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Dozens of local elected positions are among more than 3,000 in the state for which people interested in serving the public filed intentions to seek or keep office last week. Incumbents in Electric City fared best in primary election filings with no...

On behalf of the Friends of Rachel Clubs at Lake Roosevelt High School, Grand Coulee Dam Middle School and the students of Center Elementary I want to say thank you to the community members that...

Ten Years Ago The public has the chance to help determine what proposed playground changes will look like in Coulee Dam. The town council last week approved spending approximately $25,000 to purchase new playground equipment. A donation by General...

Jane Arlene Rice passed away Friday, May 17, 2013, at NCWH.  Jane was born September 17,1947, to Grace and Al Rice of Seaton’s Grove.  Jane is survived by sisters Elaine Witters of Okanogan, ...

Chamber to Meet at Siam Palace The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a noon meeting May 23, at Siam Palace. They will meet for a brief lunch and then walk to the Senior Center to view “Kissed Quilts’ “ quilts and to hear about...

Grand Coulee Police 5/12 - Police went to Coulee Medical Center where a man who had been brought there by Tribal Police on a drug-related issue refused help and signed himself out of the hospital. The man lingered in the waiting area and refused to...

Registration night for Summer Rocks and the SHARP Kids Middle School Summer Program is Thursday, May 23 from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Office. Space in each program is limited and enrollment will close when programs are...

Three science teams from Lake Roosevelt High School competed in the Imagine Tomorrow event at Washington State University in Pullman last weekend, bringing home cash and kudos for a big effort from a...

Center School could get a little crowded next fall. The district will have three first grades and three kindergarten classes as well as providing preschool for 3- to 5-year-olds, according to Superintendent Dennis Carlson. The district received word...

Colorama huge hit Despite the fact that new Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal broke a collarbone Friday night, which kept her from seeing the fruits of most of her work on the event, reviews have been largely positive....

Candidates for upcoming elections are filing for positions on school boards, city councils, hospital boards and some junior taxing districts this week. In early filings, three have filed for positions in Hospital District 6. These include two...

Ten Years Ago The possibility of bringing a swimming pool back into the Grand Coulee Dam area seems to be closer to reality after several county governments are encouraged by it. Sean Hess, chair of the Coulee Area Recreation Effort (CARE), and...

Chamber to Meet at Siam Palace The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 16, at the Siam Palace beginning at noon. On the agenda is a recap of Colorama festivities. Lions to Meet The GCD Lions Club will hold its regular...

Lady Raider softball closed the 2013 regular season with a six-game losing streak that included last week's losses to Bridgeport and Liberty Bell. The Lady Raiders played the Fillies for Senior Night...

Registration night for Summer Rocks and the SHARP Kids Middle School Summer Program is Thursday, May 23 from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Office. Space in each program is limited and enrollment will close when programs are...

[Editor’s note: Frankie will be reporting weekly on findings at local sales and culture right here. Let us know what you think, and don’t believe everything you read.] Detective Frankie D. here with what some shoppers might consider extremely...

Grand Coulee Police 4/29 - Cattle again broke through a fence and gained access to the golf course. Police asked golf course officials for a list of damages. - A woman reported a vacant house had a door ajar. An officer worked his way through...

Contractors doze the new school site in Coulee Dam area to grade as they get ready to begin construction of the near $23 million school complex that will place all the Grand Coulee Dam School...

Ten Years Ago A cancer cure is on the mind of an Electric City woman as she prepares for an Alaska marathon during a time when the sun only sets for an hour or two. It’s a cause Freda Junvik been pursuing since the death of her Aunt Bonnie four and...

Stanley Henry Spieler lived from February 15, 1935, to April 28, 2013. The son of Henry and Irene Spieler, Stanley was born in Boise, Idaho, and peacefully passed away at his home in Coulee Dam,...

No Chamber This Week Due to getting ready for the Colorama festivities this weekend there will be no chamber meeting on Thursday. OES to Meet Order of Eastern Star will meet Thursday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. with Worthy Matron Linda Carlson presiding....

The Lady Raiders had a busy softball week, as they played Bridgeport in a doubleheader April 29, a single game against Oroville the next day, and a doubleheader against Pateros May 3. LR came away with one win. The Ladies were informed last week...

A task that many thought would be difficult proved a piece of cake for th e school board Monday night. Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson had asked the board to allow him to name a committee to come up with three possible...

Lake Roosevelt High School Principal Brad Wilson is taking a position as principal of the middle school in the Chelan School District. The school board accepted his resignation Monday night. Wilson has been in the Grand Coulee Dam School District 11...

Tickets for the Colorama Carnival went on sale last week at nine locations in the area. The Paradise Amusement Carnival will be held near North Dam Park, May 9-11, and is one of the featured attractions of the Colorama Festival. Tickets sell for $25...

Huge kudos to you, Charli, for your courage to address and combat an issue most won't speak about. While (I’m) so sorry about the tragic loss of your sister, please know that the awareness you are raising can, and likely will, save lives, because...

The local PEO Chapter DG has designed and had milled a beautiful blue and white pictorial blanket. This 48”x68” blanket includes 11 pictures of the scenic Grand Coulee Dam Area. All the proceeds...

Chamber to Meet at Siam Palace The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be holding a noon meeting May 2, at Siam Palace. Carl Russell from the POWER group will give an update on what the group is doing. Grant County Mosquito District to Mee...

The Lady Raiders completed the season sweep of the Manson Trojans on April 23 at Manson by the score of 12-2. The game ended in the fifth inning because of the WIAA 10-run mercy rule. Head Coach...

Grand Coulee Police 4/23 - Coulee Medical Center staff reported to police that a mental health patient being seen in the emergency room had pushed past a nurse and left the hospital on foot. She was found in the backyard of a nearby residence, and...

Grand Coulee Dam School District Athletic Director Rich Black reports the following is an updated sports schedule for Lake Roosevelt High School as of Friday afternoon. May 6-11: *Monday, May 6th: Baseball District Playoffs versus White Swan at...

A California woman arrested last Thursday who allegedly made a bomb threat while on a tour at Grand Coulee Dam, was booked into Okanogan County Jail and released the next day on her personal recognizance. Christina Frisvold, 33, was arrested by...

Science teacher Ralph Rise was presented with a statewide award last week, an example for educators across the state. Sonia Siegel Vexler, co-director of LASER, the Pacific Science Center’s...

The K-12 school project is underway. It started at 9 a.m. Tuesday with a formal groundbreaking, and immediately Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson met with builder represen...

Grand Coulee officials are trying to get a sidewalk project on Spokane Avenue changed to the same kind of improvement on Federal Avenue. A sidewalk on Spokane Way lost its main focus when city officials realized that Center School would no longer be...

Ten Years Ago Plan finalized for water sharing. Grand Coulee and Electric City will soon share another resource when a pipe joins one water supply to the other. Last night, the Electric City town council approved a contract that promises to lead to...

Surrounded by her adoring family, Mary Ann “Mare” McNeilly, 77, peacefully passed into the arms of her loving savior from her Coulee Dam, Washington, home Thursday morning, April 11, 2013. Born Ma...

No Chamber at Noon – Business After Hours Instead The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be holding a noon meeting April 24 due to its Business After Hours that evening. It will be held at Funzee’s on the Midway, Grand Coulee...

Grand Coulee Police 4/14 - A Spokane woman was stopped for expired tabs on her vehicle and the officer learned that her license had been suspended. A licensed driver who was with her at the time took charge of the car and the Spokane woman was cited...

A Spanish teacher at Lake Roosevelt High School is in Okanogan County Jail this week, facing charges of forgery and identity theft, after being arrested last Thursday by Coulee Dam police. Guillermo...

The Bureau of Reclamation is having trouble attracting and retaining new skilled employees, Power Manager Mark Jenson told a number of local leaders Monday afternoon. Jenson said that often a combination of local factors creates a problem for...

The largest producer of hotel/motel taxes in the area proposed changes to the way the funds are used at a meeting of some 20 community people Monday. Pat Welton, managing partner of Sunbanks Lake Resort, stated that the three local municipalities...

The Bureau of Reclamation reported this week that it had received an exception to the federal government hiring freeze so it could fully staff its Grand Coulee Dam tours. The Bureau had earlier stated that it might have to trim the number of days...

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new K-12 school facility will be at 9 a.m., Tuesday, April 23, school district Superintendent Dennis Carlson announced. All contracts and processes have been concluded and the general contractor, Walker...

As with most breakup letters, this one may come as a shock, but I wanted you to hear it from me first. Small towns being what they are, I began to get worried that you would hear it from someone else...

Evelyn (Haskins) Mattson, a lifetime resident of Washington, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013. She was born in Leavenworth to Nancy (Stevens) and Jean Haskins. She attended school in Leavenworth and...

Mary Ann McNeilly (77) 1935 – 2013. All are invited to a celebration of life for Mary Ann McNeilly at 1 p.m., on Sat., May 4, 2013, at Faith Community Church in Electric City, Wash. Surrounded by her loving family, Mary Ann peacefully passed away...

Richard “Dick” C. Holm, was called home to Jesus on Monday, April 8. Dick was born to Charles and Theresa Holm on October 30, 1957, in Redmond, Oregon. For the past 54 years he has made his home in Elmer City, Washington. After graduating from...

Chamber to Meet at Flo’s The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular meeting Thursday, April 18, at noon at Flo’s Café in Grand Coulee. Special guest will be Josh Rabe who will talk about his proposal for starting a disc...

The Lady Raider softball squad posted their first wins of the 2013 season last week by beating the Manson Trojans Saturday in Grand Coulee. Head Coach Jamie Lezard said the girls were happy to be playing at home and picking up the first wins of the...