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  • Sprague district receives $5 million

    Lucas Walsh, Cheney Free Press|Updated May 16, 2023

    SPRAGUE - The School District will receive $5 million to upgrade aging systems. The funds will come from the state biennial capital budget. The grant funds are earmarked for repairing the roof as well as the heating, ventilation and air conditions systems at Sprague High School. "We received legislative approval for a $5 million grant," Superintendent-Principal Ray Leaver said last week, noting the grant request itself was written by the previous superintendent. "We are...

  • Homicide victim's body found near Ewan

    Lucas Walsh, The Journal|Updated Jan 24, 2023

    EWAN — A Cheney area woman is being held on $500,000 bail in the slaying of her son. Christine Diane Catelli, 58, is charged with second-degree murder (intent to kill), Spokane County Jail records show. She was booked into the jail at 4:59 a.m. Jan. 15 after deputies found the remains of her son wrapped in garbage bags off Gene Webb Road, in rural Whitman County. The location near Ewan — a small community between Lamont and Saint John — was close to Rock Lake. According to Spokane County District Court documents, the remai...

  • False spring: Maybe not this time

    Lucas Walsh|Updated Jan 17, 2023

    You’ve heard it said in the Pacific Northwest that, during the winter, we see a long stretch of bleak weather followed by a temporary rise in temperatures around mid-January, a “false winter” as it is sometimes called. Well, according to the Farmer’s Almanac for 2022-2023, the unusually warm weather we’ve been experiencing the past few weeks may just be the herald of real, honest-to-goodness spring. Granted, meteorological predictions aren’t perfect, but Farmer’s Almanac’s pre...

  • Onward and Upward

    Lucas Walsh|Updated Dec 27, 2022

    As the dawn of a new year approaches, it is important to pause and take stock of ourselves, and of the many mercies and comforts we enjoy. After all, “Gratitude,” Cicero said, “is not the greatest of the virtues, it is the parent of them all.” Of course, much has been lost in our society, and even more has been changed by the passage of these last few years. But not all that undergoes a sea-change in the wake of a storm is unsalvageable; in fact, some of the most preciou...