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Tribes removing walleye and bass from Sanpoil River
A crew of six tribal fisheries staffers are working on the Sanpoil River from mid-May to July to catch as many walleye and smallmouth bass as they can in hoping to improve redband... — Updated 6/26/2014 Full story
Coleman Smith named Grand Coulee Dam power manager
GRAND COULEE, Wash. – Lorri Lee, Regional Director for the Bureau of Reclamation’s Pacific Northwest Region, announced today that Coleman Smith is returning to the Pacific Northwest Region to serve as the Grand Coulee Power Manager... — Updated 6/26/2014 Full story
Keller Ferry north shore terminal relocation scheduled for Thursday, May 22
KELLER FERRY – Due to rising river levels, the Keller Ferry north shore terminal will be moved from the low water ramp to the regular ramp on Thursday, May 22, 2014. The process will begin at about 9 a.m. and can take up to 5 h... — Updated 5/22/2014 Full story
Keller Ferry back in service
The Keller Ferry is back in service as of 12:30 p.m. today (Friday, May 16). An elusive issue with the computerized steering system on the Keller Ferry vessel, M/V Sanpoil, disrupted regular service on the Columbia River route for... — Updated 5/16/2014 Full story
Drawdown exposes explosives along Lake Roosevelt
Explosive material has been found in the bed of the drawn down Lake Roosevelt at the north end of the reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam, and authorities think more may exist. The National Park Service was notified April 22 that exp... — Updated 4/25/2014
Old grenade found in Columbia River bed
Grant PUD security personnel found an old pineapple-style hand grenade below the high water mark of the drawn-down Columbia River near the Old Vantage boat launch in Grant County... — Updated 4/25/2014 Full story
Reclamation awards security and law enforcement contract to the Colville Tribes
GRAND COULEE, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $697,000 contract March 10 to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to provide security and law enforcement services on Reclamation lands and at Reclamation... — Updated 3/28/2014 Full story
Marchand expelled from business council
[Note: This story contains corrected copy after the CCT administration issued a corrected press release correcting an error in the vote count and adding additional facts about the... — Updated 3/7/2014 Full story
Sheriff: Moses Lake raid yields over $100K in stolen property
MOSES LAKE, Wash. (Jan. 27, 2014) – Four men are jailed today after Grant County law enforcement officers in search of stolen property raided a home east of Moses Lake, the c... — Updated 1/27/2014 Full story
Sheriff: Property owner interrupts theft, suspects jailed
The Grant County sheriff says an attempted theft of metal was interrupted Friday when a vigilant property owner saw a suspicious car parked near a trailer on his land. Around 9 a.m. Jan. 10, deputies were called to 15390 Stratford... — Updated 1/13/2014
USBR employee dies after fall at Pinto Dam
SPOKANE, Wash. – A Bureau of Reclamation employee died Wednesday night as a result of injuries sustained from a fall on Monday at a construction site at Pinto Dam located about 18 miles east of Ephrata, Wash. Holger “Hal” Jensen, 6... — Updated 12/26/2013
Burning banned on reservation until Dec. 1
(Seattle–Nov. 27, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is continuing burn bans on several reservations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho because of continuing stagnant air conditions and air monitor readings indicating d... — Updated 11/27/2013 Full story
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is open again
The National Park Service (NPS) has reopened all 401 national parks, including Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, LRNA announced Thursday. Visitor facilities normally open during this time of year including campgrounds, boat... — Updated 10/17/2013 Full story
Before you take US 2 this weekend …
LEAVENWORTH – Unstable soil and other construction challenges have pushed the week-long closure of Tumwater Canyon, west of Leavenworth to a week and a day. Instead of Fri. at n... — Updated 9/12/2013
Sheriff: Mind your driving habits in Coulee City
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office will conduct emphasis traffic enforcement patrols in the Coulee City area in the coming days. Coulee City Mayor Rick Heiberg is concerned with the growing number of traffic violations he is s... — Updated 9/7/2013 Full story
Dye test to be conducted at Grand Coulee Dam Thursday
The Bureau of Reclamation will conduct a dye test Aug. 8 at Grand Coulee Dam, the bureau announced in a press release Wednesday. The pool below the dam may be slightly discolored as engineers inject the upstream face of Grand... — Updated 8/7/2013
McMorris Rodgers and DeGette applaud Senate's unanimous passage of bipartisan Hydropower Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), authors of H.R. 267, the _Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act_, applauded the unanimous approval of their bill in the U.S. Senate today. Their l... — Updated 8/2/2013 Full story
Colville Tribal Headquarters Building Lost To Fire
NESPELEM, WA—Fire claimed the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation’s Headquarters located at the Colville Indian Agency early Monday morning, Colville Tribal Cha... — Updated 7/29/2013
Vehicle theft victim spots his property while flying over Grand Coulee
GRAND COULEE, Wash. -- A Quincy-area farmer alerted deputies to the location of his stolen vehicles after he spotted them while flying his private plane. Kevin Weber of Weber Farms reported his 1997 Peterbilt dump truck and Beall... — Updated 7/20/2013 Full story
Alleged heroin trafficker arrested
MOSES LAKE -- A Moses Lake man is in custody after detectives from Grant County’s Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team and officers from the Moses Lake Police Department arrested him for suspicion of several drug-related crimes.... — Updated 7/18/2013
Damage to main canal causes temporary shutoff of irrigation water in the Columbia Basin Project
EPHRATA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation will temporarily reduce water deliveries today (Tuesday, April 30) to irrigation districts in the Columbia Basin Project while engineers assess damage to the Main Canal just below Pinto... — Updated 4/30/2013 Full story
$1 million arrest warrant issued for Moses Lake murder suspect
A $1 million arrest warrant was issued Friday for the man suspected of the Oct. 17 killing of Tracy Fullbright. Adrian Rodriguez, 28, of Moses Lake, was identified in the arrest warrant charging first-degree kidnapping and... — Updated 12/7/2012
Traffic safety documentary filmed on Colville Reservation wins award
A documentary video, about a concerted cross-reservation effort to reduce traffic deaths from a high of about one every other week to two last year, has won an award. “Traffic Safet... — Updated 11/30/2012 Full story
Club moves spaghetti feed fund raiser to Nazarene Church
With North Dam Park hosting fire crews this week, the Rotary Club has moved their Spaghetti Feed fundraiser to the Church of the Nazarene. The church is located just 1/4 mile E of... — Updated 9/14/2012
“Everything looks pretty good” at the Barker Canyon Complex
With mop-up objectives nearly met in the South Branch (Barker Canyon) and approaching 80 percent complete in the North Branch (Leahy Fire), the Washington Interagency Incident... — Updated 9/14/2012
