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Administration and Finance stable Little is changing when it comes to the city of Cheney’s finance and administration department 2019 budgets and goals. Finance In a presentation at the Oct. 23 City Council meeting, Finance Director Cindy...

The Cheney School District has begun its boundary review process, creating an online survey for parents and community members to weigh in on the adjustment of school boundaries. According to education officials, the review will help the district...

With the exception of just a few races, Republican candidates were proving to be the big winners on election night, Nov. 6. In the 6th legislative district, Cheney’s Jeff Holy was easily defeating his Democratic challenger Jessa Lewis, 54.60 ...

The Airway Heights City Council held a public hearing on Nov. 5 on the city’s 2019 final preliminary budget, and also approved two measures allocating additional monies to the Airway Heights Recreation Complex project. Council unanimously...

Enrollment is open for Washington’s GET Program  Olympia—The state’s GET program is now open for a new enrollment period, providing Washington families an opportunity to start saving for future college costs while their children are young....

The Cheney Free Press will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22-23, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Therefore, we will be laying out the Nov. 22 issue on Monday, Nov. 19; printing and mailing on Tuesday, Nov. 20, for delivery...

With Cheney High School’s annual powderpuff football game drawing near, it makes you wonder — how did this become a thing? Who had the idea to give the women the pigskin and shoulder pads and make the men shake the pom-poms? The game is a...

No. 5/3 ranked Eastern Washington University vs. 4/7 University of California-Davis, Saturday, November 10, 1:05 p.m. Roos Field (8,500). TV: Live regionally on SWX. Radio: 700-AM ESPN and 105.3-FM in the Spokane/Cheney area. Larry Weir returns for...

It may not have been a team appearance, but Cheney’s cross country runners made a good appearance as solo acts at the 2A state cross country meet last Saturday at Pasco’s Sun Willow Golf Course. The Blackhawks sent just three runners, the...

(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school, club or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Friday, Nov. 9, EWU at Oregon, 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, EWU hosts Wisconsin/Green Bay, 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, EWU hosts team...

Last week, professional wrestlers John Cena and Daniel Bryan announced that they would not be participating in the World Wrestling Entertainment’s Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. The move shocked sports analysts and caused WWE stock to...

Last Friday’s crossover football game with visiting Chelan was seen as an opportunity for new faces to get real time experience. And that’s just how things played out at wind-blown and chilly Holliday Field where the Mountain Goats put on a...

These are the games and times everyone works for and plays for this time of year. They’re the matchups that matter, like Saturday’s at Roos Field when the No. 5/3 Eastern Washington University Eagles take on No. 4/7 UC Davis in a showdown of...

You did it again, Cheney. It will be a warmer winter for many thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Cheney community. A total of 478 coats were donated to this year’s coat drive, the second largest donation ever. Of those, 353 were given...

By FRANK WATSON I did my student teaching at Shadle Park High School several years ago. I was a nontraditional student in that I had a full Air Force career behind me and was significantly older than most teacher candidates. I walked into my...

As parents of a daughter who played on the Medical Lake Varsity volleyball team this season, we have followed the program for the last six years. Over those years we saw the ups and downs, the wins and losses, the joys and heart aches. We saw...

When our military is viewed as an employer, it has the same problem as the private sector; attracting qualified people to fill jobs. In today’s vibrant economy, there is an abundance of “Help Wanted” signs. Even though our armed forces have...

By the time these words are read by those other than editing eyes, one of the most bitter mid-term elections in our times will have thankfully been finished. Forgotten? Not at all. Whomever claims victory in the “Mudstock 2018” will crow until...

A local literacy campaign created by two Eastern Washington University faculty members will be featured in Spokane Transit Authority bus shelters in an effort to promote conversations about childhood language development. Targeting children five...

Cheney Congregational Church We invite everyone to join us for services Sunday, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m. at 423 N. Sixth St. Pastor David Krueger-Duncan continues his series on women in the early church with a sermon on “Jesus Response to Women, the...

10 Years Ago Nov. 13, 2008 Medical Lake residents began an effort to rehabilitate St. Anne’s Catholic Cemetary, the site of more than 330 graves, some dating back to 1880. Child development company Soccer Tots moved to Cheney, focusing on using...

Feed Medical Lake Nov. 12 Feed Medical Lake is serving spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, salad and cake on Monday, Nov. 12, at 5 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Grocery distribution begins 4:15 p.m. A soup and more lunch is served at...

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