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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...

For the past month, the Medical Lake School District has been enjoying a digital facelift following the debut of its new website design. Mary Kay Rolwes, librarian and teacher at Medical Lake Middle...

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...

Cheney High School has released its Student of the Month selections for March. The list of students is as follows by department and student name: Agriculture, Katie Miller; art, Kelsey Lersbak;...

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...

The Cheney High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club took part in the Washington State Business Leader conference this past weekend, April 25-27, in Spokane. Over 1,500 students from around the state attended. CHS club members and...

Hallett Elementary recently announced students winning monthly awards at the school. Awards focus on guidelines for successful behavior. Students earning the Hawk Award are: Meeya Matthews, Andrew Griffey, Abby Aris, Xander Mcgehee, Payton Pfaff,...

Two Cheney High School students were winners of the 2013 state art competition from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sophomore Payton Thorson won a State Board of Education award...

Last week, students in the Future Farmers of America class at Medical Lake High School showcased their presentation about genetically modified organism foods to the Medical Lake School District board of directors at its monthly meeting. The...

Cheney School District’s Westwood Middle School has released its Students of the Month selections for February (left) and March (bottom) 2013. The following is a list of students receiving the...

Cheney Middle School as released its third quarter honor roll for the 2012-2013 school year. Students are listed below. 6th Grade 4.0 GPA - Melissa Aris, Tiffany Bennett, Abigail Blazon, Angela Borodin, Karyn Capaul, Sophia Grose, Rachel Hove, Paige...

Back row (left to right): Alex Steinmetz, Kyle Thompson and Andrew Clutter. Front row (left to right): Nathan Yoder, Molly Rosenbeck and Belen Armendarez...

Six Cheney High School students were among the 141 seniors from public and private Spokane-area schools honored Monday night at the 21st annual Spokane Scholars Foundation Banquet held at the Spokane...

A showcase of student talent was on display at Medical Lake High School last weekend. Senior Janine Warrington served as the creative force behind an abridged version of Oscar Wilde’s “The...

The Cheney School District now has an idea of a bottom line asking price should it decided to sell its 84-year-old administration and services building and former high school. At a workshop as part...

Eastern Washington University student Paul Brockmann, a senior pursing his BS in mechanical engineering, has been named the next New Face of Engineering: College Edition for 2013 by a national building technology society. The American Society of...

By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The U.S. Declaration of Independence lays it out in simply language: One of the goals of human endeavors, and an unalienable right is the pursuit of happiness. But how happy are we really? How do we measure it? How does...

The Medical Lake School District board of directors passed a few updates to district policy at its last meeting, March 26 at Medical Lake Middle School. Among the changes included the new meeting start time of 6 p.m. The school board began meeting...

Frisbees flew and robots climbed at the FIRST Robotics Region Competition last week, held at EWU’s Reese Court Pavilion. Cheney and Medical Lake high schools sent their creations to battle with...

Cheney High School has released its list of Students of the Month for February 2013. They are as follow by department, name and grade standing: Agriculture, Arseniy Tepp, freshman; Art, Tiare Kuala,...

As part of their ongoing effort to promote programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Eastern Washington University, with the assistance of Greater Spokane Incorporated, will once again bring the electrifying FIRST Robotics Competi...

Hallett Elementary recently released the names of students receiving various awards for the month of March. Students winning the HAWK Award are: Isabelle Hasley, Elizabeth Gies, Timmy Bridges, Brookelyn Gallup, Rheese Stevens, Rebecca James, Kayla...

Cheney Middle School has released its list of Students of the Month for January and February 2013. January students are as follows: Kameryn Skillingstad, Kendra Wells, Kalum Klausner, Jasmine Harmon, Carissa Teeters, Gavin Turner, Madysen Thompson,...

Cheney School District carpenter Gary Albrecht receives applause from school board members and district staff upon being named the district’s Classified Employee of the Year at last Wednesday’s...

The 12 Rotary Clubs of Spokane teamed with the Diversity Offices of School District 81 and Gonzaga University to host a Martin Luther King essay contest beginning this year. The Cheney Rotary Club of...