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The city of Medical Lake unanimously adopted a moratorium on the processing and retailing of marijuana on land-use applications. Marijuana use, by the passage of I-502 last month, becomes legal today, Dec. 6. The state has until December 2013 to...

An Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad engine ran off a short, deadend siding behind Gatto’s Pizza in downtown Cheney last week during heavy rains, causing damage to the tracks (insert). At press...

The trophy that commands the most headlines for Eastern Washington university is the one the football team won in early 2011 in Frisco, Texas where the Eagles were crowned the NcAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision national champions. But...

Facing another tight budget year, the Airway Heights City Council voted to postpone a reduction in sewer rates for 2013. The City Council received a suggestion from the FCS Group, which recommended reducing rates by 9.63 percent next year, which...

The city of Cheney is taking comments on environmental reviews of three buildings proposed for construction in its Commerce and Industrial Park – buildings that only exist on paper, at least for now. The reviews are part of new city efforts to find...

After months of working with the state Department of Transportation, Cheney work crews were finally able last week to erect the sign on SR 904 pointing the way to the city’s downtown business...

Christmas gifts came a few weeks early for the Medical Lake School District’s budget. At the Tuesday, Nov. 27 school board meeting, business manager Don Johnson said the district had received about 15.3 percent of its projected revenues after two m...

Cheney School District officials are taking the first steps to create an energy-themed STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) site at the district’s new facilities on the grounds...

Attendance by both vendors and shoppers at the Cheney High School bazaar was very good last Saturday and Sunday. Funds raised at the bazaar will help various activities at the high...

The state of Washington would like to have you shop with them this Christmas and buy a Discover Pass for all of your favorite outdoor enthusiasts. The Discover Pass is Olympia’s way to try to raise the funds to support a myriad of state outdoor...

Unbelievably, the year 2013 is nearly upon us. We’re nearing the end of the year, and this is the time of year to start reflecting on the previous 340 days of what was 2012. At the same time, it’s a chance to look ahead and hope we’re a lot...

A big question these days is whether it would be good or bad to build large coal-shipping terminals in Washington and Oregon, enabling transport of substantial quantities of U.S. coal to China and possibly other Asian countries. The answer is not...

Larry Danielson lives on a family farm that was homesteaded in 1891. He helps his son, Dale with the hay crop and cattle. Some of the land is in the government CRP program, which means it rests,...

Medical science increasingly has some evidence of a principal your mother warned you about: there really is too much of a good thing. A few folks throw themselves headlong into aerobic exercise. Most of these hard-core endurance athletes start...

Select offenders at Airway Heights Corrections Center are receiving some invaluable real-world experience during their time at the facility, leading up to their release date. Correctional Industries...

Last Thursday, Nov. 29, the board of Spokane County Commissioners voted to pull their funding from Martin Hall Juvenile Detention Center in Medical Lake beginning in 2013. The move is estimated to save the county $320,000 each year for the...

Wagner College prepared well and won some key battles in their second-round Football Championship Subdivision playoff game last Saturday at Roos Field against Eastern Washington University. The...

Three games into the young season Cheney boys’ basketball head coach Joel Soter knows his team isn’t where they need to be yet with their game, but he is seeing signs on how to get there. The...

It’s December and you know what that means? Well yes, that too, but December in the sporting world means it’s bowl season. That annual bellying up to the money trough by the NCAA and it’s associated Division I conferences and teams. Between...

Eastern Washington’s men’s basketball team showed off the freshened up Reese Court and a pair of talented freshman last Friday. Both passed the test in the Eagles come-from-behind 79-75 non-confer...

The Cheney girls’ basketball team opened the 2012-2013 season with a split of their first two games last week. The Lady Hawks’ aggressive, up-tempo style of play was more than a visiting team from Lakeland High School in Rathdrum, Idaho could...

Medical Lake’s Abigail Morrison shoots a jump shot in Friday’s 25-15 non-league basketball win over Deer Park. The Cardinal girls split weekend games falling to visiting Okanogan 63-16 Saturday....