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Local woman and child injured in accident
CHENEY—Ashley Christensen, 35, and her 9-year-old daughter were transported to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center on Thursday, April 21, with unspecified injuries after Christensen’s car was hit head-on in a Spokane Valley... — Updated 4/28/2022
LaCrosse Farmers Festival set for June 24-26
LaCROSSE – The annual Farmers Festival returns to town June 24-26. This year, the theme of the event is “Back to our Roots.” This year’s Farmers Festival will kick off, Friday, June 24, with a cruise-in featuring classic... — Updated 4/8/2022
Sen. Schoesler calls transportation bills 'unfair'
OLYMPIA – A trio of transportation bills passed Friday night by the Senate, including the chamber’s supplemental transportation budget and a new package of transportation projects, received “no” votes from 9th District... — Updated 3/3/2022
Blackhawks victorious on Senior Night
CHENEY - How do you go from being a senior cut from the Blackhawks basketball team to the most celebrated player on "Senior Night?" Paul Carpenter found out! When the team held... — Updated 2/17/2022
Fourth quarter woes derail Blackhawks Boys and Girls Basketball
Despite playing one of their best games of the year, the Cheney Boys dropped a 59-53 contest Tuesday night, Feb. 1, to strong, physically aggressive Lewis & Clark squad. The first half of action favored the Blackhaws as they took... — Updated 2/10/2022
Man arrested for newspaper threats
NEWPORT – A Pend Oreille County man has been arrested in connection to threats he allegedly made against the Cheney Free Press and Spokesman-Review newspapers. James E. Gandy, 47, was booked into the Spokane County Jail on... — Updated 2/3/2022
U-High edges Cheney girls, 37-32
CHENEY — The University High Titans edged the Cheney Blackhawks, 37-32, in girls basketball action Tuesday, Jan. 25. The narrow loss comes as Coach Ken Ryan has seen a turnaround... — Updated 2/3/2022
Blackhawks boys fall to Ferris
SPOKANE -- The Cheney Blackhawks boys basketall team had to again play one of the GSL’s best with an incomplete roster, losing at Ferris 72-50, on Friday, Jan. 28. Cheney was still without their leading scorer and rebounder Evan... — Updated 2/3/2022
Saxon girls top Cheney, 54-29
SPOKANE -- The Ferris Saxon senior basketball players were celebrated royally by their faithful followers on Friday night, Jan. 28. And the veteran girls team showed their appreciation by putting on a great show and easily... — Updated 2/3/2022
Rescuers pull man from icy lake
CHENEY – An area man is recovering after falling through the ice at Fish Lake Regional Park on Dec. 18. The 19-year-old man was rescued from the lake along Cheney-Spokane Road by Fire District No. 3 personnel. Fire district... — Updated 12/23/2021
Blackhawks host Lewis and Clark
CHENEY — Here are the Cheney Blackhawks results for the Tri-State wrestling tournament on Dec. 11: 120 – Fabian Torres (Ferris) pin Kendal Harman (Cheney), 5:03; Kendal Harman... — Updated 12/23/2021
Holiday Hoopla set for Dec. 3
CHENEY — Holiday Hoopla will usher in the Christmas season here from 5-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3. Santa Claus is expected to arrive on a large farm implement at the north end of the city, Cheney Merchants Association President... — Updated 12/2/2021
NE2B names all-league players
SPANGLE – The Northeast 2B has announced its all-league football players for the fall 2021 season. For the Liberty Lancers, juniors Brandon Finau and Aaron Roberts were named to the all-league offensive and defensive lines, and... — Updated 11/24/2021
Olsen-Koziol joins Free Press news team
CHENEY – A Central Washington University graduate has been hired as a reporter by Free Press Publishing. Jonathan Olsen-Koziol, 30, of Spokane, started work as a Cheney Free... — Updated 11/18/2021
High Court finds Inslee's veto unconstitutional
OLYMPIA – By a 7-2 ruling, the state Supreme Court on Nov. 10, found Gov. Jay Inslee’s partial vetoes of 2019 transportation budget unconstitutional. The decision came after the governor vetoed a sentence in the budget bill... — Updated 11/18/2021
Winless teams face off
CHENEY – The Blackhawks football team will wrap up the 2021 season at home Thursday night against the Rogers (Spokane) Pirates. Both the Blackhawks and Pirates are winless so far this season. Cheney (0-9) comes into the game... — Updated 11/4/2021
Wellpinit cadets visits Fairchild AFB
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE — Wellpinit High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets visited Fairchild Air Force Base on Oct. 21 to learn first-hand about the different Air Force careers. “It was an awesome... — Updated 10/28/2021
Scotties shoot down Cardinals, 63-0
MEDICAL LAKE – The Cardinals boys football team returns home Friday night, Oct. 22, for a Homecoming gridiron grudge match against the Newport Grizzlies (2-4). Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The Cardinals will crown a Homecoming king... — Updated 10/21/2021
Free Press brings home multiple awards
BELLINGHAM – The Free Press Publishing news and advertising teams brought home multiple awards from the Washington Newspaper Association annual meeting Friday, Oct. 8. Cheney Free Press reporter Paul Delaney led the effort on... — Updated 10/14/2021
West Plains libraries update hours
CHENEY -- The Spokane County Library District expanded library hours Sunday, Oct. 3. Select libraries will have open hours on Sundays, as well. The libraries in Cheney, Airway Heights, and Medical Lake will operate under the... — Updated 10/7/2021
Eastern women finish third
ANACONDA, Mont. – The Eastern Washington University golf team finished the Battle at the Old Works golf tournament in third place Tuesday, Sept. 28. The team shot 948 strokes in... — Updated 10/1/2021
Remembering 9/11
On Saturday, Fairchild Air Force Base personnel observed the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., with a... — Updated 9/16/2021
Third roundabout work begins off Geiger
AIRWAY HEIGHTS -- Travelers who use the Geiger-Grove intersection just north of Interstate 90 will experience extended detours due to continued construction near the interchange. Contractors are moving into the second stage of... — Updated 9/16/2021
