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Over 3,000 electricity customers lost power this morning (Thursday, Aug. 13) due to the return of a past foe of all-things electrical equipment — the tiny squirrel. Cheney Light Department Director Steve Boorman said a squirrel managed to find its way into a piece of equipment at the city’s main substation along Cheney-Plaza Road, the result of which knocked out power to both Cheney and Inland Power and Light customers. The outage, which occurred at 7:38 a.m., deprived over 2,500 customers in Cheney and 676 Inland Power cus...
CHENEY July 27 A red Subaru Forester was impounded on the zero hundred block of North Ninth Street. Suspicious circumstances were reported on the 800 block of Elm Street. There was a possible burglary. July 28 Fawaz F. Alkharashi, 25, was arrested for third -degree driving while license suspended (DWLS) on the 1400 block of Washington Road. Kyle D. Day, 20, was arrested for fourth-degree assault/domestic violence on the 100 block of West Fifth Street. A mental health issue was reported on the 1000 block of Second Street....
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) EWU FOOTBALL Wednesday, Aug. 12 – 9:15 a.m. – First Practice. Thursday, Aug. 13 – 9:15 a.m. (team photo at 1 p.m., plus possible media availability) Friday, Aug. 14 – 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 – 9:15 a.m. (first practice in full pads). Sunday, Aug. 16 – Off. Monday, Aug. 17 – 9 a.m. & 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 –9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – 9 a.m. & 3 p.m. For most current information visit: Cheney School District: www.cheneysd. Eas...
Farmen heads to King University Medical Lake track athlete Elijah Farmen has signed a letter of intent to run track and field for the King University Tornadoes, an NCAA Division I school located in in Bristol, Tenn. Farmen plans to compete in throwing events at the school as he was a state qualifier in the javelin. —— ‘Booster Club Five’ is Aug. 8 in Medical Lake The Medical Lake Booster Club will present the “Booster Club Five,” a 5-kilometer fun run to benefit the organization on Saturday, Aug. 8 at 8 a.m. The run starts...
Eastern Washington University basketball players Will Ferris (15) and Venky Jois helped raise funds for local radio personality Ken Hopkins July 31 at the Dutch Brothers coffee stand at Francis Avenue and Monroe Street in Spokane. With the help of Eagle players the one-day drive raised over $29,000 for Hopkins who was seriously injured and paralyzed from the waist down in a July 13 bicycle accident....
The Eastern Washington University football team will begin practices for the 2015 season on Wednesday, Aug. 12 on the Sports and Recreation Center practice fields. Players will report on Aug. 10 and 11, then the team will practice together on Aug. 12 at 9:15 a.m. Eastern will practice in pads for the first time on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 9:15 a.m., followed by its first of five days of two-a-day practices on Aug. 17. The Eagles are expected to exclusively use the practice fields through Aug. 20, after which Roos Field will be...
The West Plains Bandits 16U softball team finished fourth at the 16U/18U B State Metro Qualifier for Nationals tournament July 11 and qualified for the Western B Nationals tournament in Spokane, played last week. The Bandits went 2-2 at State Metro, losing 9-7 and 5-2 to the Spokane Mudhens and Northwest Wildfire 18U, respectively, but defeating the Spokane Stealth and Spokane Diamonds 8-7 and 11-10. No overall tournament stats were available, but individual games stats were released by the team. In the opener against the...
Female athletes of all ages will flood to Waterfront Park in Medical Lake Aug. 16 to compete in the ninth annual "West Plains Wunder Woman Triathlon." The triathlon is an event that raises awareness for osteoporosis and bone health. Every dollar raised from the event goes to the Washington Osteoporosis Coalition-Spokane and Spokane Osteoporosis. Similar to last year, the triathlon is broken into two main racing categories: sprint and Olympic. The sprint distance includes a 1/4...
There wasn't a lot of real coaxing necessary to get hometown Cheney recruit Keenan Williams to stay close by and play college football. "It feels great to be in town, a lot of the guys have to travel home on weekends and I'm just like 10 minutes away," the incoming Eastern Washington University freshman said. Williams was born in Longview, Wash., but moved to Cheney when he was three. "My parents both went to Eastern, we lived in the family housing," Williams said. He would...
Last weekend’s UFC 190 generated a lot of buzz, mostly because women’s bantamweight champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey knocked out Brazilian prospect Bethe Correia in 34 seconds - something I wouldn’t have believed had I not seen it several times Saturday night and Sunday morning. Rousey’s impressive win wasn’t the only thing that resonated with me that evening. Halfway through the main card, I watched former heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira — known affectionately as “Big Nog” and “Minotauro” — square off against Du...
