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  • Snow reminders from city of Cheney

    Updated Dec 31, 2015

    The snow appears it is going to be sticking around for a while and the city of Cheney offers these reminders to residents about snow removal. • Whether someone is a resident or they own a business, they should shovel their sidewalk. • Residents and business owners should not shovel or blow snow from their driveway or sidewalk into the streets. • If a fire hydrant is in their area, residents should shovel a 3-foot radius in all directions around it. • Residents and business owners should also move their vehicle from the str...

  • West Plains Police News

    Updated Dec 31, 2015

    CHENEY Dec. 21 Second-degree theft was reported on the 2700 block of First Street. A tool was taken from a vehicle. Financial fraud/counterfeit money was reported on the zero hundred block of Cheney-Spokane Road. Dec. 22 Theft was reported on the zero hundred block of North Seventh Street. A snow shovel was taken. Miller S. VanStone, 26, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of stolen property, making or using burglary tools and possession of drug paraphernalia. At the scene he was also arrested...

  • Updated Dec 30, 2015

  • Knutzen finishes seventh at Tri County tourney

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Dec 30, 2015

    Several Cheney High wrestlers who haven’t gotten a lot of time on the mats this season competed in the Tri County tournament, Dec. 22, at Central Valley. Jack Knutzen (220 pounds) finished seventh in his weight division. After a first-round bye, Knutzen was pinned by Freeman’s Garrett Trevino in the quarterfinals. He received a bye in the consolation bracket’s second round then lost to Mead’s John Sullivan via pin. He won the seventh-place match after Davenport’s Kameron Danforth forfeited. Ryan Reimer-Golden (170) went 2-2...

  • Sports Week

    Updated Dec 30, 2015

    (Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Thursday, Dec. 31, EWU at Northern Colorado, 4:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, EWU at North Dakota, 12:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, EWU hosts Idaho, 12:05 p.m. Women Thursday, Dec. 31, EWU hosts Northern Colorado, 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, EWU hosts North Dakota, 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, EWU at Idaho, 2 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Boys Saturday, Jan. 2, Medical Lake hosts Omak, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, Cheney hosts East Valley...

  • Road-savvy EWU men open 'Sky play at UNC, UND

    NEWS SERVICE REPORTS|Updated Dec 30, 2015

    Road-tested and battle-tested, the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team begins defense of its Big Sky Conference titles. The defending regular season co-champ and reigning tournament titlist, the Eagles will open Big Sky Conference play at Northern Colorado, Thursday, Dec. 31 at 4:05 p.m. and North Dakota, Jan. 2 at 12:05 p.m. Eastern will have played 11 of its 14 games on the road by the time it plays its conference home opener on Jan. 9 versus Idaho. Eastern enters league play with a 6-6 record. All EWU g...

  • West Plains Scoreboard

    Updated Dec 30, 2015

    BASKETBALL College Big Sky Conference Standings Men (As of Dec. 24, 2015) School Conf. Pct. All Pct. Hm. Aw. Stk. Sac. State 0-0 .000 6-4 0.600 4-1 2-3 L2 Weber State 0-0 .000 7-5 0.583 3-1 1-3 W2 E. Wash. 0-0 .000 6-6 0.500 3-0 2-5 W1 Montana 0-0 .000 5-6 0.455 5-0 0-6 W1 N. Dakota 0-0 .000 5-6 0.455 3-2 1-3 L1 Mont. State 0-0 .000 5-7 0.417 1-1 2-5 L3 Idaho State 0-0 .000 4-7 0.364 2-1 1-5 W1 Port. State 0-0 .000 3-7 0.300 2-2 1-5 L5 N. Colorado 0-0 .000 3-9 0.250 3-4 0-5 L3 S. Utah 0-0 .000 2-8 0.200 1-2 1-6 L3 N. Arizona...

  • EWU's Kupp collects records, hardware

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Dec 30, 2015

    How do you recount the exploits of the 2015 No. 10 top story that is the clutch-football-play-making, record-producing phenom that is Eastern Washington University wide receiver Cooper Kupp? Perhaps the best way is through headlines - of which Kupp made plenty during his season with the Eagles. The junior from Yakima began the year as a two-time consensus All-American, and likely to win a third, and ended it as the second wide receiver, and third Eastern player, to win the...

  • Cheney football has big 2015 season

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Dec 30, 2015

    The Cheney High football team, who was predicted to finish fourth out of fifth in the Great Northern League, had one of its best seasons in years. The Blackhawks finished the year 3-1 in league play (9-2 overall) to secure second-place in the GNL standings and make it to the first round of the 2A state playoffs. Bobby Byrd returned for his second year as head coach, coming off a 2014 where the team went 7-3 overall and 2-2 in GNL play. The Blackhawks, with their strong...

  • A lot of up and very little down with Eagle women basketball

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Dec 30, 2015

    Coming in at No. 8 on the list of 2015 Top-10 sports stories is the Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team. The Eagles experienced a bit of a roller coaster ride in 2015. Eastern posted non-league wins over Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and tournament champion Wichita State and Southeast Conference member Florida, and put together winning streaks of six and seven games at one point, the first time the program has produced a pair of six-game-plus winning streaks in a season. Eastern also won 12 B...