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Airway Heights is stuck between a rock and a hard place with the high number of criminal activity along Hayford Road. Take one glance at the police reports and each week 25 to 50 percent occur between the Walmart shopping complex as well as Northern...

We know Mother’s Day is a day in which we honor women for the good they have done. However, some Congressional folks just don’t agree. Ironically, one of those Congressional women is Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington State’s 5th District....

On its face, the murder of Americans in Libya, including our ambassador, has absolutely nothing to do with the inappropriate relationship former President Bill Clinton had with a White House intern. But politically, that’s another story. The...

Goodbye penmanship. While the study of how to properly craft the written word on paper with a pen or pencil – now to be known as handwriting – has been largely a thing of the past in our schools for years, the word itself will no longer exist –...

Some may disagree, but crime reporting in Cheney, Airway Heights and Medical Lake really is kind of “blah.” It’s got to be a sign of a jurisdiction’s size. First, to have police reports in the first place, even if on a weekly basis. Spokane...

By Ben Shapiro Columnist Last week, President Obama traveled to Ohio to speak at the Ohio State University commencement. There, he trotted out his new favorite line of attack against Second Amendment advocates: He said it is unpatriotic to believe in...

As the Washington state Legislature was on the verge of sending things into “overtime” – officially a special session – the term title-only bill began to show up in conversations. Call it “drive-thru” law making if you will. Title-only bi...

Thank you Mr. Tompson (April 18) and Mr. Nation (April 25) for reminding us of the failed promises made by Bi-Mart to the citizens of Cheney with regard to restoration of Minnie Creek. A company whose logo is “Just Right for the Northwest”...

This warning by Robert Williams, publisher of Capitol Hill Daily, Baltimore Maryland, caught my eye. “Last week while you were immersed in the Boston bombing events, the House quietly passed CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act),...

Flying cars, automated kitchens, plastics and hoverboards. Visions of the future sometimes turn out different from what people predicted decades ago. While they can be accurate every now and then, we can all be thankful we’re not using laserdiscs...

By Mark Shields Columnist To listen to the language of American political campaigns, you could reasonably conclude that “big” is bad and “small” is good. Who has too much power and influence in Washington? Of course, Big Business, Big Banks...

In 2009 the Ice Age Floods Geologic Trail became reality through the federal Omnibus Public Land Management Act. The Act gave responsibility for overseeing creation of the trail, which stretches from northwestern Montana through North Idaho, Eastern...

I don’t know Edward Tompson but I could give him a big hug.  Yes, I went to all those planning commission meetings and heard the same plans for the creek. I thought Bi-Mart’s building permit was a temporary permit allowed if the approved plan...

The article “Contemplating a Community Farm,” in The Cheney Free Press of April 18, states, “A proposed addition to Cheney’s zoning codes might make it easier for individuals to keep and raise farm animals and bees within city limits.”...

President Barack Obama has been struggling to wrap his head around the “unimaginable” idea that Congress may “defy” the American people and stop a vote on a gun control package compromise. The notion, he says, resists the “overwhelming...

Can you hear yourself think? Can you manage more than bursts of confusion and anger? Can you feel your own humanity anymore? I’ll admit it — I’ve had trouble this week, too. After an explosion like the one in Boston, it is indeed hard to hear...

Kudos goes to Lavertta Lawrence and her Shining Star Theatre Ensemble. My husband and I thoroughly appreciate the two hours we enjoyed watching “Peter Pan” on Saturday evening at Cheney Middle School. The production was well done, clearly a...

Psst! Psst! Are you 4-20 friendly? What? You know, 4-20 friendly; do you smoke pot? If you didn’t already know some of the new vernacular related to last November’s passage of Initiative 502, Washington’s “marijuana reform” measure, now...

Liars! Before Bi-Mart came to Cheney they promised everyone a “Garden of Eden” for Minnie Creek. They promised native plants, trees, and bushes to make this a wonderful place better than it ever was. This has not come true.  There is a...

So here we are once again my friends, drenched in blood from a tist act in our own backyard, bomb-induced fireballs on our city streets. We’ve seen the headlines: three dead, 176 injured in two bomb blasts near the end of the prestigious,...

I’m from Boston. Over the years, I lived in two apartments within a stone’s throw of Monday’s bombings. Over the years, I stood and cheered marathon runners countless times. I know every square inch of the area in all the pictures, which is har...

International finances have come under scrutiny as of late with the ever-changing situation in Cyprus. Cyprus is a shipping and energy hub for European countries. Additionally, it has served as a financial powerhouse of sorts for worldwide...

It’s that time of year again for the West Plains Relay for Life! Relay for Life is an overnight fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. A fundraising event where the community can join us by: signing up a team, making a donation, or...

Wall Street is a beast. And proud of it! In fact, a pair of animals are the stock market’s longtime symbols: One is a snorting bull, representing surging stock prices; the other is a bear, representing a down market devouring stock value. But I...

The Associated Press announced last week that it no longer sanctions the term “illegal immigrant” in its stylebook. Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll explained that the AP has decided it is wrong for reporters to use the word “illegal” to...