Big deal, so I 'flunked retirement?'

By PAUL DELANEY

Staff reporter

SPOKANE — Under cover of darkness. Sneaking in the back door. Or better yet, call it making good on a pledge.

Quietly, my old byline that was officially retired to the Cheney Free Press archives Dec. 31, 2018 has returned.

After a little over a year in my self-imposed role of a “recovering journalist,” the request came from CFP managing editor John McCallum asking what it might take to coax me back into the game in a relief role following the departure of Lee Hughes.

BTW, Lee heads “home” in more ways than one. He revisits a past career path with the Washington S...