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• 2013 PACE awards given to Spokane Valley students

  June 1, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V6 Students from Spokane Valley schools were honored Thursday during a 2013 PACE awards celebration at the Mirabeau Park Hotel. The Partners Advancing Character Education group started in 2010 and includes …

• Freeman girls lose bid at third straight title

  March 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C4 YAKIMA – Freeman’s dreams of a third consecutive State 1A girls basketball title ran smack into a determined Okanogan Bulldogs squad in the SunDome Saturday night, and the Scotties couldn’t …

• ‘Road Warrior’ Scotties meeting their goals

  May 10, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Freeman set its goals for the 2011 season about a week after the 2010 campaign concluded. The Scotties wanted the goals to be clear through the summer, fall and winter.

• Freeman repeats as State 1A girls champion

  March 6, 2011 in Sports on Page C5 YAKIMA – Using a familiar phrase, the Freeman offense couldn’t hit water while in the process of falling out of a boat in the first half of the girls State …

• Freeman wins girls State 1A basketball title

  March 5, 2011 in Sports Freeman’s Scotties defeat Lynden Christian to win the girls State 1A basketball title in Yakima.

• Freeman girls reach to play for State 1A championship

  March 5, 2011 in Sports on Page C5 YAKIMA – Surviving a game that coach Ashlee Taylor-Nimri termed “our worst team basketball since midseason” the Freeman Scotties powered past Bellevue Christian, in the SunDome on Thursday, 47-39, in …

• Freeman girls reach 1A title game

  March 4, 2011 in Sports Surviving a game that coach Ashlee Taylor-Nimri termed “our worst team basketball since midseason” the Freeman Scotties powered past Bellevue Christian, in the SunDome on Thursday, 47-39, in the semifinals …

• Defending girls State 1A champion Freeman opens with romp

  March 4, 2011 in Sports on Page B7 YAKIMA – Riding the wave of a suffocating defense that shut out King’s for more than 10 minutes in the first half on Thursday, the Freeman Scotties barged their way …

• Defending girls State 1A champ Freeman opens with romp

  March 3, 2011 in Sports Riding the wave of a suffocating defense that shut out King’s for more than 10 minutes in the first half on Thursday, the Freeman Scotties barged their way into the …

• Freeman sisters in hunt for another state title

  March 1, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The thought hadn’t occurred to MacKenzie Taylor – never crossed her mind. The Freeman post, the only senior on this year’s 20-1 team, heads off Wednesday morning to play in …

• CV, Freeman qualify to state FBLA

  February 19, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Central Valley and Freeman high school chapters of Future Business Leaders of America recently competed in the FBLA Northeast Region Winter Competition at Faith Bible Church in Spokane. Around 450 …

• Freeman superintendent Sergio Hernandez retiring in June

  February 10, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 New buildings have been taking over the landscape in the Freeman area – new schools which will serve students for years. Freeman High School was completed before the beginning of …

• Freeman races into title game

  March 6, 2010 in Sports on Page C5 YAKIMA – After being oh-so-close to a state championship shot a year ago the Freeman Scotties didn’t leave anything to chance in 2010. Freeman dashed out to a 29-10 halftime …

• Scotties reach 1A semis

  March 5, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 YAKIMA – The state title dream for the Lakeside Eagles was ended by a flurry of Granger 3-pointers at the SunDome on Thursday as the Eagles were bounced into the …

• Schools could lose officers

  January 21, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Sheriff’s Deputy Ron Nye spends his days creating relationships with the students in the Liberty and Freeman School Districts. As a school resource deputy, he shows up to football games …

• Freeman, Liberty school board races appear decided

  November 19, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S18 Freeman School Board election results came down to the wire as two challengers waged a campaign for an empty seat and an incumbent was unseated in the Liberty School District. …

• Enrollment holds steady at Freeman, Liberty

  October 1, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W3 The number of students enrolled at the Freeman and Liberty School districts is holding remarkably steady. Student numbers are crucial to districts. The state pays $5,000 for each full-time student, …

• EV sees fewer students

  September 26, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The number of students enrolled at Valley school districts is all over the map, with some districts hardly changing. East Valley, however, was 164 students short on the first day …

• Back to the books

  August 27, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W4 This first day of school is no ordinary one for Freeman School District. The old high school has been largely torn down for an “aggressive modernization,” and high school classes …

• BACK TO THE BOOKS

  August 22, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It’s a day usually greeted with either terror or joy – the first day of school. The smell of freshly sharpened pencils and the rustling of fresh paper will soon …

• Freeman High football begins without a field

  August 22, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V8 Jim Wood is contemplating a change in gear to start the 2009 Freeman High School football season. “We’re going to start the season,” he laughed. “We may be wearing hardhats …

• Sports travel cut leaves gaps

  July 18, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Central Valley’s decision this week to eliminate out-of-district competition for middle school sports to save an estimated $14,000 in transportation costs may or may not actually save that much money. … 1

• Veradale man killed in crash near Freeman

  April 1, 2009 in City The driver killed in a two-car collision Tuesday night near Freeman was identified this morning as a man from Veradale, state troopers said.

• EVSD receives computers from county library

  March 14, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V3 There were no ribbons and bows, but East Valley School District recently got a late Christmas present in the form of 55 Dell computers from the Spokane County Library District. …

• Outages being restored in South Spokane County

  January 22, 2009 in City Freezing fog knocked out power to about 1,200 customers in the Freeman, Vallyford area this morning.