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Top: Volunteers Bonnie Eccles and Sue Beeman clean up debris at the Cheney Depot site last Saturday during the city's annual Clean Sweep. Bottom: Volunteers set up the prescription medication take back location outside of Cheney Library....
The Golden Hills home of the Steve and Kym Grime family is decked out in a pirate ghost-ship theme and ready to receive its annual throng of thrill-seekers and trick-or-treaters. See the story and more photos in Neighbor News, beginning on page 7....
Crews from Walker Construction poured the foundation for the relocated Cheney Depot last week. Once foundation and utility work is complete at the depot's new home on 1st Street, it will be lowered into place, likely later this month....
A young boy takes advantage of the first Parks and Recreation "Spray Day" by cooling off at Veterans Park under water provided by the Cheney Fire Department. Two more spray days – Aug. 5 and Aug. 19 – are planned this summer....
Cheney Public Works Director Todd Ableman (above) and members of the Cheney Depot Society and Spokane Preservation Advocates worked for three hours Saturday morning, Feb. 8, demolishing some former fuel oil supplier structures on land primed to be the depot’s new home this spring....
Handing out candy to children at parades is as American as mom’s apple pie, and the Cheney Rodeo Parade was no exception on Saturday, July 13, as a number of kids scrambled for some goodies. Several rodeo queens from nearby cities and towns like Spokane, Ritzville, Newport and Kennewick rode in the parade, which also featured the Spokane C.O.P.S. Mounted Patrol and several local businesses and organizations like Cheney Feed and Tack, the Boy and Girls Scouts and the Spokane C...
Cheney's Mayfest brought hordes of people to downtown Cheney May 10 - 12 to dance, play and celebrate spring. Left: Two young dancers practice their two-step to the musical stylings of the Kelly Hughes Band on Friday, May 10. Above: A child plays in a giant, plastic orb floating on the surface of a pool on Saturday....
More than 200 volunteers took part in last Saturday's Cheney Clean Sweep, the city's 12th annual day of cleaning up not only the city's public spaces but also residents' homes and personal items. Some of the activities taking place gave residents the chance to safely dispose of personal documents at "Shredfest" at Cheney Federal Credit Union (above). City staff and volunteers pitched in to repair portions of the structure of the Sutton Park gazebo (above right) while families...
The city of Cheney's Christmas tree is transformed into different shades of color as part of last weekend's Holiday Hoopla downtown. The tree, which has traditionally featured colored lights, was updated with new white lights and shaded with blue, red and purple at times following its lighting in front of the library. More pictures of last Friday night's event, which also carried over into Saturday morning and afternoon, are on page 12....
Steve and Kym Grime's home in Golden Hills is well-known for excelling at going to the ghouls and goblins at Halloween, and 2018 will be no exception as they and their neighbors prepare to greet trick or treaters next Wednesday....
A jet's contrail is framed by the colors of the setting sun over Cheney wheatfields last Tuesday, Sept. 4....
Volunteers fanned out over Cheney last Saturday to help spruce up the city as part of the annual "Clean Sweep." Crews not only roamed city streets looking for garbage (top) but also waited for residents to bring in items to be thrown away at dumpsters located at the Utility Building (bottom)....
Lynn Wichman gets a first-hand look at the Seattle Seahawks Taima the hawk during the team's "12 Tour" stop in Cheney on Sunday. Seahawks players, cheerleaders and mascot Blitz were on hand to sign autographs and visit with people at Eastern Washington University's Roos Field, one of nine stops the Seahawks will make between now and mid-July....
The trees, streets, buildings and landscapes throughout the city of Cheney and surrounding areas in the West Plains have become a winter wonderland, covered in snow and ice....
Kids got a chance to operate a fire hose during the Cheney Fire Department’s open house last Saturday. A steady flow of residents talked with firefighters, checked out their equipment from ladder trucks to medical kits and enjoyed hot dogs, popcorn and cold sodas....
Contributed photos by Over 300 volunteers fanned out across Cheney to pick up litter and collect items dropped off by residents during the eighth annual Cheney Clean Sweep....
The hazardous nuclear waste theme of the Steve and Kym Grimes' family's annual Halloween decoration failed to keep Trick-or-Treaters away as over 1,000 people visited the home in Golden Hills Friday night....
The city of Cheney took time last Saturday to celebrate the city pool's 50th birthday. Opened in 1964 at a cost of $150,000, the pool has proven to be a popular attraction over the years and enjoys widespread community support. Mayor Tom Trulove and Councilman Graeme Webster joined other municipal and business leaders in celebrating the pool with cake and cooling fun to help stave off the summer heat wave....
Inferno behind "The Inferno" -- smoke from last weekend's Watermelon Hill fire provides a backdrop for Eastern Washington University's Roos Field and the Eagles red turf. Over 300 firefighters battled the blaze that eluded significant containment until Tuesday....
