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CHENEY – The Eastern Eagles basketball team enters the 2021-22 season with a new head coach. David Riley is a familiar face , and has enjoyed watching the program grow through his 10 years serving in various positions. Now, he is excited to hit the ground running as head coach. The team also added three assistant coaches with varied experience levels that are new to Eastern. Assistant coach Mark Darnall comes into his first season with the Eagles having more than 10 years of coaching experience with teams like Chico State U...
CHENEY - The high school Key Club has joined forces with the Washington Army National Guard and Bridge 58 to feed area families this winter. The Guard Against Hunger food drive runs to Dec. 3. Students will donate food and personal items; the goal is to collect 3,000 items, officials said. Guardsmen have will provide a donut party for the first-period class that donates the most items per student. "Since some classes are larger than others, we felt that the only fair way to...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – During a Nov. 15 budget study session, the City Council heard departmental funding requests, including requests from the courts and police and fire departments. Municipal Judge Angelle Gerl said the court system has received approval $316,724 in grants that will primarily fund a therapeutic community court program. She said the therapeutic court will help find alternative interventions for individuals in the system who are struggling with addiction, behavioral and mental health issues, and housing or e...
CHENEY – A Central Washington University graduate has been hired as a reporter by Free Press Publishing. Jonathan Olsen-Koziol, 30, of Spokane, started work as a Cheney Free Press reporter on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Olsen-Koziol will cover the city, local schools, sports and Eastern Washington University for the Free Press. "Jon's passion for writing and his experience in other media will be an asset to readers," Publisher Roger Harnack said. "Balanced and neutral reporting is t...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS -- The City Council unanimously approved a 1% tax hike following a public hearing Nov. 15. No community members addressed the council during the hearing. After doing the math pertaining to his own property, Mayor Sonny Weathers said he will only be paying a little more than $4 more annually. Collectively, the tax will generate nearly $14,000 in revenue City Manager Albert Tripp said the city pays a much lower rate than neighboring and regional communities, noting Cheney and Spokane Valley as...
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee has named a Lake Stevens Democrat to replace a Republican stepping down as secretary of state.. Sen. Steve Hobbs will replace Republican Kim Wyman in the statewide post that oversees elections, government records and documents, and other administrative duties in Washington. Wyman resigned the post to take a job in the Biden Administration in Washington, D.C.; Hobbs will take over the post Nov. 22 and serve until a special election in November 2022. "...
CHENEY – Here are the Police Department’s calls for service for Nov. 8-14: Nov. 8 Verbal dispute in the 500 block of Clay Street. Windshield damaged in the 300 block of Erie Street. Intoxicated mail with pants down in the 0 block of Simpson Parkway. Packages stolen from porch in the 1500 block of First Street. Nov. 9 Assist Eastern Washington University police with malicious mischief incident in 600 block of Quad Lane. Wallet found in the 500 block of Fifth Street. Nov. 10 Graffiti on fence in the 300 block of Nolan Bro...
FOUR LAKES – One man was sent to the hospital with a possible life-threatening head injury following a Nov. 10 crash. Local authorities didn’t provide the name, age and hometown by press time. The driver was southbound on West Medical Lake-Four Lakes Road at about 7:30 a.m. in a Ford pickup at the time of the crash, police said. The vehicle slid off of the road and slammed into an embankment. Transportation officials closed roads surrounding the intersection of West Medical Lake Four Lakes Road and South Granite Lake Roa...
CHENEY – An Idaho man was arrested for attempting to elude police responding to a fight at an apartment complex early the morning of Nov. 14. Alberto R. Arroyo, 18, was arrested for attempting to elude police. According to a probable cause statement, police responded to a fight in progress at 1090 Betz Road, the Eagle Point Apartments. As police arriving at about 2:23 a.m. in front of Building No. 18, witnessed a black passenger car “backing out of a parking space at a hig...
OLYMPIA – By a 7-2 ruling, the state Supreme Court on Nov. 10, found Gov. Jay Inslee’s partial vetoes of 2019 transportation budget unconstitutional. The decision came after the governor vetoed a sentence in the budget bill regarding fuel type allowed in vehicles. “Governor Inslee exceeded his Article III, Section 12 veto power by striking the fuel type condition, which formed only one part of each appropriation item in which it appeared,” the ruling said.” Further, the fuel type condition does not constitute substanti...
MEDICAL LAKE – Medical Lake council moved forward with the 2022 city budget after hearing the first reading on November 16. The public hearing was opened at 6:36 p.m. and no public comment was made, so the public hearing was closed one minute later. The second reading regarding the budget will be held during the next council meeting on December 7. City administrator Doug Ross said “the budget looks inflated because of the American Rescue Plan Act funding,” and no major adjustments were needed. Ross also said the curre...
Grant helps teacher with efficiency CHENEY – Middle school teacher Amy Bumpus has used a $150 Spokane Teachers Credit Union grant to purchase classroom supplies. She purchased 150 12-sided dice, 36 whiteboard markers, five sets of fraction dice, and 30 rulers, microfiber cloths and heavy-duty magnets. “The grant allowed me to purchase things for my classroom that will empower me to create systems that will allow in class times to be more efficient,” she said. “If I have the supplies magnetted to their desks, then they ar...
In a 7-2 ruling this morning, the State Supreme Court said the partial vetoes the Governor made in the 2019 transportation budget were unconstitutional. When issuing those vetoes the Governor said: “While my veto authority is generally limited to subsections or appropriation items in an appropriation bill, in this very rare and unusual circumstance I have no choice but to veto a single sentence in several subsections to prevent a constitutional violation and to prevent a forced violation of state law.” The State Supreme Cou...
Christopher "Chris" Hale June 29, 1965 - Nov. 5, 2021 Christopher "Chris" Hale, 56, a long-time resident of Cheney, Wash., died at his home on Nov. 5, 2021. An avid fly-fisherman, outdoorsman, and billiard, he will be missed by his many friends and family alike. Chris is survived by his mother, Mary Kaye Hale and his brothers, Brian, Phil, Mark, and John. He is predeceased by his father, Alan Hale, and brother Steve. Chris was born at Edwards AFB in Kern County, Calif. on... Full story
Patricia Collins-Czako (Patti) Jan. 2, 1950 – Oct. 19, 2021 Patricia Collins-Czako passed away Oct. 19, 2021 in Spokane Wash. She was born in Pittsburg, Pa. on Jan. 2, 1950 to Jim and Doris Collins. Patti graduated from Fox Chapel High School. Upon graduation she attended Alvernia School of Nursing, where she earned her LPN certification. She went on to work at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh. In 1970 Patti met and later married her husband Steve. They celebrated their 50th... Full story
CHENEY – The Christmas shopping season will be ushered into the area following Thanksgiving, with at least three shopping events taking place in Cheney and Medical Lake. From Nov. 27 to Dec. 4, local businesses will participate in the national shop local event. Approximately 14 Cheney and 14 Medical Lake businesses are participating by offering various in-store specials. People who visit the businesses can enjoy discounts on everything from food to clothing. In addition, the Cheney branch library, 610 First St., and M...
CASTLE ROCK – Five Cheney High School girls won Future Farmers of America awards for their floriculture group presentations Nov. 6. The girls are 15-year-old sophomores Madison Hekimian, Mallari Gonzales and Grace Klinkenberg; and 16-year-old juniors Rubie Loughery and Jaden Miller. "We are just really proud of each other and I think we are all excited to continue to do this," Gonzales said. School Agriculture instructor Heather McLagan said the contest is designed to give s...
CHENEY - An exchange student spending the year here from Spain is finding she likes the local high school. "It has a lot of things that let you socialize with people," Coral Manjon Coello, 16, said. "For example, you have clubs. You have sports and you have the band... "That is something, in my country, they don't have." The student from Madrid is a junior involved in several clubs, including the All Things Mountain and Key clubs. She plans to play basketball during the...
2 years ago Nov. 21, 1996 Monument to get updated When the women’s Relief Corps raised nearly $400 in less than a year in the 1920’s, it was proof that our country’s history was very important not only to the ladies, but to everyone who donated money. The $400 monumnet which they shortly erected to commemorat veterans of three wars — Civil, Spanish-American and the Great World War — stood in the middle of a park the city spent $1 to buy. Now, nearly 80 years later, the local VFW post is going to complete the project and give...
CHENEY – A Blackhawks swimmer has signed a letter of intent to attend Western Colorado University. On Nov. 10, Jade Gere signed the letter and accepted $56,000 in academic and athletic scholarships from the school, her mother Joelle Gere said. The scholarships span four years. Her mother said Gere set a goal about a year ago and worked extremely hard to make her dream come into fruition. Father Richard Gere works for the Spokane County Sheriff's Office and mother Joelle G...
YAKIMA – The Liberty Lancers girls volleyball team returned from the Yakima Valley SunDome on Friday, Nov. 12, with a seventh-place state 2B trophy. The Lancers, the No. 13 seed, opened the tournament against the No. 4-ranked Goldendale Timberwolves on Thursday. Goldendale took the game 3-1; set scores were 25-18, 25-23, 15 -25 and 25-18. The loss put the Lancers in the consolation, loser-out rounds. As one of the lower seeds in the tournament, they would have to win their n...
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