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The St. Mary’s Mission Road Fire had consumed 9,655 acres by 2 p.m. Friday, but was 15 percent contained, an update from fire authorities said Friday. Saturday at 10 a.m. those evacuated from homes near Paschal Sherman Indian S... — Updated 10/5/2012

• The $20 car tab charge proposed in Electric City is just the latest swing of a very large pendulum. We love services, we hate taxes. Government tries to meet our needs, then gets shot down for spending too much. That’s how ini... — Updated 10/5/2012 Full story

From 150 to 200 firefighters continue to battle a wildfire around Omak Lake that has closed a school and evacuated homes. Two homes and eight other structures have been lost in the St. Mary’s Mission Road Fire that started T... — Updated 10/4/2012 Full story

A wildfire has forced evacuation of Paschal Sherman Indian School and nearby homes and had burned approximately 1,000 acres of grass and trees and several structures, as of late Tuesday night. A press release issued from Mt.... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

Grand Coulee Police 9/17 - A woman on 2nd Street in Electric City told police that she was in the process of moving out of a house and that when she went there the next day the front door had been broken into. She asked for... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

GCD Chamber to Meet at La Presa The regular monthly meeting of the GCD Chamber of Commerce will be held at noon at La Presa in Grand Coulee. On the agenda is general business and fall festival updates. Douglas County Fire Protectio... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

Coulee Community Choir will be holding a free concert Sunday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. at St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Grand Coulee. Come listen to old-time songs. Refreshments to follow.... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

How stressful has it been with these fires? Have you looked around yet? It is amazing how close the fires came to friends and neighbors. Would you be ready to leave your house NOW? Do you really have what is important? An... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

Grant County residents can get food worker cards online The Grant County Health District is pleased to announce the availability of food worker card classes on the internet for Grant County residents. Residents will need a credit... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

Ten Years Ago Larry Curtis is a lucky man. That is, if you can call it lucky that he managed to have a massive heart attack while in a recovery room after cancer surgery. Curtis does not remember that day, July 15, except that he... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

I am a teenager. I stay up too late; I wake up too late. I get emotional. I don’t want my parents circling me like hawks, and I definitely don’t want them to try to tell me what to do, especially behind the wheel. However, now tha... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

… that the the ambassador to Libya, Mr. Chris Stevens, was an enrolled tribal member of the Chinook Indian Tribe. Chairman Ray Gardner said, “To all of the Chinook Members and all the friends of the Chinook Nation I am hopeful tha... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

The Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center temporarily moved operations to the John W. Keys III Pump Generating Plant Monday. The move was made for safety reasons while new high-power electrical lines are strung across the Columbia... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

Electric City council approved $10,520 in change orders on the arsenic treatment plant project. Among the change orders, was a $5,536 item to place compacted crushed material four inches deep over an area that had earlier called... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

About a dozen people showed up for Electric City’s public hearing on its proposed “transportation benefit district.” Most got answers to their questions, but all they won was a delay in action by council members. The delay, in pa... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

You can hear some of the old cowboy classics made famous by western matinée idol Gene Autry, and put on by the “Grand Dames”, Oct. 11-13. It’s all part of the chamber of commerce’s “Coulee Fall Festival” that includes a wide range... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

The town of Coulee Dam is looking at about $75,000 in power pole replacement costs, public works director Barry Peacock told council members last Wednesday night, The Barker Canyon blaze of about three weeks ago severely burned 10... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

Will the chickens come home to roost in Electric City? A resident of 56 Sunset Drive, Jeremey Miller, asked the city council last Tuesday night to permit chickens in the city. The idea got a good review from at least two council... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

New ferry set to arrive in March A new ferry, the Sanpoil, which will replace the Martha S ferry at the Keller Ferry crossing, will be delivered to Grand Coulee in three pieces for assembly in March, 2013, Laura Johnson of the... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story

Port district officials were cautiously optimistic last week about the 2013 golf season. Chairman Orville Scharbach said at the Port District 7 commission meeting Thursday that through a combination of increased membership dues... — Updated 10/3/2012 Full story