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CHENEY – High school basketball player Evan Stinson's college dream has come true. The senior officially signed his letter-of-intent on Nov. 13 to play at Washington State University where he hopes to make as early an impact as possible for the Cougs as a small forward. Stinson was being courted by the likes of Eastern Washington, Montana and Montana State, San Francisco and Utah State, but WSU was an odds-on favorite for a variety of reasons, one outside of basketball. Stinson's aunt is WSU v...
CHENEY – A St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse athlete is competing as a Cheney Blackhawk. Kate Hergert has made the Blackhawks girls swim team and competing for Coach Jennifer Hochwalt’s roster has 13 swimmers from Cheney, but the team’s numbers swell to about 20 when co-op athletes from other area school – including St. John-Endicott – are added. Hergert shows more than just skill in the pool, Hochwalt said. She add dedication to the sport, commuting about 40 minutes to practices. “She is newer to the sport of swimming, but she is well-rounde...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Citing the inability to come to an agreement to negotiate a different lease term, Spokane County Raceway operator Craig Smith will step away from the facility leaving both the 2021 season, and the track’s future up in the air. Neither Spokane County Commissioners, nor officials with Spokane County Parks who oversee the facility returned requests for comments by deadline time Tuesday evening, Feb. 23. They were asked on Monday to address the rampant social media chatter that the track would close — or if it was for sale. The c...
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Dr. H. George Frederickson, the lightning rod president who oversaw the transformation of Eastern Washington State College to Eastern Washington University, passed away July 24 at his home in Lawrence, Kan. having just recently turned 86. Frederickson, a 1961 graduate of Brigham Young University, and who earned his master's in public administration from UCLA and a doctorate down the road at USC, was chosen to replace Emerson Shuck who had served Eastern Washington State College...