Cheney Free Press -

WEST PLAINS – Hundreds of area residents hopped out in the colder temps over Easter weekend to take part in many of the community egg hunts on the West Plains.

Airway Heights, Medical Lake, and Cheney all boasted big turnouts in their communities, and kids went home with smiles, candy and even some gift baskets.

Deputy Director of the Airway Heights Parks and Recreation Andy Gardner explained this was the first official egg hunt the department was able to organize since 2019 due to the COVID pandemic.

“As soon as COVID started we were literally weeks away from our egg hunt, so in 2020 w...