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CHENEY Feb. 5 Rape was reported on the 500 block of K Street. The alleged victim chose not to pursue charges. Feb. 7 Domestic violence was reported on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road—verbal only. An assault occurred at Cheney High School. A 17-year-old male and 14-year-old female were both arrested for fourth-degree assault. Domestic violence was reported on the 700 block of West First Street—verbal only. Kyle W. Woelber, 26, was charged with criminal impersonation of a police officer on the 400 block of North Thi...
CHENEY Jan. 31 A 14-year-old male was arrested for assault at Cheney Middle School. Julio S. Rodriguez-Guillen, 24, was arrested on the 2700 block of First Street for driving while license suspended. A three-vehicle non-injury collision occurred on the 1100 block of First Street. Feb. 1 Cody E. Guilliams, 22, was arrested on the 1000 block of First Street for domestic violence-related assault and a no-bail warrant from the Department of Corrections for felony escape. Feb. 2 A revolver that was stolen from the Spokane County...
Photo by John McCallum A flock of wild turkeys roams for food on the state facilities grounds at the former Primate Research Center near Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake....
Spokane Regional Drug Task Force leader says trafficking of harder drugs on the rise By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter A Cheney marijuana ring was shut down last week, following a six-month investigation by the Spokane Regional Drug Task Force. Brandon M. Collins, 27, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 27 for possession with intent to deliver and delivery of a controlled substance. He is the alleged leader of an operation that police say distributed more than five pounds of marijuana per week. Washington State Patrol Sgt. Ken Demello...
By JANELLE KOHNERT Reporter WNPA Olympia News Bureau Deferring state requirements to meet growth, shorelines and stormwater management mandates would save cities and counties untold amounts of money, legislators learned last Thursday, Feb. 3, at a hearing before the Senate Government Operatons, Tribal Relations and Elections Committee. Further, eliminating the requirement for municipalities to publish their public notices in newspapers, and instead allowing them to post such notices to their respective websites as an...
The Country Market, located at 14211 North Thorpe Road, is recalling raw fluid cow milk bearing expiration dates of Feb. 4, 2011 through Feb. 11, 2011 after routine sampling by the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) found Escherichia coli bacteria. Although no known illnesses have been associated with this product, E. coli has the potential to cause serious illness. Those who have purchased The Country Market raw milk with the expiration dates noted are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full...
Council also discusses formation of a solid waste management task force to give better representation to small cities; numerous action items passed By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Airway Heights City Council expressed support for the Spokane Tribe's mixed-use development project on Monday with a reading of the first draft of a letter that Mayor Patrick Rushing will deliver to Olympia next week. “On behalf of the city of Airway Heights and our council I would like to take this opportunity to express our unwavering support o...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Last year Cheney's public records requests jumped almost 250 percent. Deputy city clerk Keri MacDonald said she has pushed many of her regular duties aside to handle public records. Cheney is one of several cities speaking out about the burdens they carry to fulfill Washington's Public Records Act. Cheney placed public records requests second on a list of 15 issues leaders presented to local legislators in December. “I think people need to understand that we are willing to give up any record w...
Program waiving the penalties and interest on certain unpaid state business taxes began on Tuesday, Feb. 1 The Washington Department of Revenue's first-ever tax amnesty program began Tuesday, Feb. 1. Qualifying businesses with overdue taxes can apply to pay them without associated penalties and interest from Feb. 1 through April 30. “Hardworking business owners have faced some very tough economic times over the past several years,” Revenue Department director Suzan DelBene said in a press release. “This program will help...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter A bill now moving through the state legislative process would allow the cities of Airway Heights and Connell to remove inmates from their population rolls in certain instances. House Bill 1028, sponsored by Ninth District Rep. Joe Schmick (R – Colfax), authorizes Washington cities and towns to ignore prison populations within city limits when calculating their eligibility for certain grant funding opportunities or when determining the number of city council members they must have. The only c...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Medical Lake will now be able to use gymnasium space at the former Pine Lodge Corrections Center through a short term lease agreement with the Department of Social and Health Services. On Tuesday Medical Lake City Council agreed to pay an amount not to exceed $1,500 per month to cover the facility's gas heating bill. In return the city's Parks and Recreation department will have full use of the gym for indoor community sports activities, such as basketball and volleyball. City Administrator... Full story
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing said a set of house bills aiming to ease water rights restrictions would benefit local water users while encouraging conservation. HB1297 in particular would give agricultural users and municipal water systems a more reasonable timeframe for estimating their average water usage before having rights adjusted, Rushing said. “This means that those who are in fear of losing their water rights and therefore are running water just to show that they are using it w...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Cheney's code enforcement officer is easy to spot. He drives around in a big white truck labeled with red letters. Cheney residents will be seeing that truck on a more regular basis starting this month. Enforcement officer Jeff Smick will be driving the truck through each of four sectors of the city on set weeks every month. Community Development director Brian Jennings said the new system provides more regularity and makes reporting suspected...
CHENEY Jan. 24 A cell phone and wallet were reported stolen on the zero hundred block of Seventh Street. Jan. 25 Luke J. Haupt, 18, was arrested for possession of a weapon—air pistol—and harassment and a 17-year-old female was arrested for assault following an incident at Cheney High School. Domestic violence was reported on the 1000 block of Betz Road—verbal only. Glenn A. Bonebrake, 25, was arrested on SR-904 just north of the city limits on a Department of Corrections Secretary's warrant for violating conditions of commu...
Medical Lake routes would be preserved under plan to be decided Feb. 16 By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Cheney will get a new local shuttle bus, Medical Lake will see only slight route reductions and paratransit riders will still have services intact if Spokane Transit Authority draft recommendations go into effect this coming fall. The latest recommendations were developed after months of review and public comment on a preliminary proposal that had included the elimination... Full story
Store owner plans family time after March 12 By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter It didn't last forever, but bookstore owner Virginia Miller is grateful for her years at 4Ever Books. Miller said she plans to close the used bookstore at 2722 First St. in Cheney March 12. While many local bookstores across the country close due to lack of customers, Miller is closing to devote more time to her husband, who is ill. “We've been dealing with it for awhile,” she said. “It's reached kind of a critical mass right now.” Miller opened 4Ever...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Though heavy snow was falling near the time of a Dec. 29 train derailment on the Eastern Washington Gateway railroad, the cause of the Cheney accident near the Cheney-Spokane Road was simple human error. EWG manager John Howell said the engineer and conductor on board the locomotive failed to observe a color signal inside the cabin that signifies the direction of the switch, called the “switch indicator.” The switch was facing the opposite direction of the train's progress and cause it to der... Full story
In an effort to ensure Ninth District constituents can participate in her district-wide teleforum, which was scheduled for the same time as the president's State of the Union speech, Rep. Susan Fagan (R-Pullman) decided to re-schedule her district call. The telephone town hall was slated for Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 6:30 p.m. Constituents will be alerted to the new date of the teleforum once it is re-scheduled. “I truly value the feedback I receive from constituents in the telephone town halls, so it was a very difficult d...
Spokane County's Engineering and Roads Department announced Jan. 25 that seasonal weight restrictions will begin on Feb. 2 and continue until further notice. Roadway surfaces and the structures beneath the surface have become weakened during this winter's cycle of freezing temperatures, followed by warmer temperatures and precipitation. As a result, roads are vulnerable to severe damage and the implementation of weight restrictions reduces the need for increased road maintenance and auto repairs later this year. Affected...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC) held an open house last week to share how future growth of the airport business park and surrounding region could impact the area's transportation needs. The West Plains-Spokane International Airport Transportation Study was the result of years of analysis by a committee of area stakeholders, headed by SRTC. Their draft recommendations on bike and pedestrian traffic, public transit and safety were rolled out Jan. 18 in Airway Heights. Bike... Full story
