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The Cheney City Council unanimously approved a new interlocal agreement with the Spokane Regional Transportation Commission that included one major, long-sought after provision – a voice in regional transportation. “It does give the city of...

At its Tuesday, Jan. 22 meeting, the Airway Heights City Council unanimously voted to fully terminate the interlocal agreement between the city and Spokane County regarding services and impacts of tribal gaming on Indian lands. The interlocal...

Lt. Col. James O’Connell, from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, talks about the base’s history in the Spokane area at the Airway Heights Library, Wednesday, Jan. 16....

Founder’s Day in Medical Lake is an annual tradition reaching back decades in time, celebrating the founding of the city and its rich history. The third Saturday in June, is arguably the biggest day each year for Medical Lake, drawing countless...

Bands of yellow, magenta and salmon pink streak the western sky last Friday evening. The warm colors belie the cold temperatures, which should finally reach the 30s this week after several frigid...

Jarms Hardware owner Tom Jarms said he had a couple calls last weekend when word came out that the family-owned business on Second Street was moving to a new location next to the Trading Company at 6 Cheney-Spangle Road. Apparently some believed the...

More details were released last week regarding a shooting just north of Airway Heights on the 4000 block of North Garfield Road the morning of Sunday, Jan. 13. Mark Cavazos, 53, called police around 4:23 a.m. Jan. 13 reporting a homicide and that he...

WNPA Olympia News Bureau Two bills introduced early in this legislative session would require any health-insurance plan in Washington state that covers maternal care to also cover abortions. HB 1044 and SB 5009, collectively known as the...

Spokane Teachers Credit Union is reminding consumers that starting Jan. 27 they may start seeing signs in some of the places they shop, notifying them that a surcharge of up to 4 percent is being added to purchases made with any credit card. It...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington lawmakers are being asked to take a stand on campaign finance reform. On Jan. 17, a coalition called WAMEND presented the Legislature with 10,000 signatures, asking...

SEATTLE - Homework does not have to be a battle between kids and parents. At a workshop in Seattle today, after-school care providers are learning strategies to help kids of all ages with their homework assignments. The trainer, Karen Summers with...

Seven Cheney High School music students have been selected to participate in the 2013 Washington Music Educators Association All-State and All-Northwest performing groups, Feb. 14-17 in Portland,...

Sonora Hetrick, a 10th grade student from Cheney High School, spent last week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Hetrick was one of 16 students who served as...

The following Cheney High School juniors received placement on the 2012-13 first trimester honor roll. In order to qualify for placement, students must earn a grade point average of 3.50 or above. Amy D. Anderson, Fletcher D. Aukerman, Samantha L....

Cheney High School recently named its students of the month for December 2012. They are listed follows for department, name and grade: Agriculture, Nicolas Best, freshman; Art, Darien Brophy, senior;...

Cheney Middle School students of the month for November are Anya Guadamuz, Jacob Hubbard, Anthony Quiroz, Kari Kane, Sergey Kushnerchuk, Drake Johnson, Collin Peirone, Robert Murray, Zoe Engle,...

The following Cheney High School sophomores received placement on the 2012-13 first trimester honor roll. In order to qualify for placement, students must earn a grade point average of 3.50 or above. Ashleigh A. Allington, Caleb A. Athonvarangkul,...

Why 23-year-old Joseph Knop broke into the Lake Assembly Church in Medical Lake Jan. 13 and did an estimated $50,000 in damage still remains a mystery. Doors destroyed, shattered glass vases and windows. Electronics and musical instruments ruined and...

I’ve recently developed an interest in lists. Actually it’s always been there, starting likely with David Letterman’s show in the 1980s and his top 10. When I lived in Seattle there was “The Lame List,” on a comedy show called “Almost...

Two bills making their way through Washington Legislature aim to take away the public’s right to transparent government and review of public decision making. If your city, or the state ever made a decision you questioned, or if you joined a...

As professors of sociology and criminology, we would like to say we are pleased that conversations about how to make schools safer are occurring across the nation. Prompted by the tragic shooting of 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook...

In 1972 Ron Jarms, who worked for Osco Drug Stores in Iowa, was confronted with a choice of moving to Chicago or coming west. Ron gathered his family and came to Cheney where the Edgett brothers were...

A fire has been built under the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team, fueled by the play of redshirt freshman Haley Hodgins. With the Pasco product scoring a career high 22 points this past...

Back in “the day,” that magical time when it seems so many things were so much better, cleaner and real, filling the basketball gym on a Friday night was as automatic as students battling back and forth with the classic cheer: “We have spirit,...