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Community leaders gathered last Wednesday, Dec. 19, to announce the implementation of Airway Heights’ Joint Land Use Study (JLUS), which sets development standards within the city. The document, which passed the City Council earlier in the week,...

By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Sometimes when chasing one opportunity another, possibly better one, comes along. Such is the case with the city of Cheney’s potential, but nowhere certain, purchase of a 15.02 acre piece of property southwest of the city...

By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter With another year’s budget placed in the books, Medical Lake can rest easy for a while. As has been the case for a number of years, the city has put together a balanced budget with revenues remaining, for the large part,...

Winners of the annual Cheney Post Office coloring contest are pictured above left to right Mia Ashcroft, 6, Page Neilson, 11, Brianna Nielson, 8, Rashaun Engle, 4, and Dylan McGrath 10. Postmaster...

Streamlining business communication, protecting Fairchild Air Force Base, reforming the state’s labor and industry insurance and developing equal opportunity K-12 education that includes business partners and entrepreneurship. These are the top-fou...

Cheney’s City Council meeting Thursday Dec. 20 set a record that might stand for quite a while. At one minute, 44 seconds it was likely the shortest council meeting ever held, with only one item addressed before adjournment – paying the bills....

West Plains’ manufacturer Zak Designs’ non-skid Gallery Trays have been chosen as a finalist in the Tableware, Serveware & Beverageware category of the 2013 Housewares Design Awards. In keeping with Zak Designs’ ongoing mission to blend...

In an emergency, police and fire departments are the first things that come to mind. But, like many cities, Airway Heights has a group of chaplains who can provide help in emergencies, offering an extended arm of support for fellow residents. The...

Teachers in the Medical Lake School District are now approved to bring their own personal electronic devices for use on the district’s Internet servers. At the school board meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 18, Superintendent Pam Veltri noted that this was ju...

: Newly-inducted members inducted into the Medical Lake National Honor Society Thursday, Dec. 6 include Back row: Rachel Crofoot, Seth Rojas, Anton King, Adam Paulson, Amanda Wren, Alyssa Fitzgerald,...

Cheney School District and local police agency officials hope they have taken sufficient steps and precautions to prevent a school-shooting incident similar to what happened Dec. 14 in Newtown, Conn., and if the unthinkable happens, practiced...

Cheney High School November Students of the Month are pictured above standing left to right: Shekenah North, Chris Brown, Ali Alabdulwahed, Rebecca Stevens and Alexis Speziale. Sitting left to right:...

Cheney Free Press readers will notice something a little different in their Jan. 3, 2013 issue. Instead of doing an annual, two-part recap of the year’s stories, our “Year in Review” we have instead decided to do the “Top Stories of 2012.”...

I’m not really allowed on the sports pages of the paper too often, and for good reason. But, I do have one sports passion in this world: baseball. I’m no statistician, or sabermetrics genius, but I do follow players’ stats pretty closely. And,...

What may finally consume the House Republicans is their boundless contempt for the American public — a contempt bluntly demonstrated in their refusal to consider any reasonable compromise with President Obama to avoid the so-called “fiscal...

There are those of us who try very hard to remove the word “Christmas” from our vocabulary because we have been told it will offend someone. Christmas simply means Christ Mass. Is that offensive? Why has Christmas been chosen as offensive when...

We Americans are often told to eat more fruits and vegetables. Particularly this time of year, when New Year’s resolutions are still in strong force, a lot of us are trying to do better about what we eat. A breakfast of half a grapefruit and some p...

The Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team got to open a couple of presents early with two Big Sky Conference wins. One was bigger than the other, the Eagles’ 61-55 win Saturday at...

On a day when the offense struggled against a smothering man-on-man Idaho State defense, it was a clutch defensive stop of their own that saved the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball tea...

The story usually starts with the small talk in the barber chair and the stylist asking, among other things, “So you have any big plans for the weekend?” The deadpan response is generally, “Well I have to work,” to which the hair cutter...

The view so far is pretty nice from the top of the Northeast A League boys’ basketball standings for Medical Lake. Following wins last week, Tuesday by a 65-36 score at Kettle Falls and then 38-31 over visiting Freeman last Friday, the Cardinals...

By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter After a bright start, Cheney’s Wednesday, Dec. 19 wrestling match against Colville took a turn for the worst. Cheney began strong, winning with three straight pins. Cameron Schlotter (195 pounds) pinned Colville’s Broc...

FROM STAFF AND NEWS SERVICE REPORTS The Edmonton Eskimos announced they had signed the Canadian Football League’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year, J.C. Sherritt, to a contract extension. That keeps the former Eastern Eagle out of...

It may be that the Reardan Indians are the best team the Cheney High girls basketball squad will see this season. The defending 2B state champions were too disciplined, too skilled on both sides of...

The Cheney High boys basketball team rallied from a five-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter at Lakeside and overcame a last-second shot to force overtime to knock off the Rams 65-62 last Wednesday. Cheney led by two at the break but a...