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The Cheney City Council agreed to a $10,000 annual renewal of a contract with Eastern Washington University Athletics for advertising of the city’s Light Department at university athletic contests. Light Department director Joe Noland said the...

Karen McCormick is all smiles holding tightly to her diploma at Cheney High School’s commencement Friday night....

Medical Lake High School valedictorian Nik Hofer leads the Class of 2013 to turn their tassels....

The recent additions of non-stop flights to major U.S. cities from Spokane – Delta’s straight shot to Los Angeles and being able to connect to Chicago’s Midway Airport via Southwest...

The need for food assistance in Airway Heights is growing, and Cleone’s Closet is helping fill the need. The distribution center, which started operating in March, is struggling to keep up with demand. Volunteers are required to help with the...

Over the last few months a new, but recognizable face, has been in charge of the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake. Rudy Lopez, the former command chief at Fairchild Air Force Base, b...

The city of Airway Heights previewed an annual update to its six-year transportation improvement plan at the Monday, June 3 meeting of the Airway Heights City Council. Public Works director Kelly Williquette said the items included in the...

If it’s summer – almost – then it must mean it’s time for street projects, and this year the city of Cheney has several slated for the hot months. The largest of the single projects is the $375,000 North Sixth Street preservation project...

Journeyman forecaster Laurie Nisbet prepares to release a weather balloon at the National Weather Service Rambo Road station May 17. The post behind Nisbet holds a radiosonde instrument package...

In the upcoming fire season, minimum security offenders from the Airway Heights Corrections Center will be working with Department of Natural Resources crews, fighting fires in the region. Part of the...

McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas promotes the primary local industry – gambling – right in the faces of arriving passengers who must pass banks of slot machines on the way to fetch...

The Cheney City Council unanimously approved a $96,663 contract with Itron that city officials believe should make electric and water usage more manageable and cost effective. The global supplier of fixed communications networks for automatic and...

Senior midfielder Daniel Bogart (center) leads his Blackhawks in hoisting the trophy after defeating Tyee High School 2-1 in overtime last Saturday to win the boys 2A soccer state championship. It...

Last Wednesday, May 22, United States Air Force officials announced their recommendation that McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas was recommended to be the first base to receive the new KC-46A tanker fleet, listing Fairchild and Grand Forks as...

Airway Heights Court Administrator Suzanne Wohl holds a flag as the remains of Fairchild airmen travel on Highway 2 during a Dignified Arrival procession....

Spokane County Sheriffs Office and Cheney Police Department investigators combined resources to help arrest a man responsible for at least four robberies of area McDonald’s restaurants over a three-week period in May. Law enforcement officers from...

A computer in the Cheney Free Press May 23 Cabbages and Kings column omitted information about local photographer Carlene Hardt’s book “A swan and his family.” The book can be previewed at http://silverfoxmultimedia.shutterfly.com or by...

The second regional transportation meeting hosted by the city of Spokane drew more comments on the future of West Plains roadways last week. Held at Airway Heights’ Sunset Elementary School Thursday, May 16, the meeting expounded on a previous one...

If all goes according to plan, Cheney residents should see no difference in the re-organized structure of its Police Department – not even discolored areas on uniform sleeves where stripes used to be. After a review and discussions with the Police...

Participants at Sunday’s We Run for Boston stand during the national anthem. The run, organized by Cheney High School juniors Mariah Brenton and Amanda Lomax raised money and showed support for the...

Changes are in store for the recycling center in Medical Lake, namely in the form of accepting glass. At its Tuesday, May 21 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council discussed the potential of ending its acceptance of glass at its recycling center....

One theme that was a uniting thread for the winners of the 2013 Eastern Washington University Alumni Awards handed out last Saturday was the help the recipients received from others. In the event...

Cheney’s City Council unanimously approved a pair of ordinances Tuesday night, one making changes to some wages and another that paid bills for budgeted projects and services. Human resource manager Mark Schuller explained the ordinance fixing...

Last Wednesday, local representatives and business leaders opposed to the proposed casino and hotel in the Spokane Tribe Economic Project criticized the tribe’s recent study that claimed it posed...

Unseasonably hot temperatures last week helped bring out the area wildflowers, such as this field of lupins along Cheney-Plaza Road. Temperatures have since returned to a more seasonable...