Looking Back

1 Years Ago

Aug. 17, 2009

Due to tough economic times, Cheney lowered the fee for sponsoring a banner on city light poles from $10 a month to $5 per month

Code changes gave Eastern Washington University a larger role in off-campus student discipline, requiring students to notify university officials if they were arrested off-cmapus.

The Cheney School District scored above the state averages for most areas tested on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL), deficient only in eighth-grade reading by less than 1 percent. Medical Lake School District did not meet its adequate yearly p...