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Airway Heights plans future construction
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The City Council approved the design scope for future construction projects in their July 6 meeting. One will take place on 10th Avenue from Garfield to Hayford. The other will be a pedestrian crossing beacon on H... — Updated 7/15/2021
Airway Heights finalizing new franchise agreements
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The city is in the process of finalizing two franchise agreements with Avista, an electric and natural gas energy company. The agreements would replace the city’s existing gas and electric franchise agr... — Updated 7/15/2021
Airway Heights council recaps July 4 celebration
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The City Council met on July 6, only a couple days after the Independence Day celebration, for a holiday recap and official action on multiple study session agenda items. According to Police Chief Brad Richmond, t... — Updated 7/15/2021
FCC commissioner visits Airway Heights
AIRWAY HEIGHTS - Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers made a trip around the 5th Congressional District on July 2 with Federal Communications Commission... — Updated 7/8/2021
Airway Heights OKs fireworks law
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The city council held an emergency meeting at 5 p.m. on July 2 to discuss an ordinance regarding fireworks. The ordinance was adopted after the council voted to suspend the rules that would require multiple r... — Updated 7/8/2021
Airway Heights study session covers city's development
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Developments are afoot in Airway Heights. The City Council met on June 28 for a study session that covered multiple departments’ plans for the city. Public Works Director Kevin Anderson went over the 10th Ave... — Updated 7/8/2021
Livestock arrive at Cheney Rodeo grounds
CHENEY - The rodeo is only days away, and the signs are everywhere. Livestock arrived at 4 p.m. on July 7 in preparation for the Cheney Rodeo, filing into the fields to get... — Updated 7/7/2021
Airway Heights council passes fireworks ordinance
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The city council held an emergency meeting at 5 p.m. on July 2 to discuss an ordinance regarding fireworks. The ordinance was adopted after the council voted to suspend the rules that would require multiple r... — Updated 7/5/2021
Brush fire near Cheney High School
CHENEY – Firefighters extinguished a brush fire that started at the intersection of North 6th Street and Simpson-Parkway on July 1. The fire was called in at 4:07 p.m., and by 5... — Updated 7/1/2021
Lenny's is back with a twist
CHENEY - Can a restaurant be both eerily familiar and brand new? For longtime Cheney residents, driving by Lenny's Classic American Burgers is like a blast from the past - exactly t... — Updated 7/1/2021
Curing a traffic headache
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — A traffic issue that has been on the city’s checklist for years is getting closer to completion. The city awarded a contract to Power City Electric that will add a second southbound left turn lane on the int... — Updated 7/1/2021
New year, new curriculum
MEDICAL LAKE — The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of public school and put several school board decisions on hold. When school returns to a semi-normal state in September, it will return with a new curriculum for the 2... — Updated 7/1/2021
Medical Lake school board looks to the new year
MEDICAL LAKE — The school board celebrated the end of the 2020-21 school year at their June 22 meeting. Members reminisced about a successful last week of school and graduation ceremony in a year defined by the COVID-19 p... — Updated 7/1/2021
Free meals start now for Medical Lake students
MEDICAL LAKE — Students can eat breakfast and lunch for free starting June 28, but free meals are not ending with summer. Due to a decision from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), lunch will be free across the school distri... — Updated 7/1/2021
Heat postpones Feed Medical Lake's anniversary celebration
MEDICAL LAKE — The heatwave sweeping Washington is causing more than discomfort. The Feed Medical Lake 10th Anniversary Celebration, an event a decade in the making, was postponed on Monday when temperatures reached 106 degrees. F... — Updated 7/1/2021
Working on the railroad
Contractor crews working for the state Department of Transportation had State Route 902 blocked for several days last week as they performed work on the Washington Eastern Railway... — Updated 7/1/2021
Putting on the summer patrols
MEDICAL LAKE - The city's parks are getting extra attention this summer. The Medical Lake City Council approved an extra duty service contract at their June 15 meeting. The contract... — Updated 6/24/2021
Medical lake parks are making changes
MEDICAL LAKE — The City Council’s June 15 meeting covered several hot topics in preparation for summer. The council accepted the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the Federal American Rescue plan. The total amount wil... — Updated 6/24/2021
Founder's Day nonetheless
The Founder's Day Marketplace was held at the Medical Lake Middle School soccer field in Medical Lake, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 19, 2021. While there was no parade this year... — Updated 6/24/2021
Firework permits approved for July 4
MEDICAL LAKE — The Fourth of July is only a few weeks away, and with it comes the age-old question over the fate of an iconic celebration. That celebration can continue as usual this year, at least in Medical Lake. Two firework p... — Updated 6/24/2021
Fire destroys Medical Lake home
A house fire burned on State Route 902 near Medical Lake on June 16. The Fire Department was called to 14814 W. at 12:45 p.m. to find the fire already well established. By 4:30... — Updated 6/17/2021