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AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Following up last week’s deadlock, the city council of Airway Heights opened the floor to mayoral nominations and Councilman Larry Bowman came away as the new council chair to serve for the next two years.... — Updated 1/24/2022

MEDICAL LAKE – A Ritzville man has died Jan 15 from injuries he sustained in a crash with a moose on Interstate 90 three days earlier. Scott J. Brodie, 63, died at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, the Washington State Patrol... — Updated 1/24/2022

SPOKANE – David Pettis, a former Cheney resident, was just sentenced to 25-years in prison for murdering his wife by poisoning her ice cream float by spiking it with a deadly dose of hydrocodone pain medication. Judge Mike... — Updated 1/24/2022

MEDICAL LAKE – Mayor Terri Cooper opened the floor for councilman Don Kennedy to take over as Mayor Pro-Tem initially, so Judge Richard Leland could be sworn in as the Municipal Judge for the next four years. Other committee... — Updated 1/24/2022

OLYMPIA – Rep. Jenny Graham from Spokane is advocating house bill 1584 during the 60-day legislative session currently running in Washington State, and this bill proposes the state build a scholarship fund for the victims of... — Updated 1/24/2022

CHENEY – The city working with Avista Edge to make sure residents have high-speed internet access. Avista Edge is a subsidiary of Avista Corp., an electric utility. City Administrator Mark Schuller said common complaints from... — Updated 1/24/2022

CHENEY – Hot off a Walter Payton award, Eric Barriere has been nominated as Seattle Sport Commission’s male “Sports Start of the Year” award. Barriere is facing some stiff competition for this year’s award from the... — Updated 1/24/2022

SPOKANE – The Cheney Blackhawks traveled to Central Valley on Tuesday Jan. 11 to face the Central Valley Bears for an away match up with around 100 fans in attendance according to Bears reporter Kim Griego on Max Preps. Both... — Updated 1/24/2022

CHENEY – The Friends of the Cheney Library book club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. in the library meeting room to discuss Hillbilly Elegy written by J.D. Vance. This book’s tag line is “A memoir of a family and... — Updated 1/24/2022

OLYMPIA — A Spokane-area senator has introduced a bill to help cities and counties hire more law enforcement officers. Sixth District Sen. Jeff Holy, R-Spokane, introduced Senate Bill 5841 to provide cities and counties with... — Updated 1/24/2022

CHENEY – The Southwest Spokane County Historical Society released a visual featurette on one of Cheney’s most historical landmarks, the Ratcliffe Dealership which originally opened in 1884. Charles Albert Ratcliffe traveled... — Updated 1/24/2022

January 19, 2012 10 years ago Gains and losses for everyone in redistricting Depending on which legislator you talk to, there are good points and bad points about the coming redistricting moves shifting Cheney, Medical lake and... — Updated 1/24/2022

by Ron Ginther Ten men’s trailers set in row, All that’s left as hamlets often go. Never really grown a town amid Scrub grassland, pines, rocky ground. “West Plains” it’s called, Tyler’s a has-been. Its last store/... — Updated 1/24/2022

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