Cheney's AAA motel is a mixed bag of rooms

A little over a year ago, Ryan Delaney was rushed out of paradise in Hawaii and thrust into the new role of the owner of a family business.

Now the question he is faced with is what does the future hold for the AAA Motel, nestled below First Street in Cheney and along two sets of railroad tracks.

"If I have my math correct I think my dad bought this property in 1991," Delaney said. "I was seven years old."

When his father, Michael, who passed away in March 2016, bought it, it was pretty much bare canvas, nothing remodeled, Delaney said. The structure has back doors that look out upon the track...