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By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter On a night when most of the nation was focused on government on a larger scale, the Cheney City Council gathered with city department leaders to discuss governance on the local level, specifically the city’s 2013...

Cheney, Medical Lake, Airway Heights and other West Plains voters decided to inaugurate their first year in the Legislative 6th District by electing one of their own to serve a two-year term in the state House. Cheney-area resident Republican Jeff Ho...

Eastern Washington University students pose for a group photo before guiding groups of area elementary school children to select campus buildings in search of Halloween treats handed out by staff members last Wednesday. The annual event, sponsored...

Backstage at the Fisher Building theater, there’s a cabinet full of old scripts and high school drama yearbooks full of photos, quotes and Cheney High School theater legends. The meanings behind...

The Airway Heights City Council heard the results of its housing study from earlier this year, relating to the Fairchild Preservation and Community Empowerment Project. Those results show that a large percentage of residents living in APZ Two would...

Big changes are in store for Medical Lake’s Care and Share Thrift Store. Since mid-October, the store has been under the knife, receiving some tender loving care in the form of renovations. Additional space has allowed the store the opportunity to...

By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter West Plains potter Adam Scoggin has a theory about why people like to tour artists’ studios. Regular folks with little art experience will ask detailed questions about...

An article in the Sept. 30, 1982 Cheney Free Press states, “Another new dentist has moved to Cheney and will be opening a new practice at 1705 Second Street in the Morlan Homes complex.” Bob...

On Dec. 12, 1942, in Portland, Ore., Frank John Wagner was born to Lawrence John Wagner and Dorothy May nee Johnson Wagner. He joined his sister Sharon Lovery Wagner at the family home. Frank grew up...

If there was any fear the taste of Eastern Washington University’s first Big Sky Conference football loss might linger and sour their effort in last Saturday’s non-conference game with Cal Poly,...

Normally, teams committing five turnovers and over 100 yards in penalties don’t find themselves in the win column when the game is over. But the Cheney football team isn’t normal. The Blackhawks o...

With Veterans Day taking place this Sunday, Nov. 11, I thought it appropriate to stop and remember some of the athletes who have served, given their lives, in defense of their country in times of war and peace. We know the recent story of Pat...

Going into last Saturday’s State cross country championships at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, Medical Lake’s head coach Gene Blankenship made a prediction. Blankenship thought a finish anywher...

Medical Lake’s first playoff run in a decade came to a soggy finish last Friday night in Leavenworth where the Cascade Kodiaks rolled to a 44-14 victory in the opening round of state 1A play....