, incumbent Bonnie Mager easily advanced to the Nov. 2 general election. The Cheney-area Democrat received 46.26 percent, 13,854 votes, and will face city of Spokane resident, Republican Al French. Fre...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter An investigation is ongoing this week into the cause of two fires at the same residence north of Medical Lake, both of which investigators have deemed suspicious. Spokane County Fire District 10 Chief Nick Scharff said that last Friday afternoon crews arrived at the residence, located on the 23000 block of West Thorpe Road, to see the attic and front of the house ablaze. They were able to contain the fire and crews determined the structure would be able to be rebuilt. At that time the 3,600 sq... Full story
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The Stewart family has had a rough 2010, but by the end of it, they hope to have a brand new roof over their heads. Mark and Meg Stewart, both West Plains natives, had lived with their two young sons in a single-wide trailer on property they purchased in the Marshall area in 2005. The couple had always planned to build a house on the property, and the summer of 2010 was planned as the season of construction. But when Mark suffered a debilitating stroke days before the new year, Meg said she... Full story
Cheney City Administrator Arlene Fisher has received the prestigious “Professional Finance Officer” award for 2010 from the Washington Finance Officers Association. It's the seventh consecutive year Fisher has received the annual award that recognizes achievements of professional service and ongoing continuing education and training of each individual....
CHENEY Aug. 23 Residential burglary was reported on the zero hundred block of Second Street. A laptop, guitar and iPod were taken. Meshion M. Woodruff, 18, was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol and shoplifting on the 1100 block of First Street. Aug. 24 Residential burglary was reported on the zero hundred block of Third Street. Nothing was taken. Aug. 25 Joshua M. Nelson, 24, was arrested for assault on the 600 block of C Street. Officers assisted the Spokane County Sheriff's Office with a stolen vehicle report. A b...
There were 11 pedestrian fatalities in Spokane County in 2009. There were 63 pedestrian fatalities in Washington state in 2008. More than 600 pedestrians have been killed on Washington state streets and roadways in the past eight years, according to data released by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. The most common cause for vehicle/pedestrian collisions, according to the study, were people in the roadway where and when they didn't belong there. More than 500 of the deaths occurred when the pedestrian was not safely...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter A group of Medical Lake organizations and residents are planning what they hope will become an annual community service day with a cleanup of St. Anne's Cemetery on Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. Bishop Scott Zinn with Medical Lake's Church of Latter-Day Saints is one of the primary organizers of the service day, which will focus on a different project each year. He said the cemetery, which is northwest of downtown on South Brooks Road, was identified as needing some serious attention. “We wanted to c...
New $29.5 million facility will consolidate 13 Army Guard and Army Reserve units By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Thursday, Aug. 27 marked the opening of the Armed Forces Reserve Center and Organizational Maintenance Shop at Fairchild Air Force Base, a building that will absorb 13 local Army National Guard and Army Reserve units. The $29.5 million, 30-acre project broke ground three years ago, brought about by the 2006 Base Realignment and Closure mandates that called for the consolidation of units previously assigned to...
The $5 million project is part of overall plans to develop 252 acres of tribes' nearby land By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The Kalispel Tribe expanded their Airway Heights holdings on Monday, Aug. 30 with the opening of an ultra-modern gas station/convenience store just south of their Northern Quest complex on Hayford Road. The $5 million project, which broke ground in March, is the first such venture for the tribe and part of a larger plan to begin developing 252 acres of Kalispel land nearby, according to Brandon Haugen,... Full story
##M:[Read more here]## CHENEY Aug. 17 Identity theft was reported in the 1500 block of Fourth Street. A two-car non-injury collision occurred in the 1100 block of First Street. A purse was found in the 300 block of North Seventh Street. A 16-year-old male was arrested for domestic violence-related assault in the 800 block of West First Street. Malicious mischief was reported in the 1000 block of Salnave. A light was broken. Malicious mischief was reported in the 600 block of Fourth Street. Restroom buildings were spray...
City Council also passes resolutions opening door to Spokane Tribal casino on city's western edge ##M:[Read more here]## By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Spokane County Commissioner Todd Mielke visited Airway Heights Aug. 16 to drum up council support for a regional transportation benefit district, which he said would bring much-needed revenue to local transportation projects. Mielke said state and federal funding for regional road maintenance and construction is expected to decline over the next few years. “We've looked at w...
##M:[Read more here]## By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Last week the Airway Heights City Council and the Board of Spokane County Commissioners each approved an agreement to trade county land for city utilities infrastructure and treated wastewater. A memorandum of understanding more than two years in the making gives the city about 70 acres adjacent to Spokane County Raceway along with first right of refusal to an additional 26.81 acres nearby. The county will assist the city in completing master planning for a sports comple...
Collapsed well being repaired while crews examine second well's reduced rate of production ##M:[Read more here]## By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Airway Heights crews expect to finish repairs on a collapsed municipal well by the end of this week before investigating why a second well hasn't been producing to its full potential. Early last week Airway Heights City Council passed an emergency resolution to bypass bidding requirements for acquiring a new pump and related drilling work at Well No. 8, which is located near 21st... Full story
CHENEY Aug. 9 Malicious mischief was reported in the 200 block of Presley Drive. Grafitti was found on a door. Rape was reported in the 1000 block of First Street. The case was closed with no arrests. Theft of a book of checks was reported in the 1200 block of First Street. An 11-year-old male was arrested for assault in the 2200 block of First Street. A vehicle window was broken in the 600 block of Third Street. Malicious mischief was reported in the 200 block of Nolan Brown Place; tires on two vehicles were slashed. A...
Two Spokane cemeteries have lost as much as $25,000 worth of brass flower pots and urns to a thief in the past few weeks. During the weekend of July 24 a suspect or suspects stole 50 14-by-18-inch bronze flowerpots from Spokane Memorial Gardens at 5909 South Cheney-Spokane Road. The theft occurred between 5 p.m. the 24th and 8 a.m. July 27. A cemetery employee placed the loss at $9,000. Then, between 4 p.m. Aug. 6 and 8 a.m. Aug. 9 someone stole 270 6-inch bronze vases from the niches and crypts areas of Greenwood Memorial...
This year has seen higher numbers of lightning strikes than usual but fewer wildfires, DNR says The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) last week released a snapshot of the number of wildfires and acres burned on state and private lands that the department protects. With the aid of favorable weather conditions, a strategy of fast initial attack on fires by DNR and its partners has kept wildfire damage lower than average despite a higher-than-usual number of lightning strikes this year. The number of lightni...
