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Cheney’s City Council unanimously approved a pair of ordinances Tuesday night, one making changes to some wages and another that paid bills for budgeted projects and services. Human resource manager Mark Schuller explained the ordinance fixing...

Unseasonably hot temperatures last week helped bring out the area wildflowers, such as this field of lupins along Cheney-Plaza Road. Temperatures have since returned to a more seasonable...

Cheney planning commissioners found out at their regular monthly meeting Monday that they are now under new management. Two managers to be precise. City Administrator Arlene Fisher told commissioners that the departure of Community Development...

Depending on the number of filings, it could be a busy election season for cities and districts on the West Plains. Those interested in public office have until 4 p.m. Friday, May 17, to file an application with the Spokane County Elections Office...

The Cheney School District board of directors voted unanimously to declare the district’s Fisher Building as surplus property. It’s the first step in the process of selling the 84-year-old former...

Forward Trevan Estrellado played a part in all three of Cheney’s goals while goalkeeper Joe Scott was solid defending the net as the Blackhawks topped a physical and skilled Toppenish team 3-1...

The only place the Cheney girls’ track team didn’t dominate last weekend’s District 7 meet at West Valley was on the scoreboard. The Blackhawks won nine district event championships and placed...

Marty, left, and Beans, right, are styling in suddenly seasonal eyewear while their owner, Nancy Drinkard of Medical Lake, pulls through the drive-up at Cheney’s Starbucks to order something cool...

A group of business owners have teamed up to revive an off-and-on Cheney springtime celebration last held three years ago. Mayfest 2013 will take place this Saturday, May 11, from 1-9 p.m. in downtown Cheney, with area businesses providing food,...

Jackie Straley has had a dream about owning a business – a dream that will become a reality this Saturday. Trendy Tots, a children’s resale boutique, opens May 11 at 108 College Ave. in downtown...

Part of the foreign exchange student experience is just that – experiencing as many different aspects of life in the host country as possible. For Cheney High School exchange students Taisiya...

Some may disagree, but crime reporting in Cheney, Airway Heights and Medical Lake really is kind of “blah.” It’s got to be a sign of a jurisdiction’s size. First, to have police reports in the first place, even if on a weekly basis. Spokane...

With the Great Northern League’s No. 5 seed secured and no chances of moving up, the Cheney girls softball team on paper didn’t have much to play for Saturday against last place Pullman – other than head coach Gary Blake’s appeal to end...

A hat trick by junior Ian Schmandel helped power the Cheney boys’ soccer team past East Valley 4-1 and to their second consecutive District 7 title in 80-degree temperatures Tuesday, earning them a...

Cheney’s regular season-ending doubleheader was the story of two different teams – one that struggled at the plate and on the mound and the other the exact opposite. Blackhawks’ pitchers had...

One of the Cheney’s solutions to closing a $700,000 loss in state revenue without the need for large layoffs or taxes in its 2013 budget was to rearrange duties. In other words, some departments are wearing more hats, and one of those is the Fire...

Travel on Cheney-Spokane Road will be a bit more difficult this summer during weekdays. Besides the $11 million construction of a new diamond-interchange taking place at the intersection with U.S. 195, work will also be done making safety...

The Cheney School Board tabled a decision on two pieces of business at its April 24 meeting, including a policy change already heard and discussed at a previous meeting, a somewhat rare move. The...

As much as I loved the Seattle SuperSonics and wish professional basketball would return to the region, part of me hopes the bid to bring the Sacramento Kings north doesn’t succeed. The NBA’s Relocation Committee on Monday shot down the proposed...

Sometimes it doesn’t matter how you win, you just need to win. The Cheney boys’ soccer team notched a pair of victories in just such a fashion last week, and in the process earned their second consecutive Great Northern League regular season titl...

The Cheney softball team hit well and fielded well, but struggled on the mound in a home loss last Tuesday to East Valley. The Knights capitalized on walks and 15 hits to down the Lady Hawks 13-3, moving over Cheney into fourth place in the Great...

Four runs in both the first and second innings proved too much for the Cheney baseball team to overcome in an 11-2 Great Northern League home loss last Tuesday to East Valley. Starter Tanner Smith’s knuckleball was “not sharp,” manager Randy El...

The Cheney boys’ track and field squad earned a split in Great Northern League action last Thursday at Colville, losing 106-39 to West Valley but downing the host Indians 80-56. Jesse Hallstrom and Calvin Berstler led the Blackhawks with a pair of...

Cheney’s City Council unanimously agreed to sign a letter from the Association of Washington Cities asking Gov. Jay Inslee to veto a bill that would change how local governments collect development impact fees – fees necessary in many cases to he...

When Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich asked the Cheney Police Department to join the newly created regional Property Crime Task Force, Police Chief John Hensley knew the reason for joining wasn’t because of problems. “We’re involved in...