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The Bonneville Power Administration and the town of Coulee Dam still have issues to work out on the project to stretch power lines from the Third Powerhouse to the switch yards. That became apparent last Wednesday night when Mayor Quincy Snow told...

Lake Roosevelt High School basketball standout Ty Egbert has been nominated as a player at McDonald’s All American Games next month, when McDonald’s sends the best high school players in the...

The Coulee Area Park & Recreation District got the $11,000 it asked for from Coulee Dam’s hotel/motel fund as a result of discussions last Wednesday night. While talking about how vague some of the detail was in developing North Dam Park as a...

An effort by the National Park Service to get concession proposals for houseboat operations at Keller Ferry and Seven Bays drew a blank. Contracts at both operations had lapsed and were being renewed on a year-to-year basis. The NPS was seeking...

Hotel/motel tax money flowed freely in Electric City last Tuesday night when the city council voted to provide the Ridge Riders $4,000 and the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce $13,000. The money collected as a tax on motel rooms and...

Proposals accepted Electric City’s council accepted Coulee Playland’s proposal of rates at its meeting Jan. 24. Electric City leases the park area from the Bureau of Reclamation and then sublets to Hal Rauch who manages the of resort. Increases...

Carol Ann Estrada is still wrestling with the disappearance of her daughter, Jamie Breckenridge. Breckenridge, 42, was reported missing Jan. 8, after she told friends that she planned to go to...

Washington State Parks patrons purchasing multiple Discover Passes may soon find some monetary relief if a bill, approved by the Senate on Friday (Jan. 27) allowing the use of one pass for two vehicles is accepted by the House and signed by the...

The Village Cinema has become a new family affair. Carole Fisher, of Changes in Electric City, recently purchased the theater from Lori Crabtree, and Fisher’s daughter, Lynette Zierden, has become...

William C. Wyatt, age 81 and a retired Civil Engineer from the Bureau of Reclamation, died peacefully in Spokane, Wash., on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, with family members at his side.  Bill was born on...

Mary Louise Huston-Harrell, 67, left this world to be with her Lord and savior Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in Conroe, Texas, following a very courageous battle with cancer. She was born August 8, 1944, in...

Rosemary Evelyn Evers nee Lessard was born on December 8, 1926, in Oak Park, Ill., to a family of 11 children. After graduating from Harper High School in Chicago, Rosemary worked in the accounting...

Laurena H. “Rene’” Anderson, 68, peacefully passed away on Monday, January 30, 2012, at her home in Electric City, surrounded by her loving family, after a battle with cancer. Rena was one of two children, born on November 16, 1943, in...

Earl and Kathie Bise recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a get-together at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille in Grand Coulee. The couple were wed January 20, 1962. Children include...

Courtney Best and Alan Rizzonelli are pleased to announce the birth of their son Jaxsin Harlen Rizzonelli on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz., and was 20.5 inches in length at birth. Siblings...

Chamber to Meet The GCD Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular meeting this Thursday, Feb. 2 at noon at Pepper Jack’s in Grand Coulee. The program will be given by CMC Chief Executive Director Scott Graham. Nez Perce Trail Workshop There will be...

Lilly Rounds wins the Center Elementary spelling bee Thursday over a panel of six finalists, correctly spelling the word “therapy.” Rounds or alternate Dakota Hernandez will move on to the...

Here’s an ideal way to get into the mood for spring planting: Join the Arbor Day Foundation and receive 10 free trees to plant when the weather turns warm. Every person from Washington who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in February 2012 will...

The Raiders continue to roll as they tamed the Mountain Lions on Thursday and followed up by dehorning the Mountain Goats on Saturday as the team’s winning streak reached nine straight. Ty Egbert...

The Lady Raiders came into the week riding high on a win streak and looking forward to continuing it with two games on the home court. Against Liberty Bell on Thursday, the Lady Raiders did just that...

Raider wrestling finished the regular season last week with matches at Omak on Wednesday and Republic on Saturday. At Omak the Raiders faced not only the Pioneers but also Brewster, where several...

Washington State University noted the academic performance during the fall, 2011 semester of three students from the local area, naming them to the President’s Honor Roll. Amy Marie Parker, of Coulee Dam; Alexandra Irene Finch, of Elmer City; and...

Winter quarter enrollment at Big Bend Community College is near the record set last year and ranks second all-time for the quarter. The enrollment numbers are good news for the college after fall enrollment in 2011 dropped 9.6 percent from the...

By Scott Panitz - WNPA Olympia News Bureau When Rep. Joel Kretz (R-7th District, Wauconda) found out that Gov. Chris Gregoire had appointed Jay Kehne to the state Fish and Wildlife Commission, he could only scratch his head. A longtime...

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Grand Coulee Police 1/23 - USBR’s Plant Protection requested that the department’s explosives detection dog search a Canadian truck at the left powerhouse. The dog didn’t detect anything. 1/24 - Coulee Medical Center asked for assistance with...

Remember when bowling was the game to play? I never really had the bowling bug, but at one time I had my own ball, bowled in a league with a very poor average and spent much time and change in pursuit of Don Carter, the best bowler on the face of...

Ten Years Ago Grand Coulee Dam will soon display a large symbol intended to show the Bureau of Reclamation’s support of patriotism. A sea of red, white and blue could dominate the Grand Coulee Dam area this summer if American flags are put on...

An old TV commercial for an antacid once asked heartburn sufferers, “How do you spell relief?” For thousands of western Washington people left in the dark by winter storms, the word is...

I’m a resident of Coulee Dam, and I’m all for justification of any project which is initiated on my behalf and which will inflate my monthly utility (sewage) bill. Without a super influx of new residents, a super sewage plant doesn’t seem pract...

Taqc Mawii, Tum chris lii wit, hello, I am Mylan Williams Sr. I am a recovering cocaine addict and alcoholic and writing this letter to you, the community, in hopes of catching the heart of the young people. I am also acknowledging my faults and...

NCNB would like to thank everyone in our community for helping us with another successful Coats for Kids Drive. If it wasn’t for all of you donating hats, gloves, coats, scarves and shoes, we would not be able to continue with our efforts. A...

Honor Steve Breeze by learning to forgive Next week will mark the one-year memorial for the passing of Mr. Breeze. I found myself thinking about him this week and wanted to share how much people like him mean to me. He, and people like him, inspired...

Although officials with the Bonneville Power Administration are no doubt dealing straightforwardly with the town of Coulee Dam, local officials are right to insist on taking a closer look at BPA’s...