Commissioners get Cheney depot update

Cheney residents might notice something different in a couple weeks at the corner of 1st and I streets just south of downtown. Something will be missing — but its removal shouldn’t go unnoticed.

Historic Preservation Commission administrative assistant Sue Beeman told commissioners at their Feb. 7 meeting that a house located on property purchased by the Cheney Depot Society is scheduled to be demolished in a practice burn by Cheney’s fire department on Sunday, Feb. 17. The removal of the house signals the first sign of progress clearing the property and adjacent property next door formerly th...