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SPOKANE – Six West Plains wrestlers brought home medals Saturday, Dec. 23, from the M2 Mallett girls tournament at Rogers High School. Kariyah Storbel won the girls 140-pound division for Liberty (Spangle) and Ireland Chodorowski won the 145-pound class for Cheney. Three area girls brought home silver, including Cheney's Grizzell Ramos at 110 pounds and Jalisca Holmgren at 125, and Liberty's Alexis Taylor at 155. Cheney's Jennifer Tian finished fourth at 110 pounds. The C...
SPOKANE – A new judge will be presiding on the Spokane County Superior Court bench effective Jan. 8. Dean Tze-Ming Chuang was appointed to the post on Thursday, Dec. 21, by Gov. Jay Inslee. Chuang will serve as the judge in the new 13th Judicial Department. “Dean Chuang is well respected and well prepared to serve the Spokane County community in this role,” Inslee said. “I’m pleased that he will bring his work ethic, courage and skills to the Spokane County Superior Court bench.” Chuang is a partner at the law firm of Cra...
CHENEY -- The National Weather Service says there is still hope for a white Christmas.. There isn’t any winter storm in the forecast. But there is a 40% change of snow and a 40% chance of rain Friday. Overnight Friday night, the possibility of snow increases to 60% as the temperature drops to upper 20s. “Rain and snow likely, becoming all snow after 11 p.m.,” the forecast for Friday night said. “New snow accumulation of less than a half-inch possible.” The chance of snow declines to 30% Saturday afternoon and slides to...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A federal grand jury has indicted a many believed to have been trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine at a local casino. Charles Lee Dickerson has been indicted on one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams of actual methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams of fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Vanessa R. Waldref. Court records show that on Nov. 20, Kalispel tribal gaming authority officials monitoring surveillance cameras at Northern Quest Resort a...
COEUR d’ALENE, IDAHO -- Two Spangle wrestlers won matches at the Tri-State tournament Friday, Dec. 15. Ren Wakai went 1-2 at the tournament at 132 pounds. Clae Holling went 2-2 at 170 pounds. Wakai pinned Quinton O’Bannon of University in 1:10, but lost to Drayden Gaither of Moses Lake and Talin Kerr of Anacortes. Holling pinned Robert Ochoa of Richland in 2:25 and Aram Garnick of Royal in 1:37. He lost to Hunter Taylor of Chiawana (Pasco) and Noah Holman of Gonzaga Prep....
NEWPORT - Ian Steege brought home a silver medal Saturday, Dec. 16, from the Newport JV tournament. Wrestling at 190 pounds, he opened by pinning Lincoln Koyama of Ferris in 1:11 and then Payton Hauser-Plumb of Hanford in 48 seconds. In his third bout, he won by medical forfeit over teammate Ivan Rolle of Medical Lake. In his fourth match, he lost by technical fall, 24-9 in 4:00) to Dillon Mareth of Deer Park. He then pinned teammate Ethan Bales of Medical Lake in 2:21 in his...
CHENEY – The Washington State University 4-H program is offering several student travel opportunities abroad next summer. Interested students can apply to go to: Costa Rica, from June 20 through July 19. Students must be ages 15-18. Japan, from July 10 to Aug. 9, for students ages 12-18; and June 12-Aug. 9, for students ages 15-18. South Korea, from July 16 to Aug. 15. Students must ages 12-17. Taiwan, from July 16 to Aug. 15. Students must be ages 12-18. Norway, from June 20 to July 15. Students must be ages 15-18. A...
SPOKANE – Passengers using Spokane International Airport now have even more parking capacity available to them, following the addition of more than 460 spots to the Concourse C outside parking lot. The newly expanded lot includes 991 total parking spaces – more than double its original capacity – and features 29 ADA-designated parking stalls, along with six planned electric vehicle charging stalls. In addition to the expanded area of the parking lot, the old parking lot pavem...
CHENEY – The old saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” certainly applies to the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team following their third consecutive loss to open their season. Playing a rugged schedule of “Power-5” conference schools, the defending Big Sky Conference champions suffered a third straight loss Nov. 12 to the Cincinnati Bearcats, 85-73 on the road. Earlier in the week the Eagles were beaten 75-64 by Ole Miss in Oxford, Nov. 10 and opened their schedule with a 101-66 loss at Pac-12 Utah,...
CHENEY – Following a road trip through Utah last week, the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team seems to be living up to pre-season expectations. The Eagles opened their 2023-24 season with wins over former Big Sky rival Southern Utah 86-77 on Nov. 8 and then the Mountain West’s Utah State, 75-39, Nov. 10. Eastern was picked to win the regular season title in the Big Sky by coaches in their pre-seasons poll and then second in a vote of the media. With a dominating second quarter Eastern pulled away from Utah State...
General Election results Cheney School District Director 2: After the first day of ballot counting in the November 7th election, a local woman has taken the lead in the race for the School District Director No. 2 position. As of November 7, Elizabeth Winer had 3040 votes, 73.25%. She was ahead of opponent Joshua Sutton with 1074 votes, 25.88%. Unfortunately, Elizabeth Winer could not be reached for comment on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Joshua Sutton reflected on his campaign efforts, stating, “I tried to talk to as many p...
General Election results City Council Position No. 2: Following the first day of ballot counting in the November 7th election, Vincent Barthels has taken the lead in the contest for the City Council No. 2 position. Barthels logged 523 votes, 55.64% ahead of Rebecca Long who is at 43.3%. Vincent Barthels was unavailable to comment on Tuesday night. Rebecca Long expressed optimism, saying, “I feel like we still have a fighting chance. We’ve received only 900 votes so far, and there’s more to come.” City Council Position No. 6:...
Medical Lake School District Director 1 Following the first day of ballot counting in the November 7th election, Gerri Johnson has taken a sizable lead in the contest for the School District Director No. 1 position. Johnson tallied 826 votes, 64.03 % in the first night of counting. She leads Lenelle Spillman who has 408 votes totaling 31.63 %. Johnson said she is excited with the results. “I am looking forward to serving the community through the school board,” Johnson said. “I’m very excited to be able to help represe...
OLYMPIA… Sen. Mark Schoesler is encouraging teenagers in the 9th Legislative District to apply to become a Senate page during the upcoming 2024 legislative session in Olympia. Schoesler, R-Ritzville, is allowed to sponsor several students as pages during the 60-day session, which starts Jan. 8 and ends March 7. “Being a page during a legislative session is a great way to see the state Legislature in action and learn how it functions,” said Schoesler. “Pages have a chance to meet and work with other pages from around the sta...
ROSLYN – Former Eastern Washington University assistant football coach Tom Missel, passed away Oct. 21, 2023, at his home. He was 62. A celebration of Missel's life will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Harold Weis Memorial Building, 300 W. Idaho Ave. Born Dec. 12, 1960, in Aberdeen, Missel was a defensive coach for three seasons (2000-2002), including two as assistant head coach under Paul Wulff. Prior to that, he was at Western Washington for nine years (1991-1999). A...
CHENEY — The final road trip of the regular season is this week for Eastern Washington with two more conference matchups. The Eagles take on Sacramento State for the second time this season after falling at home to the Hornets, 3-1. The team then takes on Portland State for the second time, looking for the season sweep following a 3-1 win over the Vikings in October. Eastern split games at home last week, sweeping Weber State on Thursday, Oct. 26, before losing to Idaho State, 3-1, on Saturday, Oct. 28....
CHENEY – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct controlled burns at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge during the fall and winter months. These burns started Friday, Oct. 13. Turnbull officials said burning will start this month and continue through February, weather permitting. The purpose of the fires is to reduce “fuel,” such as downed timber and dry grass and sagebrush, to help alleviate the potential for future wildfires. This will reduce the risk of wildfires on the refuge, and will also contribute to habit...
ROSALIA – The community celebrated Homecoming last week, with festivities highlighted by the crowning of class royalty. The week included dress-up days for students, skit night, a wheat-truck parade, football, royalty and a semiformal dance. This year's Rosalia royalty included Freshman Princess Abagale McGuire and escort Jayden Shirley, Sophomore Princess Taylynn Sperber and escort Dylan Terry, Junior Princess Kiyana Lowney and escort Zach Howard and Senior Homecoming Q...
KENNEWICK – Free Press Publishing staffers brought home several awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association annual gala celebration Saturday night, Oct. 7. Cheney Free Press staffers Paul Delaney, John Myers and Roger Harnack were recognized individually. Reporter Delaney won second-place for sports profile writing and graphic artist Myers won second-place in front page design. Owner/Publisher Harnack won first place in sports action photography, as well as onl...
SPANGLE – The Liberty Lancer girls volleyball team notched three wins and a loss since Sept. 26. The local girls topped Asotin on Sept. 26, Upper Columbia Academy on Sept. 28 and Reardan on Oct. 5. On Oct. 3, they lost to Northwest Christian (Colbert). On Sept. 26, the Lancer girls topped Asotin, 3-1. Set scores were 16-25, 25-13, 25-12, 25-9. Kendall Denny led the Lancers (5-3) with 10 kills, 16 assists and 9 aces. Brooke Redder added 9 kills, 16 assists, 7 digs and 2 blocks. Zoe Omlin added 10 digs, Devyn Cook 6 blocks and...
TUMWATER – The state’s minimum wage will jump 54 cents per hour on Jan. 1 On Friday, Sept. 29, the state Department of Labor and Industries announced it will raise the minimum wage from $15.74 per hour to $16.28 per hour effective Jan. 24. That’s an increase of $4.28 per hour in the last five years. According to agency officials, Labor and Industries establishes the rate based on the urban consumer price index. The new wage rates applies to all workers ages 16 and older. State law allows for a “training wage” of $13.84 pe...
SPOKANE – A local man was released from jail on his own recognizance less than a day after allegedly causing a fatal crash near Spokane International Airport on Sept. 24. Philip Garcia, 23, is charged with driving while under the influence and vehicular homicide. According to the Washington State Patrol, Garcia was eastbound on Interstate 90 in a 2002 Honda Accord when he merged lanes and clipped the 2014 Kia in front of him at approximately 9 p.m. Sept. 24. The Kia was driving by Elizabeth Stewart, 23, of Redding, Calif., r...
SPOKANE – Spokane County has a new court commissioner. Jerry Scharosch was appointed by Spokane County Superior Court Presiding Judge Julie McKay, effective Oct. 2. Scharosch received his undergraduate degree in geography from Portland State University and his Juris Doctorate from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2007. He has more than 15 years of legal experience in areas of law that are regularly heard by court commissioners including juvenile dependency, consumer debt collection, involuntary civil commitment and general...
SPOKANE - In collaboration with Spokane International Airport, Alaska Airlines employees held a ceremony on September 16 to place a new Fallen Hero Cart at the airport. This marks the second cart delivered this year and the 15th cart created by Alaska Airlines maintenance employees to honor fallen military personnel. The cart is designed to transport the remains of the deceased with respect and honor to and from the aircraft. "We are honored to bring this cart to Spokane,"...
PULLMAN – The Whitman County Sheriff's Office is looking for help catching a burglar last seen wearing a Cheney Rodeo hat early Sunday morning. Sheriff Brett Myers said many of the details are still considered investigatory. However, he confirmed "the hat the subject is wearing says Cheney Rodeo." The Whitman County emergency dispatch log show the burglary occurred at 7:22 a.m. at a business near Milepost 4 of State Highway 270. The sheriff said his office was withholding t...
