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When deciding on hot issues in current politics, it’s best to keep a discerning eye on bloated rhetoric, even when it purports to support “common sense.” Everybody is all for commons sense, of course, but often when two sides differ greatly, they’ll each genuinely believe the other side shows none. That’s rarely true. A case in point lies on this page when our man in Congress uses this rhetoric. We support part of Rep. Dan Newhouse’s argument, not the other. Police agencies, including local ones, of all sizes across the state have complained...
The new year is here, which means the Washington State 2024 Legislative Session has just begun. On January 8th, our state legislature began consideration of a multitude of new bills, which could impact just about every aspect of our lives. It’s imperative we pay attention, because over the past year, the enactment of various pieces of legislation has underscored a severe disconnect between the people of Washington state and some of our state representatives. Now, our state legislators have an opportunity to right those wrongs and vote in f...
The Raider boys remained undefeated and at the top of the state 2B list Tuesday after winning three games this week, including on Saturday against Idaho's 2023 state champs. Lake Roosevelt (16-0 overall) defeated Plummer, Idaho's Lakeside Knights (8-2) by 77-70 after gaining 13 points in the second quarter in Coulee Dam for a 39-29 halftime lead. Raider fans were first treated to the team's 60-52 takedown of Manson (10-6) Friday night in Coulee Dam, a tough game played without Chase Marchand,...
A police officer couldn't wait for the fire department to evacuate a woman inside a home that was burning in Coulee Dam last week. Officer Josh Watkins went back to the home he'd visited a few minutes before for an unrelated matter after the dispatch center in Moses Lake told him a bedroom in the house at 1107 River Drive was now on fire. It was 5:23 p.m. Watkins arrived and saw large flames coming out of the bedroom at the northeast corner of the house. Young people he'd just spoken with were...
A citizen initiative aimed at giving police wider discretion on when they engage in high-speed pursuits was forwarded to the Legislature on Jan. 11. Secretary of State Steve Hobbs notified the Legislature petitions for Initiative 2113 meet all legal requirements. Initiative 2113 backers want to amend a law on police pursuit that passed in 2021, which requires officers to have “probable cause” instead of “reasonable suspicion” to engage in pursuits. Critics say that measure hinders law enforcement officers who want to pursue possible lawbrea...
I can’t remember when I agreed with her policies. And I definitely disagreed with her father and opposed his controversial actions. But Liz Cheney, with her new book, Oath and Honor, is certainly again My No. 1 Hero. She shows once more she is the rare prominent Republican who really cares about saving our democracy. And I totally agree with her that if Donald Trump wins the presidency in 2024, that may be our last election, or at least the end of democracy as we have known it. Cathy McMorris Rodgers refused to comment on the House GOP’s non-re...
Sometimes games are what happen when you had other plans. Like when Raider Head Coach Ed Wolfe wanted to tie up the Liberty Lancers Saturday with an aggressive man-to-man defense but then realized the refs were calling the game fair but "tight," he said. Too many early fouls changed the strategy against the disciplined and well-coached Lancers, Wolfe said. No matter. The boys from Spangle still fell to Lake Roosevelt by 18 points, 67-49. The undefeated Raiders now boast a 6-0 league win-loss...
Oroville fell hard to the Lady Raiders last Friday on the Hornets' home court, 67-19, but played hard enough to benefit Spangle in Coulee Dam Saturday. That's when the Lady Lancers bested Lake Roosevelt's girls 59-37. LR Coach Morgan Smith said considering they had two players out with injuries, leaving only one on the bench, LR (7-7 overall win-loss record) stood up to Liberty's 10-3 Lady Lancers fairly well. At Brewster last night, the Lady Raiders lost to the Lady Bears 70-45. LR is set to...
Electric City swore in its two newest council members Tuesday and one who held onto his seat in the November election. Brian Buche took the oath of office again, having been re-elected over challenger Levi Johnson. The new members now joining Buche at council were Matt Gilbert and Blake Martin, who, like Johnson, are Grand Coulee police officers. The newcomers got a relatively light agenda to start, with 19 items on it ranging from approving prior meetings’ minutes to hearing the particulars of a sewer connection discussion and passing an o...
To celebrate their anniversary, the Eagles Auxiliary and the Eagles Aerie made a donation Saturday to a young student raising money for a trip to Boston this summer. On the 77th anniversary of the Eagles and the 75th anniversary of the auxiliary, Pharaoh Hudson received their check for $300. He and his family are trying to raise enough money to get him to Boston and cover expenses for the trip. Hudson received in the mail a notice that he had been nominated for an "award of excellence for...
Two Lake Roosevelt Elementary School teachers were recognized for their efforts before the school board at its meeting Monday night. Third-grade teacher Jessica Tufts and fourth-grade teacher Alissa Seaver were each highlighted in the "Superintendent's Spotlight" for those who go "above and beyond" for the district. Superintendent Rod Broadnax said he stops by their classrooms every day. "Students are engaged, students are learning," he said. The two were responsible for organizing the recent...
My name is Priya Helweg, and I am the US Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Regional Director for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and 272 federally recognized Tribes in Region 10. The new year is a time of hope and renewal, but it can also bring financial challenges to those facing up-front health costs. When President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, he made a commitment to lowering health costs for Americans and increasing savings each year. At HHS we see how this commitment improves the lives and health...
The Raiders were slipping in their game early against Bridgeport Friday night until an attitude adjustment took hold. That's when Coach Ed Wolfe refocused the team's efforts on the word "team." "I told them we didn't have any players who were the best in the state, but when we play as a team, it's fantastic," Wolfe said later. Lake Roosevelt was up by six points early in the second quarter, but had gained a 46-27 margin by the half. The Raiders stuffed the Mustangs 85-44 at the end. LR beat...
The Lady Raiders prevailed over Waterville-Mansfield in basketball last week, but lost to Tonasket last night by a similar score last night. Both games were on the Raider home court. Another game on Friday, against Bridgeport, was canceled. Against the Shockers last Wednesday at home, Lake Roosevelt's girls kept ahead of the Shockers throughout the game and won 57-47. Hosting Tonasket Tuesday night, the Raider girls fell 55-42. LR heads to Oroville Friday night but faces Spangle in Coulee Dam...
An effort to put a school resource officer at Lake Roosevelt Schools and add another policeman to Grand Coulee’s department has been stopped, and grant funding for it turned down. Funded partially by a federal grant, the effort would have expanded Grand Coulee Police efforts to enhance community relations and allay potential future problems with an in-school presence. It also would have required coordination of two budgetary processes right at a time when both the city and the school district needed to finalize budgets by law. The city had u...
Nespelem School is hoping to find extra land on which to expand with a future sports area. The board voted last week to formally inquire with the Colville Tribes about land across the street currently held in trust status that the school board members recall being acquired by the tribes for that purpose. The board met in special session Dec. 26 specifically to authorize a letter to Colville Business Council Chairman Jarred-Michael Erickson to address the topic. “It was years ago that the tribe had let us know that they had purchased the p...
Electric City will ask voters to approve a ballot measure in February that will remove four parcels of land from the city that had been added in an earlier annexation. The city had started to add the question to last month’s ballot but had missed the deadline to do so. The city council Dec. 12 unanimously passed Resolution 2023-14 to put the measure on the Feb. 13, 2024 ballot. The proposal would de-annex all of the state and federal lands surrounding Osborne Bay east of the causeway, which the city annexed several years ago, along with l...
Coulee Dam is planning street and sidewalk improvement projects in the new year that will smooth out streets, build or rebuild sidewalk ramps and plant trees to replace those lost on Ferry Avenue in last year’s sidewalk replacement project. The city has been awarded two grants, one for a chip seal street project for $546,485. An ADA ramp replacement project will cost $481,406. Both projects are totally funded by grants, funds that don’t have to be paid back, not loans. TD&H Engineering representative Marisa Stevens said they had actually mea...
Remember the Coulee Card. It was handy and fun and I wish it would make a comeback. It is awesome to call the Coulee home. Here are a few people and places I’m proud of that make the Coulee area so special – Caden Portch represented Lake Roosevelt well at the State Cross Country Championships. Kasey Garvin did an amazing job with the high school Volleyball team. She’s always been a winner! “Clap for the Wolfman” Edward Wolfe and his staff have the top ranked Raider Boys Basketball team rolling with the 1000-point club member Chase Marchand...
Lake Roosevelt sent 10 girls to the mat at the 2023 Powerhouse Girls' Tournament at LR Thursday, taking third place among 11 teams of girls with 64 wrestlers entered. LR's Nelly Selam won the 100 weight category, defeating athletes from White Swan and Leavenworth, pinning each. Phenyx Marchand also took a first, at 155, besting wrestlers from Omak and Tonasket. The team's only senior, Arianna Waters took second place at the 135 weight category, pinning two opponents, including White Swan's...
Four of Lake Roosevelt's nine wrestlers at the Powerhouse Tournament they hosted Dec. 21 placed in the tournament, putting the team in the middle of the 16-team tourney with 74 team points. Tonasket won the tourney with 216.5 points. Wrestling at 150 pounds, Francis Louie pinned Tonasket's Casen Clark in 1:55 to take third place in the weight and earn 22 points for the team. Along the way, he pinned three opponents and got pinned once himself. Dillan Yazzie, at 113, lost 5-3 to a White Swan...
Events for or featuring kids marked the week before Christmas, with a school pre-holiday musical event kicking off a mood of celebration Friday that packed the Lake Roosevelt gym with a "mind-blowing" number of adults, according to the emcee, Jess Tufts. That spirit of community support seemed to carry through the weekend, with Santa hearing children's Christmas wishes in at least three venues in town on Saturday - at the Moose Lodge's annual party, at Les Schwab Tire Center, and at a new...
Lake Roosevelt's relatively short Raider basketball team seriously beat up on their league's perennial powerhouse Brewster Bears Friday night, 90-56, signaling with a lot of talent that Raider fans will continue to like this basketball season. Head Coach Ed Wolfe had touted the varsity team's defensive chops earlier in the season, but they've got some serious scoring ability too, and it's widespread - over the court and through the team. They scored on fast breaks a lot, with Chase Marchand...
The Lady Raiders had a mixed week with two losses and a win, all on their home court, that puts them at a 3-3 overall win-loss record so far. Lake Roosevelt fell hard to Brewster Friday night, 65-34, but took down 1A Omak 64-23 the next night. Mabton flipped that score to claim the win Tuesday night 68-40. The Lady Raiders (3-3 overall) will meet Nine Mile's Lakeside Eagles (6-0) Dec. 28 in Reardan at 2 p.m., then take on Okanogan (4-1) there Jan. 2 at 6 p.m. LR will host Waterville-Mansfield...
Not only did four Raiders place well at last Saturday's Brice Williams Invite in Spangle, but Lake Roosevelt's wrestling team also turned out to be the most underestimated at the 16-team tourney. The Raider wrestlers, taken all together, scored the most match points of any team there (151), and ended up with the largest difference between their seeding into the event and where they actually ended up among the team rankings. When it was all over LR came in eighth with 81 team points racked up by...