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  • Inslee announces move to Phase 3

    FROM STAFF AND NEWS SOURCES, Cheney Free Press|Updated Mar 12, 2021

    OLYMPIA -- At a news conference this afternoon, Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that effective March 22, the entire state will enter Phase 3 of its Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery. He also said evaluation of COVID-19 metrics will be transitioning from a regional approach to a county-by-county process. The governor also announced a new third phase of the Roadmap, a return for in-person spectators for professional and high school sports. Phase 3, announced today, includes a return for in-person spectators for...

  • Prisoners, guards getting vaccinated at Airway Heights Corrections Center

    STAFF AND NEWS SOURCES|Updated Dec 30, 2020

    AIRWAY HEIGHTS--Inmates and prison guards have begun receiving COVID-19 vaccinations at the Airway Heights Corrections Center. Staff and inmates have also received vaccinations at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell. 1,410 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among inmates and 162 confirmed cases among staff have occurred at the Airway Heights Corrections Center, according to daily data released by the Department of Corrections. The Department confirmed the first death of an inmate Dec. 18. About 1,500 total inmates are in the...

  • Barriere and Taylor named Big Sky All-Conference

    STAFF AND NEWS SOURCES|Updated Jul 31, 2020

    CHENEY – A pair of seniors on the Eastern Washington University football team have been selected to the 2020 Big Sky Conference Preseason All-Conference Team as announced Friday, July 24, by the league as part of the Big Sky's Virtual Media Days. The selections were made by a committee of media members in the league. Quarterback Eric Barriere was selected as the preseason MVP of the Big Sky as he enters his senior season as a 2019 All-American and 2020 preseason A...