CHENEY – Stephanie Olsen was raised in Cheney, pursued her entire legal career in Spokane County, and is running to be its next prosecutor. She challenges incumbent Larry Haskell in a race that features two Republican representatives.

Olsen thinks she’ll be a good fit for the position.

“I’ve run a business before, I’m a good communicator, I’m a good listener, and that has been part of the problem (with the current prosecutor),” Olsen said. “I will go to the meetings — I will listen to other voices.”

Olsen has spent time as the prosecutor for Washington’s Strategic Hi...