Airway Heights Rushing appointed to AWC board of directors

In addition to his duties to the city of Airway Heights, Mayor Patrick Rushing will now serve Washington state in a bigger capacity.

At the Feb. 3 City Council meeting, Rushing announced that he was elected to the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) board of directors. Rushing will be the director for District 1, which encompasses 25 cities and towns in the counties of Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens and Spokane.

Rushing, whose term on the board will be effective until 2015, explained that he will reach out to other city councils, ask for their interests and take them to the AW...