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The second regional transportation meeting hosted by the city of Spokane drew more comments on the future of West Plains roadways last week. Held at Airway Heights’ Sunset Elementary School Thursday, May 16, the meeting expounded on a previous one...

Changes are in store for the recycling center in Medical Lake, namely in the form of accepting glass. At its Tuesday, May 21 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council discussed the potential of ending its acceptance of glass at its recycling center....

Airway Heights’ O’Reilly Auto Parts store manager Tanner Zak cuts the ribbon to celebrate the store’s official opening Friday, May 17 with members of the West Plains Chamber of Commerce. The...

Manipulated photos, magazine covers, book designs and various other digital design projects were on display last week at Medical Lake High School, all created by students. Led by high school teachers Jason Spakowski and Don Parr, the students worked...

Keep an eye out for the next Justin Bieber or Mark Zuckerberg at freshman orientation. Also, most of today’s class of 2013 entered college likely displaying some form of hearing loss. The Beloit College Mindset List is an eye-opening read, showing...

Several Cheney High School golfers qualified for state at the districts tournament last week. For the girls, junior Shyann Morton led the way with a sixth-place finish, shooting 97 on day one and 106 the next day for a total of 203. Fellow junior...

Last Wednesday, local representatives and business leaders opposed to the proposed casino and hotel in the Spokane Tribe Economic Project criticized the tribe’s recent study that claimed it posed...

Dozens of items in the maintenance shop were approved as surplus by the Medical Lake City Council at its Tuesday, May 7 meeting. The shop has become something of a storage location for broken items that don’t work, as well as other items like aband...

The journey to finalize Airway Heights’ new C-2 general commercial and mixed-use overlay documents will have to wait one more month. At the Monday, May 13 meeting of the Airway Heights Planning Commission, development services director Derrick...

In a short Monday, May 6 meeting, the Airway Heights City Council approved two change orders for the Aspen Grove Park development project, totaling $25,425.80. Included in the change orders is a modification to the access slopes. Parks, recreation...

For the past month, the Medical Lake School District has been enjoying a digital facelift following the debut of its new website design. Mary Kay Rolwes, librarian and teacher at Medical Lake Middle...

Cheney boys’ tennis team saw some positive results in its districts’ play at Pullman last Friday. While the results don’t display the type of play quality shown by players, head coach Jesse Erickson said the effort was phenomenal. “The guys...

Last Friday, May 3, three airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base perished in the crash of a KC-135 aircraft near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan. Capt. Mark T. Voss, 27, of Boerne, Texas; Capt. Victoria A. Pinckn...

A new private study released last week concluded that the Spokane Tribe Economic Project (STEP) wouldn’t have an impact on Fairchild Air Force Base. Madison Government Affairs, based out of Washington, D.C., produced the study, which was funded by...

This weekend at the Lone Pine Range just west of Medical Lake, members of Project Appleseed will put their marksmanship skills to the test. The event, which takes place on a monthly basis three other times this summer, is a two-day rifle clinic...

Last week, students in the Future Farmers of America class at Medical Lake High School showcased their presentation about genetically modified organism foods to the Medical Lake School District board of directors at its monthly meeting. The...

Flying cars, automated kitchens, plastics and hoverboards. Visions of the future sometimes turn out different from what people predicted decades ago. While they can be accurate every now and then, we can all be thankful we’re not using laserdiscs...

In their third GNL tournament, the boys’ and girls’ Cheney golf teams took third and fifth place, respectively, keeping pace with some of the league’s top teams. The boys’ team just missed out...

Erin Clark’s new school record in the pole vault lasted exactly one week. The Cheney senior broke her own mark of 11 feet, 6 inches set April 18 in a dual meet with East Valley and Deer Park by goin...

Although the week started off rough for the Cheney High School tennis team, their comeback one day later was nothing short of impressive. Last Tuesday, the team struggled against perennial GNL top team Clarkston, losing 6-1. “They were going to be...

For the past 10 years, Airway Heights has been one of only a few thousand cities in the United States to receive a Tree City USA award. To make it 10 years in a row, however, carries some clout with it. J.C. Kennedy, parks, recreation and community...

In a 5-1 vote, the Medical Lake City Council agreed to move forward with discussions regarding Spokane County’s Joint Land Use Study and its potential implementation in the city limits. The vote was scheduled to take place at its meeting earlier...

Ending a string of tough scheduling, the Cheney girls’ tennis team is coming off a few close losses. But, easier opportunities are right around the corner. Losses to Pullman, East Valley, Colville and West Valley left a sting, but the team has...

The Cheney High School boys’ tennis team had its shares of ups and downs last week, having mixed results. Against North Central, the team won 5-2, facing some tough competition along the way. “It was a really solid victory for us,” head coach...

A showcase of student talent was on display at Medical Lake High School last weekend. Senior Janine Warrington served as the creative force behind an abridged version of Oscar Wilde’s “The...