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CHENEY – Crime in the city dropped by almost 10 percent in 2019, something officials attribute mainly to one aspect of the city’s police department — it’s size. The department has been able to hire some new patrol officers the past few years, including one paid for by revenue from the 2015 levy lid lift. Police Chief John Hensley said this has made a difference with how officers’ patrol, allowing them the ability to get off of 1st Street and get into the neighborhoods more often than in the past. “They have discretiona...
DAVENPORT – A local man has been hired as the new editor of the Davenport Times. Chris Person, 40, took over the newsroom Jan. 20. "This is a great opportunity to integrate and serve my community," Person said. "He'll be a great addition our news team providing coverage of Davenport, Reardan and Lincoln County," Publisher Roger Harnack added Person replaces longtime Times Editor Mark Smith, who resigned due to medical issues last fall. For the last few months, Ritzville j...
Republicans are not stupid. They know that if there are no witnesses and no evidence there is really no impeachment trial. They know that former National Security Adviser John Bolton would be the most important impeachment witness. They know that if Bolton was subpoenaed by the Senate he would testify. Jeremy Street Cheney...
CHENEY Jan. 21 Police conducted a welfare check on the 700 block of West 1st Street. Taking motor vehicle without owner’s permission was reported on the 2800 block of 1st Street. A 1994 Mazda pickup was taken. It was recovered on Jan. 22 by the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. Jan. 22 A 16-year-old female was arrested for possession of controlled substance/marijuana under 40 grams on the 400 block of North 6th Street. Charles P. Moses, 33, was arrested for third-degree driving while license suspended (DWLS) on the 400 blo...
Government leaders, doctors, and medical researchers worldwide are working feverishly to stop the spread of the coronavirus and keep it from becoming a global pandemic. Wuhan, one of China’s major transportation hubs whose population approaches 11 million, is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak which is spreading like wildfire. Wuhan was put on lockdown. The fear is widespread prompting China’s government leaders to build a 1,000 bed hospital within a week. Pro...
Oligarchy. I like the sound of the word. It kind of rolls off the tongue, but I don’t like it as a form of government. Winning an election does not grant the victor wisdom beyond those of us who have never run for office. Those whom we have selected to represent us in Olympia seem to believe it does. Rather than be accountable to the electorate, our elected officials consider themselves a cut above the general public. It would seem private citizens, both individually and collectively, are viewed as a source of revenue, of n...
CALABASAS, CALIF. - As has been widely reported, former National Basketball Association legend Kobe Bryant, along with eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died Sunday morning in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles. Members of the Medical Lake High School girl's basketball team were able to meet the basketball icon when they traveled to Cashmere on Jan. 11 for non-league games against the Bulldogs. Bryant attended the games to watch Bulldog senior phenom a...
CHENEY – The Blackhawks basketball squad saw three Great Northern League games go into the loss column last week, dropping their league mark to 1-6 and 2-12 overall. Toss out a 75-37 blowout on the road last Saturday at Pullman, and Cheney was in a position to win either one or both games against the Spokane Valley schools earlier in the week. The Blackhawks led 54-45 after three quarters at home against East Valley on Friday, but watched as the Knights caught fire offensively, outscoring the hosts 36-20 for the 81-74 win. T...
As Eastern Washington University, and Cheney, prepare to foist themselves on the national stage hosting the upcoming USA Curling National Championships some questions may come to mind. Among them: Just what the heck is curling and how is it played? And how did the event that will help determine Team USA for future World Championships land in Cheney and EWU? From Feb. 8-15 at EWU’s University Recreation Center (URC), the top competitors in the U.S. will put on a clinic that c...
PULLMAN – The Cheney High boys swimming team wrapped up its regular season last Tuesday with a dual meet in Pullman, losing to the Greyhounds 122-48. Trae Babcock and Matthew Norman each notched first and second-place finishes in their events. Babcock won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 51.09 seconds, placing second in the 50 freestyle in 23.31. Norman captured the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:34.97 and was second in the 100 butterfly in 59.39. Other top-three finishes for Cheney went to Jared Geschke, placing s...
CHENEY – The Lady Blackhawks solidified their hold on fourth place in the Great Northern League with a key road win last Saturday in Pullman. Cheney used the hot 3-point shooting tandem of Maggie Smit and Emma Evans to open a 23-4 first quarter lead, expanding that to 46-21 at the half en route to a 73-30 rout of the under-manned Greyhounds. Smith and Evans went 6 for 7 from beyond the arc in the first quarter, with Smith nailing four 3-pointers and Evans two — including four from the pair within the space of 90 seconds. Che...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school, club or facility websites to confirm.) College men’s basketball Saturday, Feb. 1, EWU at Sacramento State, 7:05 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, EWU at North Arizona University, 5:05 p.m. College women’s basketball Saturday, Feb. 1, EWU vs. Sacramento State, 2:05 p.m. College men’s tennis Friday, Jan. 31, EWU vs. Whitworth, Cheney, 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, EWU vs. Montana, 11:05 a.m. College women’s tennis Friday, Jan. 31, EWU vs. Whitworth, Cheney, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1...
MEDICAL LAKE — The Cardinal wrestling team earned another Northeast A League win against Lakeside, then went through the grinder in two regional tournaments in the past week as they head into their final dual tomorrow. Saying the team’s 46-34 win over Lakeside at their Thursday, Jan. 23 dual “was huge for us,” head coach Matt Leenhouts and his crew of grapplers have their sights set on Deer Park and the NEA title tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 31, as they continue their march to the...
MEDICAL LAKE — The Cardinal girls basketball crew extended their winning streak to three with league wins over Northeast A League Lakeside, Colville and Riverside last week. The Lady Cards played the game head coach Kyle Lundberg has been preaching all year — a four quarter game — when they came away with a solid 49-37 road win against last-place Lakeside (0-8, 1-15) on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Medical Lake took an early 11-5 lead going into the second quarter, but allowed the Eagle...
MEDICAL LAKE — The Cardinals enjoyed a solid past week in all-league play, beating Lakeside, destroying Colville, then going on to a decisive victory against Riverside the for a five-game winning streak and only one loss in their last 14 games as they set their sights on a competitive playoff bid. On the road at Lakeside (2-6,5-11) on Tuesday, Jan. 21, the Cards made a slow start before gaining steam to go on and notch a 60-53 win despite an Eagles 27-16 lead at the half. But...
CHENEY — The Blackhawks finished the regular Great Northern League season with a blowout of Pullman to secure the Great Northern League wrestling title for the second year in a row, before heading to the Rumble in the Valley during the past week. The consecutive titles are the first in 30 years, according to second-year head coach Jason Connor. “It’s good to go back-to-back and get a couple of them,” he said. Blackhawk wrestlers wrapped up their regular season with the 50-...
OLYMPIA – Washington state lawmakers will consider a gradual transition from the state’s current gasoline tax to a system that would charge drivers fees based on how many miles they travel. This comes amid rising concerns over the amount of revenue available to fund transportation and the maintenance of roads and highways due to increasing fuel-efficiency among vehicles, as well as concerns that owners of older and less fuel-efficient vehicles are carrying a larger tax burden. The House Transportation Committee heard a rep...
CHENEY/MEDICAL LAKE — Spokane County Fire District 3 and the community it serves is growing, and the department is busy making room for its expanding staff in Medical Lake and at its headquarters at Station 31 in Cheney. Construction plans are ready to go to bid “in a couple of weeks,” for the approximately $200,000 project to renovate Station 311, formerly known as the Medical Lake Fire Station, according to Don Crawford, District 3 assistant fire chief. Scheduled to start...
Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art is presenting Waveforms: On Rising and Falling, an exhibition of lens-based works by Joshua Hobson, currently on display through Feb 20. Hobson is an artist based in Spokane and is currently a lecturer in photography at EWU. He studied photography at the University of Florida and received a bachelor of fine arts in creative photography in 2007 and a masters of fine arts in 2017. Hobson’s work is engaged with an analysis of, and e...
CHENEY – School board members held a first reading of revisions to policies addressing student discipline and the enrollment rights and services for homeless students at its Jan. 22 meeting last Wednesday. Associate Superintendent Tom Arlt told the board the district elected to make changes to the student discipline policy in conjunction with best practices and recommendations from their legal counsel, Stevens and Clay, rather than adopt changes proposed by the Washington State School Directors Association. Arlt added t...
MEDICAL LAKE —A full City Council, including newly elected councilman Art Kulibert attending his first meeting, took 15 minutes to work through a short agenda at its regular Tuesday, Jan. 21 session. The council started by unanimously electing Councilwoman Jessica Roberts as mayor pro-tem for 2020. Roberts will fill-in for Mayor Shirley Maike in the event of an absence. The council also unanimously voted to accept two Transportation Improvement Board grants totaling $413,402....
SPOKANE COUNTY — Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a burglar caught sleeping in a spare bedroom, then linked the suspect to two other nearby burglaries, according to a press release. On Sunday, Jan. 19, Deputy Ryan Truman responded to a 12:15 p.m. report of a stranger asleep in the caller’s rural residence on the 7200 block of W. Griffin Road. Arriving, Truman found a set of footprints in the snow on the driveway leading to the home and immediately recognized the s...
MEDICAL LAKE — A lawsuit filed in Spokane Superior Court contesting Spokane County’s removal of a no-shooting designation ahead of development of the Spokane Gun Club’s proposed shooting range north of Medical Lake and west of Fairchild Air Force Base has failed. The Whitehead’s, an extended family with property near the proposed range, collectively filed the lawsuit alleging Spokane County incorrectly interpreted and applied a county code that allowed a no-shooting designa...
Cheney Middle School honors choir soloists Tailasha Bear (front) and Taryn Mullins (rear) sing their parts during a performance of “Homeward Bound.” The choir performed what will be one of their competition pieces for the Cheney School Board during their Jan. 22 meeting....
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