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Emergency Services: Enhanced 9-1-1 emergency system.

Police: Cheney Police Department

Sheriff: Spokane County Sheriff's Office

Fire Protection: Cheney Fire Department

Insurance Rating: Class 5

Hospital: The Cheney Medical Center; 1,761 hospital beds in 6 Spokane hospitals, including Veteran's Administration Medical Center.

Doctors: Cheney - 2 medical clinics; Spokane - 969 physicians/surgeons

Dentists: 4 dentists in Cheney; all specialties available in Spokane

Finance: 5 banks in the Cheney city limits

Churches: 19 in Cheney (most major denominations)

Library: Cheney branch of Spokane County Library system; Eastern Washington University's J. F. Kennedy Library (1,000,000+ volumes).

Media: Cheney - 1 weekly newspaper, the Cheney Free Press; Spokane - 1 daily newspaper, the Spokesman-Review, 30 radio stations, 5 television stations. Cheney/Medical Lake Cable TV offers access to 34 cable stations.

Lodging: Cheney offers 2 available motels.

Recreation: There are 7 city parks, a trap range, a bowling alley, 2 college theatres, 1 art gallery, and 1 museum in Cheney.  Link to Parks and Recreation.

The Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge is 5 miles south of Cheney. Cheney also has dozens of nearby lakes and numerous ski resorts and golf courses within easy driving distance. Cycling and hiking are also becoming very popular in the area. Spokane offers the "A" minor league baseball Spokane Indians (San Diego Padres).

Cheney High School is classified as a 2A school, with athletic teams competing in the Great Northern League (GNL).

Eastern Washington University competes in NCAA Division 1-AA Big Sky Conference. Cheney residents can enjoy mens' and women's golf, tennis, basketball, along with women's volleyball, and of course, high scoring, wide open Big Sky football.

West Plains Chamber of Commerce serves Cheney and other West Plains communities.