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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, east of Sprague. The location near Ewan - a small community between Lamont and Saint John - was close to Rock...
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...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS– City council voted this week to reduce fire, EMS and police services in two areas owned or held in trust by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. “The Kalispel Tribe failed to pay on two separate contracts for service from the city, so we are reducing service proportional to that lack of payment,” city administrator Albert Tripp said. One of these contracts between the city and the Tribe, established in 1996, was paid annually until 2019. The second contract is a 3-party contract between the Kalispel Tribe, Spoka...
CHENEY—The WIAA State 1B, 2B and 1A Track and Field meet, usually held at Eastern Washington University, will be moved to Yakima for the 2023-24 cycle. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) submitted a request for a proposal to hold the meet to sports commissions all over Washington. The Spokane Sports Commission did not submit a proposal. “We distributed a request for proposal for the venue for the next two years to the Spokane Sports Commission,” said Justin Kesterson, assistant executive direc...
Winterizing your car entails more than just getting the studded tires out of the garage and rushing to have them installed. According to some commentators, there are a few basic preparations a driver should make before venturing out in the snow. Checking tire pressure every morning before you leave: Tire pressure tends to fluctuate with falling temperatures, even if your car is sheltered. That can result in reduced traction and deformities in the tire. Is your windshield wiper fluid rated for forecasted temperatures?...
