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• We hope the community will support the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District’s bid for tax support. Since the early 1990s, community leaders saw a park and rec district as a tool that could...

State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Douglas County Complex Fire located near Mansfield in Douglas County.  Washington St...

While local school officials are gearing up for the initial phase of building a new K-12 facility, State Senator Linda Evans Parlette is beating federal funding bushes to find the additional $15...

A U.S. Forest Service helicopter scoops water from Banks Lake Tuesday evening to fight a 200-acre brush fire near Barker Canyon. The fire erupted following a massive thunderstorm that hit the region...

The local park district through which North Dam Park was rescued in a joint community effort last year, will seek tax support at the ballot come November. Commissioners of the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District voted Monday to seek a levy to...

Community churches will conduct a food drive this Friday from 4-8 p.m. at both Harvest Foods in Coulee Dam and Safeway in Grand Coulee. The Care and Share Food Bank has been running low on supplies lately, said Paster Shawn Neider of Zion Lutheran...

Tim’s 4 Corners Union 76 Station has been purchased by Jack and Lauretta Madsen. The sale ends a 24-year ownership of the popular corner station by Tim and Michéle Arrants, who purchased the...

An Electric City resident told the city council at its last meeting in June that rules it had enacted for their meetings were probably illegal. Jeff Eiffert took issue with the council’s desire to curb comments and criticism by trying to keep...

Mosquito District to meet Grant County Mosquito District 2 will hold its July meeting tonight, July 11, at 7 p.m. in the city council chambers in Electric City. The district usually meets on the first Wednesday of the month but the July meeting was...

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Dennis Schuchman came by his love of airplanes naturally. His dad was a Grant County deputy sheriff and had his own full-size airplane, and, from Dennis’ earliest days, his father was into...

An Electric City man is a suspect in jewelry theft from a woman who lives near his 123 West Grand Avenue residence. Mark Perman, 31, who is currently serving a sentence in Grant County jail for obstructing a police officer, was arrested on a warrant...

June came and went, squeezing out a high temperature of only 84.9°F that was the lowest high temperature for June in the past four years (1938 saw a record 105°F). The mean temperature for June is...

One of the things I’ve always loved about American homes is the prominence of the kitchen. Far more than other cultures, where kitchens are small and tucked away out of sight, American architects...

Thinking about having fish for dinner tonight? How about some fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner tomorrow? And the next day? And the day after that. The Washington State Department of Ecology wants to assume that you do. For the purpose of...

Ten Years Ago Several local firefighters recently completed a mandatory course that taught them how to improve their skills in fighting wildland fires and their safety. Firefighters included Gerald Sands, Brent Haley, David Bjorson, Scott Kentner,...

Jackie (Lenor McClung) Orr, 100, died peacefully at home in Elmer City, Wash., on Sunday, July 1, 2012. The youngest of nine siblings, Jackie was born February 2, 1912, to Andrew Jackson (Dan) and...

Kenneth Charles Stinde, known to his family as Ken, and his wife and friends as Casey, passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2012, at 3 a.m.at Coulee Medical Center. After being ill for so long, he went...

It’s a boy for Rizzonelli/Smith Jessica Rizzonelli and Ron Smith of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their son Ryker Joseph Alan Smith on Friday, June 8, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 19 oz....

The inurnment service for Thelma Leota Thurston will be held Friday, July 20, at 4 p.m. at Spring Canyon Cemetery.  Thelma passed away February 5, 2012, in Eugene, Oregon....

Master Gardeners Barbara Guilland, from Moses Lake, and Gayle Swagerty, of Coulee Dam, offer advice and information at the June 16 Saturday Market in Grand Coulee across from Safeway. Master...

Michelle and Cody Hodgin of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their son Corbin W. Hodgin on Monday, June 25, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 9 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings...

Chamber to Meet at Sunbanks Grand Coulee Chamber will meet Thursday, July 12, at noon at Sunbanks Resort on the patio. Call your order ahead 633-3786. Come and share any new news you have or events that are coming up. Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2...

Teams from the Tonasket area won the first four places at the ranch rodeo a week ago at the Ridge Riders Rodeo Grounds. The first place team, made up of Ben Kershner, Austin Olma, T.J. Symmonds and Kristy Rothrock, picked up $280 each for their...

Grand Coulee Police 6/29 - A two week lapse of not reporting a hit and run incident at Safeway parking lot was questioned by police. The woman was told to ask Safeway if they had anything on tape from their security cameras. - A man on E. Grand Avenu...

A crane lifts filtration tanks over the wall of the arsenic treatment plant building as Clearwater Construction personnel continue progress on the water treatment facility in Electric City. The crane...