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  • Smedley also brings coaching experience

    Free Press Publishing|Updated Aug 4, 2022

    CHENEY — A Colville woman has been named as the new assistant principal at Cheney Middle School. Megan Smedley, 35, was hired for the post last month. Smedley has served as the Colville School District athletic director since 2018 and as interim assistant principal since March. Prior to her rolls in Colville, she was a mathematics teacher at Ellensburg High School. Smedley is a 2010 graduate of University of Idaho, with a focus in mathematics and secondary education. She received her master of arts degree in coaching and a...

  • All-mail election needs immediacy

    Free Press Publishing|Updated Nov 13, 2020

    If we can provide it, maybe we should return to polling place voting Over the last few months, all eyes have been on Washington’s 16-year-old vote-by-mail system. National media has been holding it up as an example of what should become the norm nationwide. But should it? Yes, we have fastidious local election employees resolving problems. And yes, we have years of experience making vote-by-mail work. But the nation isn’t ready for all-mail elections, whether it’s our system or another state’s. Simply put, voting by mail ap...